New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-19
THAT COOPERATIVE MILK ptAr
II Has the Jealous Support Of Dshu,
County Farmers
To III. Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Dillon's ststemen. that a..
New York physicians are paid agents az g.
tain milk companies will undoubtedly h,s..
down the wrath Of these physician, "a,
him. | wish TO state two cases. showing a.
attitude Of two physicians toward x mill
-Four years ago a little baby in New Va,
City DEVELOPED all OF the symptoms Of q.
msldehyde poisoning Of the stomach. Asy.
ehild's only food vas x milk, the fsth., =,
the child, who is an expert chemist. MA.
an analysis. He obtained the characterize.
reaction Of dilute solution OF formald.h,s.
which had been used 20 prevent III. MI,
from souring. The physician in tn, a,.
ordered the child to the country at or.
where II could have fresh milk from a r.,A.
farm; The child is now a sturdy lad Az.
the physician wished 70 take the svid.,,.
20 court and prosecute the milk eomps,v
The second case was that Of child A.,
fering from tuberculsr meningitis The al,
stefan who had always taken care OF n,
ohild's food had insisted upon milk In
nediately after a month in the country y.
child developed meningitis and later dl,.
The physician, an expensive and fsshion,s.
children's doctor, stated that the child -
contracted tuberculsr meningitis from ora
rary milk In the country. and had Il p.
NAMED where IL always had milk no,hir,
Of the sort would have developed. He st.,.s
that no child who had had x milk hsd .,,,
had tuberculsr meningitis. As this X mil.
is not milk which has a bacterial count =.
its source; as there was no bacterial eou,,
taken of the country milk which th. ehis
had. and as there has been no report or u.
life and habits Of all the children takir,
X milk. the physicians assumption can }.
challenged IL has never been proved TIA
milk and no other source Of infection caus..
Itubercular meningitis. Why was one phui.
clan 40 keen about X milk, while the oshs
physician, who had accurate data, vas A.
eager 70 prosecute
Mr.. Dillon's statements are not rash. q,
is as eager 70 improve the milk supply q
New York City children as n. has alvar
been 70 help the upstate children. I wish n,
mothers Of New York babies could have hear:
the savos o. applause that went up from owe
1000 dairymen az the Delaware Cour,y
meeting when Mr.. Dillon asked the farmer
20 pledge themselves 20 send only pure, cles-
milk 70 the cooperative milk plant which
being considered There is religious rss
behind their devotion 70 Mr. Dillon. ror
over thirty years ne has fought their fight,
against trickster agents Of all kinds in hi,
paper, "The Rural New Yorker" Now these
farmers are ready 70 help Mr.. Dillon fgti
for purer, fresher, cheaper milk for Ne,
York babies
II only the city consumer could know sri
understand that Mr.. Dillon Is not a visionary
radical attempting unheard-of things. W.
Dillon is trying 20 do what proved success
in Belgium before the war. The muniepsl
markets of Germany have given the people o.
that country far better service than the mar.
kets Of America. Sir Horace Plunkett, he
great Irish agricultural leader, has beer
urging such cooperative relations betvsc
producer and consumer FOR years. Sir Her
ace Plunkett is honored by his eountrmr
and by the world as a great cooperative
leader Mr.. Dillon is TO the New York Stat
farmer what Sir Horace has been to Il,
Irish agriculturst-a great leader. VIA
Mr.. Dillon now needs is the political supper
Of the city consumers and the votes Of H.
mothers who care.
AMELIA MACDONALD CUTLER
Delhi, y. Y, Dee. IL. 1915.