The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Prosecuted by State Inspect
or Bert Cohn for Selling
Milk Not of Standard
Quality in This City.
ANOTHER DAIRYMAN
49, WILL BE ARRESTED
Not Known Who He Is as the
Affidavit Has Not Yet
Been Served-Action TAX
en- as Object Lesson.

In order to promote the proper res
pect for the laws governing the clean
liness and quality of milk pedcled in
this city. Bert w. Cohn. state inspec-
tor, has taken drastic action. On Tues
day morning in the justice of the
peace court Of Judge L. A. Abbott.
Barnard Weiss. Homer Ratliff and
Charles Pitts were found guilty and
fined for selling milk below the pre-
scribed standard, while William Me
wohner was found guilty of selling
product with visible dirt in 1t, and he
too was fined.
From each of these dairymen, In
spector Cohn purchased a pint of milk
on August 3. The afidavits against
the dairymen were filed on Monday.
There we're nve charged with viola
tions Of the statutes. but one Of the
number who sold milk below the stan
dard. had not been arrested up to
noon Tuesday and his name was kept
a secret until his arrest is affected.
Took Many Samples. .....
Forty or ffty samples of milk were
obtained by the inspector from the
wagon deliverymen. Though he has
not completed his work in this city,
having to inspect the dairy plants Of
each dairyman, either delivering or
producing milk Tor use in Richmond,
he has not flled any other Information
with the authorities on which prosecu.
tions will be based. He intimated he
had no other Information.
DR., T. Henry Davis. secretary Of the
city board Of health. said the health
department was In sympathy with
prosecutions of milkmen who have not
observed the law. He said that they
had been warned SO often. II was nee
essary to take such steps as Inspector
Cohn had done. Inspectors of dairies
and the product sold by the delivery
men by the city health officers did not
result in prosecutions, because tests
made usually disclosed the fact that
the milk was OF standard quality.
However when bad milk was found oc-
casionally 1t was the policy of the city
health officials to give warning.
In respect to the quality of the milk,
the state law provides that milk which
is retailed must contain 3.5 per cent
butter fat. Inspector Cohn charged
that he purchased pints of milk from
Bernard Weiss that showed but 5 per
cent butter fat; from home Ratliff
with 2.S per cent butter fat. and from
Charles Pitts with 3 per cent butter
fat. william Neiwoehner sold him a
pint with visible dirt, he charged.
Each. was fined $1,000 and costs
amounting to 1910.
Pastures Were Dry.
It was said that the milk sold by
these dairymen was not produced on
their dairy farms. but was a product
which they had purchased from 9th.
ers. II is also said that as pastures
are dry, or rather were on August 8,
and at that time the grass was very
short, cows did not give their custo-
mary good quality of milk. 1t is not
charged by the inspector that any of
the dairymen adulterated their milk.
or that they placed foreign substances
in their product Prosecution of viol-
ators, It is believed by the officials,
will make the dealers more careful in
The future.
The inspector does not know how
long he will be in Richmond. Besides
the dairies, he is inspecting restau-
rants, candy shops and kitchens, ice
cream parlors and in fact all places
where the public may purchase food.
no matter what kind. He made rec
concentrations for several OF the gro
GERS. restaurant keepers, confection-
ers and others to adopt in their busi-
ness in order to strictly comply with
the law.
Inspector Cohn this afternoon in
formed city health officer DR.. T. Hen
Ty Davis, that the fifth dairyman
found violating the law was Harry
Hodgin, who he said would plead gull.
~ 30 selling milk with the percentage
of butter fat below the standard. Cohn
also changed his mind about continu-
ing his inspection here and left in the