The Washington times., 1917-11-13
The Slaughter of the Innocents
By EARL GOODWIN.
Dirty Milk Kills More Than Bullets Now That the Legal HI
United the Health Office Can Clean Up the Insanitary Dairy

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some one dropped chunk of typhoid fever germs in
your baby milk you would have that arrested and
charged with an attempt at murder.
Out on some of the farms from which Washington's
milk supply comes the typhoid gets into the milk at the starts
along with every other filthy germ which has developed
since the dawn of creation
Every swallow of dirty milk which comes to Washing
ton nourshng for the unfortunate babies as an no
ation of poison.
This does NOT apply to all milk dealers nor to all
importers of milk to all producers of milk But If does
apply with all the force at my command against the crooked
farmer and daiman who refuse milk clean cows in clean
surroundings and to ship milk in accordance with the simple
rules of health
Every baby exists on milk alone for MANY months To
amper with milk means, from broad viewpoint to tamper
with the human and from the standpoint closest to the
mother 1t means to put into that little stomach some
thing which prolonged agony and certain death
No Herod devised fate for little babies than the
dirty farmer who refuses to wash his hands and clean his
COW barn.
There two laws protecting the baby against the
death germ from the dirty milk producer and either of them
sufficient but because of the habit of the human mind to
put legal camouhage In front of plain facts it became
sary to go to the Court of Appeals to find out which Of
these laws must be operated to protect the children
The Court of Appeals decided yesterday. 1t doesn't
make the slightest difference to Washington mothers which
law given preference which set of attorneys
torious No mother of her finger whether the
law of 1898 1776 upheld thrown down. and at this
writing am unable to tell which
But DO know that every mother who held her baby
In her arms this morning and watched the child drank
Its milk with the supreme innocent confidence OF child
would go gladly to the ynchng of any who killed that
child That is the feeling these mothers have about the
who allows modcum of poison to get into their babies
food
Now that the court has decided which set of laws shall
be used to repe the invasion of Washington by all the death
germs dirty barn capable of generating the Health Officer
will reopen his crusade This crusade particularly against
the farmer who will not wash his hands when he mks his
cows who his milk jars with dirty rags which have
been used for sundry and various other purposes the
day; whose walow in black mre and filth where
in disease holds high carnval single drop of it being all
that is necessary to start an epidemic.
The Health Officer Dr.. Woodward, is empowered to per-
NIT any farmer to ship milk to Washington Dr. Woodward
believes the farm is clean, the healthy and the milk
handled in clean fashion All he wants do keep down
he slaughter of the nnocent very reasonable stand
AXE believe There has been considerable litigation in the
courts about the matter but mothers sen Dr. Woodward
going to inspect every farm from which milk and if
is dirty, he will not allow the milk to be sold here He
will also prosecute in the police court any who attempts
o smuggle milk in without permit
In previous editorial called attention to the fact that
he cleanest mman makes the most money "Corruption
not than honesy and in the words of our dear
I'D friend Cervantes, "Honesty Is the Best Policy