Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-05-10


death. To a great many OF US mix
and cream mean either nourishmeLt
or disease according as 1t is pure or
Impure. Typhoid epidemics have
been frequently traced to an impure
milk supply and tuberculous COWS
spread dreaded plague to those who
consume the milk.
The law has given the weight OF
its authority to the regulation on MIX
Dy municipal ordinances and state
g. isiatiye enactments. These laws
nave for their purposes not only the
jafcgua.cine of tho milk supply
AGAINST disease hut also the separa-
lion of all relations between the
lrodnct of the cow and the far-famed
milkman's pump. Watered milk has
frequently drawn down the lightnings
OF the law as we'll as furnished IN
5p!- alton for the professional joke
smith. 1t was the subject OF the FOL
owing diatribe, Of which a st. Lcdis
Judge recently relieved himself In tn
case OF the city against a pur. syor
CT diluted milk.
Milk" said the wearer OF the err
nine. IAN object of profound and Wig
liant concern to the modern lawmak-
er, has been always part and parcel
Of the daily life, the adages and fcik-
lore OF mankind For example: We
are told not to cry over split milk
hat is not to fret over real loss that
cannot be helped The Russian has
IN aaage, : lat which Is taken In with
he milk only goes out with the soul
that IS early impressions last TN
leath. The Swede has one denotins
hospitality, viz, When there Is milk
in the can for one there is milk IN
the can for two. In the phrase
The milk Of human kindness, is ex
PRESSED the very heart and office Of
that gentle but noble virtue. Thf
bard of bards does not hesitate tc
connect milk and philosophy, deem
ing that neither loses dignity by tbs
| iuxtaposition. he speaks OF 'Adyer
sity's sweet milk, philosophy AL
such amiable metaphors, saws, sim
| lies, associated ideas and folklore
eschew the belittling ideas OF water
i b milk. Contra, the milk held II
mind is good milk. | recall but one
instance to the contrary (seemlngl.
The inadvertance of a daring and ef
rattle genius), viz:
i oh Mirth and Innocence. Oh, mill
i and water
Ye happy mixtures of more happ'
days.
Indeed, the universal, primal AM
|, spontaneous mental conception W
have of milk In the first instance
is that it is unwatered. Take on
case for example. Milk and hone
IRE emblems of pastoral good lueR
peace and plenty--a large and
goodly land. Witness the phrase. !
land flowing with milk and honey
ok. iii. 8; Jer. xxi. 22.) But wha
derlsive picture would rise to han
ass the Imagination by use OF tn
phrase, A land flowing with watere
, milk and honey? We think the o.
dinance proceeds on the notion the
, however much the COW waters nc
(. own milk in her own humble an
(. honest way Getting nature take he
counsel the milk man has no rigl
r 10 designedly duplicate nature 8 81
n VI water by furtive gift OF his ow
8 rom the barnyaId pump 1t Pr
i, ceeds on the underlying theory tn;
\ it is fraud, trick and averitab
k eheat--contrary to the common ia
4 and hence of that phase of 1t KNOW
h eoloquially as the square deal -
O sell water, when milk, not water,
q the commodity dealt In. il one
b lot to get stone who asks Il
bread. no more (under the spirit
y the ordinance) is he to get wat'
a who asks for milk
n The regulation of matter OF sue
general and vital concern as milk
= properly within the province OF u
a state legislature. 1t is for the legl
lative power representing the Peep
q Us whole to prescribe the measur
!. that are to safeguard the suppl
d But the legislature may, and We
4 frequently does, delegate this pow
"A 10 It's creature, the municipality; al
"a so we find the individual commul
% lies supported by the courts In the
>, enactment and enforcement OF dras'
y ordinances regulating the products
!, and distribution OF milk
J AS these measures entail additic
: al labor and expense on the part
those engaged in the milk busine
:, many of the laws have been bittei
- opposed in the courts, but quite Sc
= orally. they have been sustained.
= now clearly understood that mum
!, palities having the usual power m
: license milk dealers and prevent