The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
O'BRIEN TO WAGE
 DEPARTMENTS BATTLE THROUGHOUT NATION
Former BridgepOrter Retained to Lead Battle Against Alleged
 Scheme of Milk Syndicate
Cigar Makers Interested in Reil- tvs Visit to McAdOo-DonO- van and the Senator's
 Newsy Notes of
 the Capital
Rv our spectal Corree.l

By Our Special Corres)
 Washington. July s-Attorney M E. o,Brden. formerly of Bridgeport, Conn.,, as laying the foundation for a fight that the National Dairymen'S ASso- ciafion will make in every part of the country to prove. if possible, that the entire country is being victtm1zed oy a syndicate which seeks through leg 1slation for pure milk and legislation for pasteurized milk, to get control or the milk supply of the country, and force, the people to use either pas teurized milk or condensed Tnlik
 The first fight of the daarymen VIII he made in the district of Columbia where 1t is contended that the health authorities by construction of the law and enforcement Of various rules will soon make it impossible to sell raw sweet milk of any stanoaro: .
 Associated with Attorney O'Brien IS Attorney Henry D. Davis, a former cIassuaate of President Wilson
 The milk dealers hope to prove that there is an invisible lobby working ara5nst them. and that articles are being published in many Of the healtn journals against raw sweet mix, that come from the pen of physicians who are in the pay of the milk trust
 On July 8. the Washington Health authorities caused 1O9 milk dealers to De arra1gned before Judge Pugh in
 
 ed with selling milk and cream which consisted partly of filthy decompos- ed and putrid animal or vegetable ur1ateer~ Attorney OSBr4en filed a rneTion eo require the prosecution to furnish a ban of particulars, asking the government to state an what par 4icular the milk sold was adulterateds and what particular kind Of foreign teutstauca Is alleged to have been con- 1ained in t1ae milk Judge Pugh grant cd the motion. and as the prosecution was unable to furnish the bill of par ticula-s at Chat xizne, the eases were adjourned to 6 date to be agreed up-
 ..standara osrs has a hsnd in this usomewhs=e." Attorney O'BT4en told f4he court standard Oil Interests con- rro1 the only pastsurdzing plants on the market, and I believe that the irnakers Of the plants are working up I4h1s agitation here to force the pa1r- ichnse Of their machinery I don't iaxnow as the aarthor1ties are conscious that they are being useds but am gotng to find out
 Today William A. Simpson, a. dairy snan filed a suit through Attorney OfBr1sn for t3.600 damages against the tDistr1ct Of Columbia for failure to tzward the contract to 3aim for supply HuR milk 1o municipal fnstitutions. He trFair1s that he was the lowest bidder.
 
 tkhan the recipient of the bid The au- s1hor1taes contend that a test showed i4he milk to be Of a lower standard than that Of the man who received the contract Simpson challenges the tmccuracy of the test, claiming that his iproduct was az good as that of the fortunate bidder. Experts are to be icaIIed fn and an effort will be made 10 investigate the methods employed by the health authorities in deternfn- ling the qualities of milk.
 The dairynen contend that in every city where the alleged pure milk cru .sades have been put into effect that the price to the consumer has been increased, and the trust have gained a Eoothold-
 Congresznan Thomas L. Reilly of sConnecticut called upon Secretary Mo- .Adoo yesterday in reference to the F-ssmokesf' allowed cigarmaazers- MT Reilly opposes the ruling of the rev. enue bureau in relation to the bill in- troduced by himself. and passed by inc e2nd Congress, granting 21 cigars &Ories vE1thOut the payment of revenue tax thereon It had been held by the revenue bureau that these 'tthree smokes a day. must be smoked on gthe premises. on the day they are made, and not taken from the build ang.
 MT. Reilly claims that this is moi ythe intent of the bill. He pointed out me fact that many of the shops will mot allow employees to smoke during working hours, and others will not allow smoking in the building The .natter was not settled. but MT. Reilly Fvrfn visit the secretary again on ThurS6ay when 1t is believed that the Secretary will reach a decision in the matter.
 Sheriff Charles Spreyer of New Ha- ven. called upon the members of the Connecticut delegation yesterday. He has been to Gettysburg where he was m4futanf of the Conn ectieut division He says that it was a great meeting end ought to have been held 25 years ago What made g great impression upon the sheriff was the manner ir which the tendency of the old Veter- ans to forage returned to them like .eecond nature. He says that there were plenty of men there who were honest at home but who on goine ,1nto camp started fn at once to col aect all of the blankets. utensils, mat dresses. and anything they could lay their hands on just to have a. good supply He says that one old veteran from Connecticut who claimed thad he could not get a blanket was dis covered to have eight of them stow cd away back of his tent, along with hevera1 cots and mattresses. The sher- fir said that the --foraging instinct was something the boys cultivated in 1881. and that he was surprised to see how we'll they retained it.
 Conzreszznara Jeremiah Donovan is not rror~yfrar much because a part of