The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-26

Assail Inspection.
The proprietors Of these enterprises
are not willful violators of the city
ordinance. They assert, however.
that the inspection under the admin
istration of DR.. Glenn is not conducted
for the best interests of the city and
for the protection of the housewife
Inspections of dairies have not
been made as frequently as some of
the men who conduct them desire.
and when they are made, they have
not been rigid enough to satisfy even
those who have spent thousands of
dollars equipping their plants with
sterilizing machinery and other mod
ern appliances for the careful hand
ling of their product. .- -.....-..--
They do not hesitate to say that Dr.
Glenn has neglected his duties and in
many instances. an inspection has not
been made for SO long that the event
has long been forgotten.
Few Inspections Made.
In fact, one dairyman who was Wis
tied, when asked who the city dairy
inspector was, looked surprised and
said: why we haven't any dairy in
spector in this town"
When assured that the city was
paying 81 900 year to a man for that
purpose, the dairyman said, We'll. he
has never been here"
This is only one of many instances
that could be cited, but 1t goes to
show that the city is not getting what
it is paying for.
Another man who conducts a model
dairy, having installed all the latest
facilities to properly sterilize milk,
stated that he thought 1t an injustice
to the men in his line of business who
have spared neither time nor ex-
pense to bring their product up to
high standard, to have a man hold
such an important Office. who does
not give 1t his entire time and atten-
tion.
1t was pointed out by this dairy
man that the few inspections that
were made had only been cursory
ones and not of a nature that would
make a man spend any money to i'm
prove his plant when his profits would
be larger by going along in the same
old way he had followed for years.
Where the Danger Turks.
The men with modern plants for the
proper sterilizing of milk cannot pos
sibly make the profit derived by the
man who follows the old methods. yet
he sells his milk at the same price
as does the one who just takes the
milk from the COW and bottles 1t
without taking any precautionary
measures for the public health
The inference must not be drawn
that there are no sanitary dairies in
and around Richmond for there are.
and many of them, but there are
some that are in a disgraceful condi-
tion, and these are the ones that are
endangering the health of the COM
munity without molestation or warn
ing from the public officer hired for
the purpose of protecting it,
There are places that are conducted
by men who neglect their surround
ings and cows as we'll as themselves.
so far as cleanliness is concerned.
who are menace to the public health
so long as they are allowed to con-
tinue in the dairy business.
NesIects His Duties.
There are men in the dairy business
who do not have the slightest idea of
what a sanitary dairy or a sterilizing
plant looks like. yet they are bringing
the milk into Richmond day after day
and DR.. Glen, who is paid $1,000 a
year by the city, either does not know
about it or else he is neglecting his
duties.
During the investigation among the
dairymen and men in other lines of
business, there were many instances
recalled of the care co taken by DR..
Glen in making his investigations.
One incident was related that will
give some idea of his zeal for the
care of the public health.
On a certain occasion he invited a
friend to accompany him in an auto
mobile while he looked over a place
south of town. 1t happened that while
turning around in the farmers yard
that the automobile got stuck and 1t
was necessary for the farmer to get
a team of horses and drag the machine
out of the mudhole.
When the auto was on solid ground.
DIR. Clem informed the farmer that he
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