Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-06-08
Associated Press)

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 Medical Milk Inspectors to- day, Dr. J. H. Landis, of Gin cinnati, discussing Pure Milk Its Influence on a Mu- nicipality's General Death Rate, /" devoted himself chief ly to presenting facts tending to show that the reduction in
 the death rate of a munici- pality brought about by the purification of it's milk sup ply, is practically the same as that caused by it's change
 from a polluted to a pure wa ter supply.
 In Cincinnati, he said, the average yearly saving of lives by compelling a pure milk supply was 453.
 The wholesale assassination of Gin cinnati's infant population he said,
 had been carried on for years, when the milk industry was largely in the hands of dairymen who fed their cows almost exclusively on distillery slop Cows were chained with their noses in slop trough from the time they were received on the farm until they passed into the hands of the butcher"
 The dairy barns were dark and reek- ing with liquid manure. The COWS were plastered with this material, as were many of the workmen, and the finished product had generous sup ply when it reached the consuming public What had been accomplished in changing these conditions had been chiefly made possible by employing on full time as health officers competent specialists under non-partisan board Of health.
 The Cincinnati plan eliminated milk
 inspection by physician on part time and placed it in the hands of gradu- ate in veterinary medicine on full lime. R. B. Blume, D. V S., an em- ploye of the United States Bureau of Anima Industry, was chosen, and to his industry, honesty, and courage the results obtained are largely due.
 One of the Cincinnati regulations gives the health officer the authority to dump milk that shows visible sedi- ment in the container. This regulation was rigidly enforced against those who consistently fought all attempts at i'm provement. Milk permits were revok- ed, and in numerous instances prose 3uticns in police court drew fines rang ing from twenty-five to four hundred 1ollarS. In few instances, perfectly respectable gentlemen had opportuni- ties in the quiet of the city jail, to mediate on the uncertainties of a milk C1OQICCl D OdI ICCI. T LII p1OOC(u- ion meant a little temporary, cheap notoriety, with tenge of martyrdom thrown in; now, if man is arrested for some other gross violation of the regulations, he loses caste in his com munity and is classified as cheap crook or a plain "bonehead."
 Compelling proprietors of restau- rants, saloons, hotels, etc, to serve milk to customers in the original seal ed package met with the unqualified approval of the public.
 Opposition to pasteurization was pronounced at first, but at the present time if any one desired to start a riot backed exclusively by the milk indus try, the one sure way would be to try to eliminate pasteuslzation in Cincin- nati. Through pasteurization, the big dealers have practically eliminated all waste and have completely escaped all outbreaks of milk-borne infection, with i attendant loss of trade. In over a | year, not one case of typhoid fever, scarlet fever, or septic sore throat has been traced to an infected l dairy or to an ice cream manufactory. l
 No chances were taken on having | pasteurization hung up indefinitely in i the courts of Ohio. Offences such as dirty bottles and visible sediment in | milk can be seen by court officers and | appeal to them. When those opposed | to rasteurization slipped up on either of these regulations, instead of receiv- ing warning, they faced an irate court. Fines and lawyers fees consti- tuted an appeal to reason that quickly convinced them of the soundness of