Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-06-06
CITY Opens FIGHT
FOR BETTER MILK
Speakers Favor Commission
AS Well AS An Inspect
ing Laboratory
is CONDEMNED

mass meeting unuer the auspices VI
the Consumers League, I'm the New
Century Club yesterday afternoon.
About one hundred persons we're
present, including Col. W. e. Slower,
chairman of the finance committee,
Of City Council; J. Austin Ellison,
secreary OF the Board OF Health;
Councilman Oscar c. Draper, Milk
Inspector Charles H. Grantand and
other officials of the city. Governor
Charles r. Miller and Mayor Harri-
son W. Howell could not be present
because of business engagements.
Resolutions we're adopted favoring
the appointment of commission
whose duties would be to control the
production and distribution of milk
10 this city.
Mrs Charles Warner presided over
the meeting. Before introducing The
first speaker, Mrs. Warner stated that
the dangers resulting from bad and
impure milk are not those that appeal
to the popular imagination, but the
Consumers League had decided TO
carry on a campaign Of education for
pure milk
We of the Consumers League do
not pose as experts, but we can visit
dalries. retail depots, small and large
stores whore milk is sold and tell
what we see.
I'VE have studied the report Of the
commission on milk standards OF
MAY. 19i3--a most instructive and en-
tightening report-and found that
they placed milk in three grades.
Grade A-Said milk from tuber-
culin tested COWS, with a bacteria
count of less than 100000 per cubic
aentimeter, pasteurized by count of
100000
Grade B-Mnk from COWS, 10y
physical examination tround free OF
diseasel with a bacteria count not
exceeding 1.OO0,0e0 per cubic cent?
meter All milk 70 be pasteurized I'M
der official supervision.
Grade C-Miik from COWS free
of disease as determined by physical
examinations and bacteria count
over 100000 per cubic centimeter.
All this milk 10 be pasteurized and
to be used for cooking purposes
only"
DR.. Reed, OF Delaware College, was
then introduced by Mrs Warner. He
made statements of a startling nature
regarding milk as sold in Whining
ton. lie also declared that he did
not believe in pasteurizaton.
DIR. Reed said he would talk from the
standpoint of n bacteriologist "Alilk,
as wen as being a perfect food for the
human being, IS also a perfect food for
bacteria said DR.. Reed Now we
hear a great deal about diseases result
ing from impure milk, such as typhoid,
tuberculosis. and other diseases The
greatest danger of tuberculosis comes
from tubercular cattle. Typhoid, we
know, can only be gotten in milk by
getting in from outside sources"
DR.. Reed declared that the only way
TO get pure milk is TO raise the stand
ard. The first thing, he said, to do is
to educate people to the danger of inn
pure milk and unclean milk. The next
thing TO do is 60 educate the producer
I'VE can't do it by pasteurization.
don't believe in il. Pastourized milk is
dirty milk. II may not cause typhoid
or tuberculosis, but it is dirty milk"
Dr.. Reed said that the number Of
bacteria in milk must be kept down TO
prevent them from multiplying.
"lhis can only be done" said DR..
Reed. 'by Keeping the milk cool, having
the COWS MIXED in clean places, by
clean men, and the milk put in clean
bottles. OF course particular attention
should be paid TO the health of the
cows and the health of the men who
milk Them
"Dr Reed urged the passage Of laws
that are not too stringent and do not
set too high an example because of the
probability of their being upset by a
court and the cause Of pure milk given a
back set. He said this occurred in
Boston.
DR.. Reed said that the presence Of a
great number of bacteria in milk does
not necessarily mean that it is exceed.
ingly dangerous. lie stated that out of
the eleven samples of Wilmington milk
examined by him the best sample con.
tanned $4,000 bacteria. This milk. he
said, showed fairly good test. n
was the milk supplied to patients IN
some Of the hospitals in the city. On,
sample of milk which DR.. Reed said wa.
q high priced milk. showed a very qreat
number OF bacteria. and also containes
formaldehyde. The eleven samples
samples ranged from 66.0OO TO l0,25OOO'
bacteria in a cubic centimeter.
Pennsylvania Inspects Diaries.
DR.. J. William Stanley, of Pennsyl
vania, was the next speaker. He toll,
Of the supervision of diaries in tina
State, saying that $1,000 Of them ar
under the direct inspection and super
vision Of the State authorities The,
are divided into four classes, excellent
good. fair and bad.
About 10 per cent. of the diaries II
the State are classed as bad" slid DIR
Stanley ''Ihe danger resulting from
these is that the milk may be nike,
with good milk"
How can we obtain a supply of goo,
milkf Unhealthy cows cannot give goo
|. mix A tubercular test should be mad
once year. The ratio 10 profitable an,
unproiitable cows is nine times as grea
: when they are housed in good stables Al
when they are badly housed"
DR.. Stanley said in a test in Pennsvl
wanna go cows showed a profit of sl4.l
each, while housed properly. while 20
cows improperly housed showed n nroe
OF only % cents.
Ut. Stanley described what he terme
as necessary buildings for the housin
OF the cows and for milk house ID
Stanley stated that milk might bs cor
taminated by the cows eating bad foo,
DIR. II. P. Ewes. state veterinaria
agreed with DIR. Reed in what he soI
about pastuerizing milk. CT would
good deal rather have it come fro
clean cows" said Dr. Ewes.
"Not all producers are unclean h
many of them are and those are I
ones we are after" said DR.. Ewes. sT
essential object is 20 awaken the peo,
of the danger of unclean milk. but I