The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-30
A. i. of i. in Favor
of Milk Investigation

The following resolution was
adopted by the annual convention of
the American Federation Of Labor
held in Baltimore, November:
Resolution No. 1S6.-Delegate John
H. Ferguson, of the Baltimore FEEDER
alton Of Labor:
WHEREAS, Hon. J. Charles Lin
thicum, Of Maryland. has introduced
in the House Of Representatives a
resolution (H. r. 1879 providing for
the appointment by the speaker of a
committee of five members Of the
House, whose duty it shall be to in
vestigate and report as speedily as
practicable as follows:
(a) Whether conditions prevail
ing in diaries and dairy products seri-
ously menace the health and property
Of the people Of the United States.
CD Whether Federal inspection
and supervision, either alone or in CO.
operation with state and municipal
inspection and supervision. is neces-
sary to the reasonable protection OF
the health and property Of the citi-
zens Of the United States.
(c) If so, then the best and most
economic methods of inauguration
end enforcing such inspection and SUI
pervision; and
WHEREAS, A hearing was had on
H. r. 1877 on April II, 1915, before
the committee on rules of the House
of representatives, at which time DR..
e. c.. Schroeder, expert bacteriologist
of the Department of Agriculture.
stated to the committee that 800 chill
dren die annually in New York city
of boving tuberculosis and on this
basis the annual death rate in the
United States from bovine tuberculo-
sis is 5000 children every year; and
further said that over 8 per cent,
or 100000 of our dairy cows have
tuberculosis, and are capable Of trans
hitting that disease to children;
while DR.. John R. Mohler, assistant
chief Of the Bureau Of Animal Indus
try told the committee that he had
personally examined the bodies of a
number of children who died of SUI
berculosis and found that over % per
cent had died Of bovine tuberculosis;
and
WHEREAS, s"The Forecast of De-
cember, 1915, page 500. says: Other
Investigations - have proved
dren are the chief sufferers from the
so prevalent in cattle that it is useless
to think Of it's immediate eradication.
The only protection for our children,
until this is accomplished, Is pasteur-
ization. There is no escape from the
conclusion, therefore. that in permit
ting the use of milk or milk products,
without pasteurization, we are re-
sponsible for the slaughter of inno-
cents compared with which that OF
Herod was a trife; and many of those
whom we do not kill we MAIN and
cripple for life, for the deadly tu-
bercle. bacillus attacks the bones,
Joints and glands of the unhappy lit
tie ones rather than their lungs; and
WHEREAS, If these charges are
true, then it is the duty of Congress
to investigate and to pass such legis-
lation as may be necessary to remedy
the evil; and if they are untrue, then
Congress should, by proper investiga-
ton, show this to be the fact, that
the uncertainty now prevalent among
our citizens may be alleviated and the
real facts known, so that the people
may freely and increasingly avail
themselves without fear, and trembl-
ing of this splendid product, the most
:..ltritious, useful and, when produc-
ed and distributed under proper san
s+ary methods, the most healthful ST
all; therefore be it
RESOLVED. That this convention
of the American Federation OF Labor
favors an investigation of the charges
made against milk and milk prod
ucts and gives it's approval to House
Resolution No. 1877, and be it fur
Their
RESOLVED, That the Legislative
Committee of. the American Fedora
ton of Labor be instructed to do all
things necessary to bring to pass the
speedy passage of this resolution.
XMAS TREES, WREATHS
AND ROPIN(s