Evening journal., 1914-08-06
ROCKS AHEAD Of
PURE FOOD ORDINANCE
B Butchers and Milk Dealers
Object TO New Measure
as Framed
ZIMMERMAN SEES
NO NEED OF CHANGE

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/ the passage OF the ordinance viii
mean higher prices, the statement
that poor people do not receive the
! same consideration at the hands OF
butchers that the wealthy classes do
and an attack on the Board of Health
and Consumers League were features
Of the hearing given butchers and
milk dealers by Council last night on
the proposed pure food ordinance. The
body heard objections to the meas
We from the Milk Mems Association
and the meat dealers.
The meat men objected to that sec
ton OF the ordinances which REQUIRES
that no meat shall be exposed. while
much opposition was interposed by
the milk dealers against the section
requiring that milk be sold in bottles.
No action was taken by the commit
tee OF the whole
Councilmen zimmerman and Nc
Goldrick were in charge Of the deal
ers fight on the floor and the former
made several caustic remarks con-
corning the Board OF Health and those
who are seeking to have the ordinance
adopted
The people do not demand this or
dlnance," Mr. Zimmerman cried.
and are content to let conditions
remain as they are IL seems 10 me
that a few persons are doing all the
kicking. The majority OF our citi-
zens are not interested in this mat
ter IN any way, shape or form. ONLY
the few are trying TO create discord.
Councilman zimmerman had the
assembled butchers and milk men in
an uproar when addressing Council
man James Kane. who presided in the
absence Of President White. he de-
clared THE way the Board of Health
IS working TO have us pass the sec
ton requiring that milk be sold in
bottles leads me to believe the board
IS an agent for some bottling con
Germ.
Councilman Draper presented the
following amendment to section
three:
Amend Section 1T. No person or
PERSONS shall manufacture candy be-
low tho surfaee OF the street Ice
cream shall not be manufactured. nor
milk offered for sale below the sur
alec Of the street unless such place
shall have been inspected and an
proved by the Board of Health.
Replying to W. r. Johnson. who
wished TO amend section five relative
20 keeping meat Off of counters
Councilman Slower declared he be-
lieved Mr. Johnson's objection was
invalid
MIR Johnson tells us the poor peo-
nc are benefited because meat Is left
exposed on market days" Colonel
Stcver said. us the man with $40
IN his pocket 10 have his meat from
fllc Ice box and the poor man his
from the counter?n
Meat Is high enough now" replied
Mr.. Johnson
Councilman McGoldrick entered
strong objection TO section a. which
reads as follows
Section IA. No person or dealer
~ milk, and no servant or agent Of
snch 9 dealer in milk, except such as
may sell for consumption upon the |
premises where sold shall give. fur |
nish. sell, offer for sale. or deliver I
any milk, skinned milk. buttermilk |
sour milk whey on cream. in uuanti- |
tics Of less than one "a gallon. mn I
less the same be kept. offered for
SAFE, exposed for sale. sold or do Z
ifeNered IN sanitary transparent glass .
pVllleN, or such other rcceptacles of 7
similar character as may be an |
Proved by the Board OF Health. the 4
same 70 be sealed with suitable can
or stopper. The said bottles or other
lcceptacles shall be sealed immedi-
steiy after the filling Of same. which
hiing and sealing shall only be done
u milkhouse or creamery. the sani-
Terry condition OF which has been an
proved by The Board OF Health
represent a class Of people who
cannot afford to buy a pint of milk IN
one time and keep It because they do
not have ice he declared "They
l, and cents worth. NV
customers are not milllonaires ana \
ne passage of this section will rc
priVe many Of milk. am against
the section
councilman zimmerman condem
ned the section I'VE have no right
70 say mat grocery stores shall not
sell milk. The State gives them the
right 70 handle 1T: are we going Ia
deny them what the State allowsq
VIII never vote for such measure
Councilman Draper scored tho sale
Of milk from wagons. He said tbe
Nehlcies arc dirty and unsanitary and
expressed doubt as whether they
were ever cleaned
Milk Inspector Grantland appeared
before the committee with twenty-five
copies OF milk regulations passed bv
other cities He made a plea in IA
Nor Of The section. The inspector said
the real reason why milzmen oppose
the law is because they lose bottles.
Replying for the milllmen, W. c. /
Galigna asserted the ordinance would
work a hardship on on dealers. Mr..
Galigna limited that the Restrictions
created by the measure would result
IN increased prices because Of Inc
added expenses
y austin Ellison, secretary of the
Board of Health. presented a list and
history OF thirty-six cases Of typhoid
fever cases. He said that circumstan-
Iial evidence pointed to milk as the
carrier of the disease.
The following amendment to nara
graph II. Of section l6. was present
ed
II shall be unlawful to return 10
Cold Storage any article Of food that
mas once been release from such stor-
age and placed on the market for sale
20 consumers. but nothing in this sec
ton snail be construed to prevent the
OF goods from one Cold stor-
age or refrigerating warehouse 10 an
other provided, that such transfer is
not made for the purpose Of evading
any provision Of these regulations.