Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-24
,rIT K SOLD HERE AT LOWER
COST THAN IN NEIGHRORINC CITIES
Four Hundred Thousand Quarts Consumed Daily-Only
Pretense of Inspection of Dairy Products.
Due to Small Force

,.,.dstpbia consumes about 400 0O0
- N milk each day" said William
s,onee. Of the Supplee Alderney
-. nm and jefferson streets. This
Dal,' ,,,. ,or,es from farms within 400
~. ,adjus Of this city, from Pennsyl-
WI. New Jersey, Delaware and New
..S state. Philadelphia Is paying less
a. milk than any other nelRhborlhR city
" ~. vork city. Baltimore and other cities
Nsr .,ytng cents quart for quart bottles
~ cents for pint bottles Philadelphia
.,r,ers ~ are paying today cents for
sts ana 4 cents for pinta. In Philadel-
W. ,bere Is practically no inspection BY
pug toard Of Health There are few
rs.s,tors but they could not begin to
~. oll the milk which IL brought TO the
vi, for sale, and TO give adequate or
I'm any Inspection IN the country would
t,n,osslble with such a small force.
npt the fault OF the Board OF Health
~ have not the money to carry on a
.nsr milk inspection. The inspectors
w opIy visit n few milk depots and
~ ,bey see anything which Is insanltary
objectionable can order its removal: {:
-, may occa sionallv test a few samples
y zee N they comply with the stnnd-
"a hut a proper daily inspection and
.,nsrvjslon Of the milk business is not
.ns,ble under the present system. The
~, in his purchase Of milk except tho
nnod reputation Of the dealer or the word
of the driver.
,rbs standard fixed by city and State
.r,horl,ies is S25 per 1000 Of butter fat.
Tsls is a very low standard and was
e.J In difference to the dairNmen who
,,asn UoIstein dairies. The HOlstein cows
sivs a large volume OF milk with n low
rercentage of Cat, 'but the standard
.boulc be raised to say 40. and the Hol-
stsln men would then keep enough Al
derneys to enrich their milk and bring 1t
IN IN the standard. Pasteurization makes
r,Ik harmless as far as disease germs
,rs concerned. but It does not clean the
milk One can pasteuiize milk and still
Inc milk can be dirty. II costs money to
el4an milk, just as II costs money to
,lean floor or a house or i'm fact any
Thing. and a reputable dealer who has
built 10 n Business on his reputation Will
ses that the milk he sells Is not only
germ free through pasteurizatlon. but
ihoroughly clean as we'll The average
person II more particular about the clean
lness Of milk than any other quality.
nIn New York there Is board that
exercises an influence over the milk busl-
ness. though it could hardly be called
A control. as they have not the power to
enforce requirements. hut as they are
all men OF the highest standing, their in
dorsement means so much that all New
York dealers of Importance endeavor 20
xet Il and hold II by keeping their busi-
ness up to its required standards.
"AIllk In New York. therefore. Is graded.
There are the 4. B and g grades. Briefly.
the c grade Is just milk the Il grade is
pasteurlzed, but not cleaned: the grade
i pasteurzed cleaned and up to the
hghest standard In richness.
"while we dealers In Philadelphia are
selling our milk TO the consumers at a
lower price than New York. Baltimore
or other neiEhboring cities, that are
getting much higher prices than we do
we have to compete with them in obtain
Ing our supplies from the same farmers,
and 1t Is a question hs to how much
long we can do this
From an other source It was found /
that One-half the milk served TO retail !
customers in Philadelphia Is served in
quart bottles, and the other half In pint
bottles, and while in New York and
ether points where plnts a"e served an
additional cent Is added to the quart |
prce for pint bottles, no such charge is
made by Philadelphia dealers, although |
u is claimed the cost of filling, sealing, |
cleaning. and breakages is the same for |
pints MS for quarts
Naturally the prices of imported |
Fooen goods are going up" said the ,
manager of the Jaeger WOolen Company. |
nj Arch street, "and ! expect them 10 |
continue to go UP, so long as the war
continues. Nor do I look for any .
sudden reaction in prices for imported
woolens even If the war were to end
today. 1t will take a long time before
shairs resume normal conditions In the
warning countries. and the heavy taxa
ton which must follow will affect
prices on all manufactures |