The Washington times., 1910-10-20

sibility or error has never been found
/ 10 be greater than per cent, according
/ 10 DR.. Mohler He said thirty-three
American cities now require the tuber-
] culin test of all herds that furnish them
/ milk.
DR.. Mohler left with the Commits
! sioners copy of the report of the In
! ternatio@al Commission on the Control
| of Bovine tuberculosis and pointed out
its sections that bear directly on The
| local controversy. he also left num-
! Der OF documents showing the results
| Of milk research by the Agricultural
| Department and Public Health and Ma
| rine Hospital Service. in which the con-
| cluSions had been reached that the
tuberculin test is reliable.
One In Eighteen.
DR.. Z. c. Schroeder. superintendent
OF the Bethesda (Md.) experiment sta
| ton Of the Bureau Of Animal Industry.
was the third scientist to testify. He
gave a resume of the examination OF
the Districts milk supply two Years
ago by his station. the Bureau OF Ami
NAL Industry. and the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service, which he
said showed that tuberculosis existed In
one out of each eighteen samples OF
milk examined.
MORE ---....--.
/
Health and Marine Hospital Service,
testified on his investigation OF WASH
/ tigators, showing THAI Of =! samples
pies from IO4 diaries ans found -Ubercie
| bacilli in per cent of the samples. and
| In the milk from 107 per cent OF the
dairies.
DIR. Anderson said he had compiled
table Of the experiments of other inVes-
| tigators, showing that OF 1874 samples
of milk examined by various sc .entists
in America and elsewhere recently, 1l.S
1 -.
berc,e bacillt. DR. Anderson also pre-
scented statistics TO show that about .
per cent Of tuberculosis among children
under I've years is OF the bovine char
acter.
Have Lively Tilt.
The hearing was enIlvened just be-
fore its adjournment by a tilt be-
tween Mr.. Thompson and DR.. Schroe-
der. Mr.. Thompson said:
1T II not a fact that DR.. Koch, tho
greatest tuberculosis expert in the
worIc, says bovine tuberculosis is not
transmissibIe TO human beings?"
''Dr. Koch has never said the tuber-
culin test Is not a reliable diagnostic
agent for the discovery OF bovine tu-
berculosis"
You're not answering my question,
sir. You stand th5re. ignoring a most
important point in this bovine Ques-
ton Why, don't you face the mu-
sic"
81 repeat thee DR.. Koch"
4 demand an answer TO my ques-
ton =
At this point, with Dr.. Schroeder
and Mr. Thompson standing three
feet apart and shaking their fingers
! in each others faces. Commissioned
/ Rudolph raped for order. and re-
quested Mr.. Thompson to take his
seat and permit DR.. Schroeder to fin
ish hi testimony.
Two Striking Features.
Two striking features were brought
out in DR.. Schroeders' testimony. He
declared emyhatcally in favor OF the
tuberculin test or pasteurization, not
only Tor all milk, cut for all milk or
cream USED in ice-cr.am. butteEnilk.
butter, and donesti. cheese consumed
in the District
Another feaiurs 7-as his declaration.
based on his )Wri experiments that
cows, apparently Iealthy. so far as
physical eXamiua 81 Is concerned, fire.
quently have tube ->uiosis and dissent
mate the diseG--2 through their milk.
The only wav "a Discover such cOndi-
ton, e said, As 10 apply the utber-
culin test. Mich. in such cases would
show whether tho animals milk could
safely be used.
Cost Of Production.
Statistics regaI ding the cost of pre-
ducing milk weT5 presented by H p.
Garter, a producer of Arlington. Va
That the passage Of the tuberculin Iest
recruitment would mean poverty Cor
many small farmers was the statement
he made to the Commissioners
Without compensation by the farm
ers. either by act OF Congress or by the
Legislatures o fthe States concerned
he said. this regulation should not be
enforced. If sufficient Compensation
is granted, then the producer can have
no fault to find with the test. and l be-
lieve the Commissioners will find him
willing to submit 10 #
J. w. Waters, attorney for Maryland
producers. also made a plea for delay
In action looking toward a test until
after provision was made for the farm
er's compensation.
Washington would be assured a bOun-
tiful milk supply If proper inducements
are held out % TIE producers he said
They are as anxious TO comply with
regulations looking % sanitary milk as
are the consumers. When they are
given some standard requirements to go
by they will make no further COM
plant. It is the present uncertainty
that causes friction"