Evening journal., 1914-06-25

COWS may be affected. few are uffi-
ciently so to affect the milk. The
doctor said there is not as much
danger from tuberculosis as result
of drinking milk as is generally sup
| posed, as few cows are so badly dis
eased in this respect as to affect their
milk.
After DR. Ewes had closed, a woman
who has a stand i'm King street mar
ket but whose name was not an
nounced, said she raised six children
on COWS milk and none of her chill
dren had developed tuberculosis. The
woman then asked the dangers from
milk, but no one replied to her ques-
tions.
Mr. Brady said the ordinance as a
whole is good, and he did not think
il would increase the price of milk
He agreed that all bottles should be
sterilized. A Mr.. Griffith said milk
bottles are a great source of danger.
/ This was all the opposition offered to
this particular section.
The other sections of the ordinance.
such as those relating to cold storage
| foods, their handling the placing of
foodstuffs above the ground at a safe
distance and the like were explained,
but no objections were offered to any
OF them Council will probably con-
slider the ordinance later and with
some possible chances to Section IA
IL is believed the rest of the act will
be passed as it stands.
Dr. H. w. Briggs urged Council ia
pass some such measure. He made a
plea that the whole thing be not kill
ed because Of some small objection
able feature which might easily be
corrected or eliminated
Among those who attended the
meeting were DR.. Julian Adair and
DR.. II. w. Briggs, of the Board OF
Health, DR.. Harvey p Patton, Miss
Anna W. Bird, Miss Sarah Pyle, Mrs
c. /. B. Henning, Mr.. and Mrs. e. A
Phillips Robert p. Robinson, r. ID
Kemp, John A. Porter, Charles n
Burris, John Boyd, representing the
Milk Dealers Association, and mum
erous storekeepers of King street in.
cluding W. b. Frank. John Devine
William Johnson and others.
Delaware Grange was represented
by William II. Mccoy. Lewis Ball. p
r. Weer and John Lester.
y Mrs. Hennlng Defends Ordinance.
Mrs. Clarence 7. y. Henning. chair
a man of the pure food committee o
" the Consumers League. yesterday de
r clared that the ordinance is not a
o drastic as the pure food laws OF man.
cities.
n Mrs Henning said II have gon
r over this ordinance very CAREFUL
n and have compared Il with the pur
food acts and food sanitation act
Il and with rules and regulations q
Z purity and food inspection decision
n of some 80 States and many cities
find that there is very little in IN
o ordinance under discussion that
a not covered in much greater deta
n by the laws Of the most OF these Z
I States.
"The impression that the oppositio
!, wishes to create is that this is mos
drastic ordinance. while as a matter
a fact. il is the essence of mildness a
= compared with the laws of many state
= and the ordinances Of hundreds {
: cities.
; "Take for instance the section dea
. ing with cold storage. II is almos
word for word the requirements Of Oh
state laws Of New York. Massachi
q setts, Connecticut Pennsylvania Ker
u tucky Louisiana, Tennessee California
Washington and Oregon. al Of who's
s cities are subject to the state regulS
s tions.
e "Section one, that deals with the us
e Of prescrvatives. is identical with II
le requirements Of most Of the states mel