The Detroit times., 1913-03-24
|(I|ID| RECl LATE
IlRY METHODS
THROUGH STATE
~. Downing Has Bill to Define
4, Activities For In
spectors
CONFLICTING LAWS
CAUSE TROUBLE
Would Make All Officials Practi.
cal Men In Lines They
Follow

LANSING. Mich. March 24.--Ths
placinG Of Michigan among the states
mich are leading the way in sys
'}eonatics uniform regulation OF dairy
{}Ae and milk production Is the aim oil
Charles e. Downing, Of Romulus. IN
ND bill. which ~ now being considered
y ~ public hsaith committee OF the
Hep. Downine d himself dairyman
<on1 has brought to the question he
&oo0 advanced the results OF practical
1xp1Eience. His bill IL similar to regu.
{lnk1onD now In force In New York.
asoachusetts. Pennsylvania. Ohio ~nd
WA. Many letters indorsing 1t are
Iong received BY the committee from
- sugaged In producing milk for
1eS markets.
s1Ae growth OF milk consuming
~ and the widening of the circles
"a eEoas feeding them, have caused
iopplngs of the different terri
t16S - that man finds himself sub
% varying and often conflicting
kmlnt1ona from separate sources,
Downing told The Times.
AAk has long been the case az be-
1619 Detroit and Toledo and soon
~ true Of Detroit and Grand
y. The only reasonable course
x the circumstances IN to do -
or states have done In providing
~ least 4 workable consistency OF
6oSsviaiou and inspection.
xke bin introduced calls for
knry dairy commission for each
~ q Be- composed Of member OF
56{fys6 board OF hezith, the state
ana food commissioner and .
1kofeeted dairyman. They woula
1t - meet It least once every two
q make up . scorecard, with
u inspection and production.
Ao state commissioner could be
Nd upon to guard against In
rfencieo. but It II question
6e there should be local repre-
W. IN. The commission. The
- house. Tor instance. has just
Till putting the statewide 81
- q the hands Of = single body
u az two mem from the college
1enlture, 4 veterinary surgeon.
Don and member OF the state
Gk health.
|So provinion Of my bill most OBJ
"a = the one allowing local
o11coFu "a grant certificates to
vhtcA hsve been barred on &C
- = 0o6t691UuU dtUguBe and +
frSnooed 20 change that 20 the
SSfinn must come directly from
V koord az health. However. .
ction WouId - required within
- oftor Il ~ asked for"
~ ~ nimnA at IN objection
TnH u the Botru1t department &C
@ngosont time whereby no rem
~ = mado till the next regular
o(1on which rocurs yearly. the
noa sssort N injustico u there'
~ them.
y S1fIsi 81 the rules Of the Detroit
SCtorS. according to Rep. Down'
NOW N ignorance or prscticsi
ll3ons which tends to destroy the
~ az the producers for them al.
x1XKoy forbid any MEu yendtnt n
INK Or fresh COW till after the
n 6ay," he said. Nov the MIN
q a experienced man sees that he
~ q down a. ridiculous. He makes
fFetense OF obeying It, and az re- |
kIR Incomes careless about others
what the limit ought to be is four
80 - given by the market milk d.
I2lnn Of the United States depart
1T Of agriculture and In all states
klah have any regulation with the
ootion OF New York, and there It
SHY ave. II the requirement had
- placed even at Ave. ninetenths
~ men would have obeyed 1t with
~ auestion, but II the Today rule
&>H lived ur to by all the shippers
MN 20 Detroit, 1t would cost them
go I year. In my business alone
MIX Of those six days would
l31n>rnt 70 not less than $50
u q ;9n important feature Of the Down
k RilI q the definition OF ouahnca'
1S&a Tor inspectors. Among other
lnn. they must have had at least
vn foori' experience managing or
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