The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19

Inc fact tnat eighteen DaOleS Oleu
In Richmond of diarrheal diseases last
year, nearly all of them being users
of cows milk. that there we're sixty
seven cases Of typhoid fever, the ori-
gin of most cases having been traced
to bottles which had not been steril-
lied, the milk inspection ordinance,
to which many weeks of careful in
vestigation and research had been de-
voted, and which had been declared
most practical and satisfactory one by
public spirited citizens and by DIR.
Hurry, state health officer, was voted
down last evening by the city council,
8 to T.
Even an amendment to the milk in
spection ordinance now operative, sub
mitted by Mr.. O'Neal, to make it more
effective by providing for the delivery
of all milk in quantities of gallon or
less in bottles. and providing for the
sterilization of all bottles. received no
consideration beyond referring it to
the ordinance committee.
How They Voted.
The vote on the new milk measure
last night was as follows:
For the biIl-Howelis, Russell, Wal
dele and Waterman.
Against the bilI-BurdsaII, Carter,
O'NeaI, Steinbrink, White, Weishaupt,
Wilkins and Williams.
The council room was crowded. Al.
ter the vote had been taken and Mayor
Robbins had mildly rebuked council
for its action, and asserting that 1t was
not a violation of one of the Progress
sive prediction pledges, the jubilant
dairymen filed out, shaking hands
with each other, followed by large
delegation of silent citizens, disgusted
and disappointed with the backward
step taken by a supposedly progress
Sive city council.
Flock Seems Pleased.
Dairy Inspector Flock. who sat with
the dairymen and who before the ses-
sion had contended that the ordinance
was illegal, appeared to be as pleased
over the result of the vote as any one
of the dairymen.
The discussion of the ordinance was
open to the public and dairymen and
citizens were conspicuous in the de-
bate. Excellent reasons were advanced
by Councilman Russell and DR.. L. F..
Ross why the ordinance should be
passed. Arguments against the meas
ure were very weak. Even the strong
est argument advanced by the opposi-
tion. that milk had to be delivered at
too low a temperature under it's pro-
visions. had the props knocked from
under it when council, by consent,
passed an amendment providing for the
delivery of milk at 81 degrees instead
Of 55 degrees.
Then the only handy argument left
to the opposition was that the old
ordinance, if made little more strin-
gent, will be good enough
DIR. Ross broadsided that argument
by saying that if the old ordinance had
to be remodeled council might as well
discard it and adopt the one pending.
This forced O'Neal, Weishaupt, Burd-
sail and others to assert that the pend
ing measure was too long and Comph-
Gated and would be difficult to en-
force.
Dairymen Deny Boycott.
Dairymen denied that they had ever
threatened to boycott the city for
thirty days if the ordinance was
passed, Notwithstanding the fact that
it had been reliably reported that they
had taken such action, but they skill
fully used the same threat advanced
by them when the ordinance now on
the statute books was passed. that if
their will was thwarted the price of
milk would go up and other direful
things would happen.
Mayor Robbins. after the vote had
been taken, stated that he wanted to
place himself on record as favorable
to the ordinance. and said he would
have voted for it in the event Of a tie.
He told council that he thought there
was a public demand for such legisla-
tion and predicted that it would not be
long before council would have the
same kind of an ordinance up before it
again for consideration. He denied
that the Progressive party was under
obligations to pass the measure
which had been broadly asserted by
DR.. Ross, saying it was legislation the
present administration had inherited
from the former Republican admins
tration.
Johanning for Dairymen.
Charles Johanning, the only citizen
to espOuse the cause of the dairymen,
was the first to speak on the ordi-
nance. He predicted the passage of
many such measures would result in
an increase in taxation and he also ex-
pressed the belief that the pending
bill was not necessary.
Councilman O'Neal then made the
principal speech in opposition to the
measure. He said he had made an in
spection Of a number of dairies and
had found them to be in a most salts
factory sanitary condition. He said
the present ordinance, If amended as
proposed by himself, would be ample,
for it had been drafted by lone of the
worst cranks on tuberculosis ever
known" DIR. Charles Bond.
He said if this ordinance was
amended 20 a. 70 provide ton. the stag,