Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-07
Nathan Straus Here in Interest
of His Laboratory.
TO SHOW ITS WORKINGS
Will Try to Have Congress Take
Over the Institution.
VISITORS WILL BE WELCOME
New Yorker to Show Details of
morrow and Sunday.

Nathan Straus Of New York is ir
Washington for brief stay, and wants
to do all in his power to prove that Con.
greSS would do we'll to take over the
plant Of the Strauss laboratory, which he
is willing to give to the government free
if money is appropriated for its mainte-
nance.
So enthusiastic is Mr.. Straus In the
project for saving the lives Of the babies
of Washington that he has come from
the metropolis to show his friends in
Congress that the effort should not be
discontinued. The great benefit to the
babies, he insists. has been proven and
will grow greater next year.
Tomorrow and Sunday he proposes to
be at the laboratory with Mrs. Straus
and Miss Hurn. the superintendent, to
show to the people Of Washington. as
we'll as the national legislators. the great
value of the plant in the saving of the
lives of helpless infants. William Jen-
nings Bryan, personal friend Of Mr..
Strauss is to be asked to attend.
Visitors will be shown over the plant
and every detail of the work of paSteurl-
cation will be explained. Butter made at
the laboratory also will be shown. Mrs.
Straus. who is just as enthusiastic as her
husband in the work of bringing munich
palities to the knowledge that they should
put their shoulders to the wheel and en-
deavor in every way possible to stop the
enormous infant mortality, will, in all
probability, invite several women of her
acquaintance to be present.
Many Invitations Issued.
1t is expected that the invitation of Mr..
Straus will bring out large numbers who
heretofore have not Investigated the work.
ings Of the establishment. He decided to
issue the general invitation to Washing
tonians and the national legislators to
visit the laboratory after the same had
thoroughly impressing some people with
the great benefits of the laboratory.
During his visit to the laboratory today
Mr.. Straus talked at length to a Star
reporter. declaring that he wants to fully
impress upon the people the bene-
using the products Of the plant. He
pointed out how the merits had been
proven and especially commented on how
in Germany he made his first expert
accomplished as soon as the mothers be-
came alive to the great benefits to be
derived from feeding their infants the
various foods prepared.
laboratory has been of great value here,
Mr. Straus thought, and he believes 1t
should be taken over by the govern
ment. He pointed out at this juncture
that 1t should never be allowed to be-
come a commercial proposition. for as
soon as it does the foods in all prob
ability Will lose their efficiency.
Nh. Straus will see number of prom
inent memhArs Of Congress during his
stay here an try to impress upon them
the fact that they should allow the legis-
latfon looking to the maintenance Of the
plant to pass at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Good Results In Toronto.
Seventy-five per cent Of the children in
the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.
the largest institution, of the class in all
America, owe to Pasteurized milk their
relief from Intestinal troubles, declares
]. Ross Robertson. chairman of the hos
pital board, who is responsible for the
establishment of a milk plant in connec-
ton with the hospital.
1.-The results are wonderful" says Mr..
Robertson. "All the physicians Of Toron-
to subscribe to its virtue. Twelve doc
tors attached to the hospital use pas
teurized milk in their own families. From
all around parents come to the hospital
plant to obtain milk"
Mr. Robertson, who Is owner of the
Toronto Evening Telegram, and who has
a son representing his paper in the Cap
itol press galleries, is In Washington on
his way home from the south, where he
has been winter1ng. He is an enthusiastic
witness Of the benefits of pasteurized milk
and tells how he came to investigate it's
virtues and establish a plant in his home
town.
When I became connected with the
Hospital for Sick Children, which is the
largest In America and the second iarg-
est in the British empire, / found that
the babies confined there were almost
entirely sufferers from intestinal troubles
or had ailments due to malnutrition.
There are anywhere from 100 to 100 chill
there Is an outdoor department, where
l,JOO or 2.UOO children are attended to
each day.
Conditions Have Improved.
at that time the laws governing the
inspection Of milk were inadequate, and
found that the quality of milk as sup
piled by the diaries near Toronto was
not what 1t ought to be. This is a condi-
ton that has improved since, and we now
have sup ervision that is about all that it
could be and insures q splendid quality Of
milk.
But then conditions were bad. L de-
termined that I would Investigate the
enterprise then conducted in New York
city. So, with committee from the
Academy OF Medicine Of Toronto. accom-
panied by provincial health officials and
leading physicians Of Toronto, / went to
New York. We stayed there a week, in
terviewing Nathan Straus and every
other authority on milk and on child nu-
triton In that city.
Convinced that the pasteurized milk
was the solution of the sick child prob
lem, L ordered the duplication, on a
smaller scale, OF the Strauss plant, and
had 1t established In connection with the
hospital in Toronto. The results have
been marvellous.
There are no skeptics In Toronto re-
garding the virtues of pasteurized milk
One or two phy.icians. perhaps, are re-
luctant to admit its benefits, but are not
opposing its use. and are not in harmony
with us merely because they do not know
what II will do"
George Zadoc Taft Dead.
T1XRRTDGE Macs AnriI