Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-30
LOCAL COMMENT

Is there any good reason why Mar
shalltown. a city of the first class, can
not have thorough and systematic
milk inspection? Other cities have in
spection. and get results from it. AS far
as dairymen here know IL has been a
long time since any one has asked for
samples of milk to determine whether
it is clean and comes up to the butter
fat standard required by the state. This
is something to which strict attention
should be paid. Milk is commodity
used in every household in the city. The
price is high and promises to go higher
next winter Producers of milk are or
ganized. and the consumers should,
thru their municipal corporation, or
ganize in the sense that they demand
pure milk for their money and milk
that contains the required amount of
butter fat. Diaries buy from Tom, Dick
and Harry, and peddle the product. Do
| the diaries know whether or not the
places where the milk is secured are
clean? They may not care whether they
| are clean or not but the people who
use the milk should know, and with an
| inspector the premises from which milk
is furnished for Marsalltown would be
Inspected.
In the city of Waterloo. few days
| ago, one concern selling milk has been
put out of business temporarily by n.
A. Tally. city milk inspector. Any mer-
chant who sells milk furnished by this
company is to be prosecuted, the milk
inspector announces. The milk COM
pany is charged with selling diluted
milk and, according to Mr. Tally, is
buying milk Of farmers at 8 cents per
quart and selling to patrons at 10 cents
after Swimming off most of the cream
The inspector announces that this COM
| pany Will have to sell milk just as it
! comes from the herd or not sell at all.
| II the situation like this can exist at
| Waterloo. why not in Marshalltown? In
Waterloo II is discovered and will be
remedied, but how about Marshalltown,
without inspection? The only inspec-
! ton we now have is what the state
does in tests for butter ia. The most
| important phase. the cleanliness of the
diaries and the farms where milk is
produced. is not looked after by the
state or the city.
Another matter of deep interest that
should be looked afer locally is build
ing. In an effort to put all the build
ings possible on a lot 1t will not be
| many years until the beauty Of the
city will be spoiled by promiscuous
buildings stuck in here and there A
building commission could regulate
building and compel builders TO OBJ
serve some sort of system in their
building. house sandwiched in on
part of lot not only damages the lot
on which it is built but every other
house in the block If a builder comes
out beyond the line of dwellings in his
block, he damages those in the block.
and they have no recourse. a house
stuck in on the rear of lot. facing an
alley. may be good investment to the
owner now, but when the time comes
for him to sell his p, operty the chances
are the house on the alley will depre-
ciate the property
A lesson should be afforded by the
old colored aunty at the soldiers home
who, like Mary of old hath done what
she could In giving to the Red Cross.
This old lady gave so cents of her saw
ing of % cents. How much better did
she do than the man who has plenty
and refuses to give, or gives sum far
less than he should and can afford The
old colored aunty should put the other
10 shame.
sunday school class of small boys
OF the city has set an example that
should be followed by others, by dec!d-
ing TO dispense with firecrackers and
fireworks this year and give the money
ordinarily spent to the Red Cross. Fire
crackers and fireworks are not nee
essarily an indication of patriotism.
They are habit. This is year when
people expect TO forego unnecessaries,
and the youngster who will give mis-
firecracker money TO the Red Cross is
more patriotic than the one who burns
up the money for momentary pleasure.
FoUR-MlNuTE MEN COMMITTEE.
Secretarv ErSnouep,on& Annan%e Ch>;r