The sun., 1917-10-25
LOOSE. MILK IS
BAD FOR BABIES
EMERSON
But Dillon Points Out Sale
Has Been Permitted for
Past Three Years.
ACCUSES BIG DEALERS
Declares They Use Unsanitsry
Containers and Mix DIFF
ferent Grades.

Experts Of the Department of Health
do not look with favor upon the ar.
ransements now being perfected by
farmers cooperative creameries to send
direct to this city, large uuantitie. Of
milk which n to be sold from retail
stores to the consuming public at 10
cents a quart.
Dr. Haven Emerson, Health Commits
sioner. expressed the opinion before the
Women's City Club OH Tuesday night
that II would be unfortunate for the
city II a large portion Of the milk sup
ply is to he sold in this fashion. that
il. in pals and pitchers to persons who
are willing to carry their milk home
Or. Emerson has long urged mothers
20 buy the very best milk possible for
their babies and has said that there
Is danger In feeding infants milk that
has not been handled in a sanitary way.
John J. Dillon. state Commits sioner
Of Foods and Markets who the farmers
insist engineered the plans by which 10
cent milk has been made possible, said
yesterday that loose milk has been sold
In city stores for three years
All MIX tnat comes lntO tne CITY u
properly under the regulation and
Health" Mr.. Dillon went on 1T seems
to me that 1t Is simply UP to the health
authorities to see that the milk that the
farmers are going to send in is properly
handled in the stores where IT is to
be landed for distribution. This is per-
fectiy practical
"While it is possible there may he
some carelessness as the result. for
instance Of women coming In with dirty
pitchers and rusty pals 1t is equally
true that some Of the big distributors
Of milk have used dirty bottles and
bottles that have not been washed or
sterilised. 7 have seen \ hottie ~ mix
with cockroarh in H. have seen a
whole sheet of cheap lilac paper In a
bottle. I've known Of pasteurizinE
plants owned by big dealers that were
a stencil in the nostrls OF the neighbor
hood. I've known milk to come in that
was not pasteuriZed at all
GRADING a Farce.
II have evidence to show that Il has
heen the practice Of New York dealers
to bring back their over supply to q
centre. dump pasteurzed and raw milk
all together. rinse out bottles in cold
water and sell this compost as grade
milk I know that the grading OF milk
at times has been farce. | know in
some placee In the country they put
three different grades into one tub and
take out seven different brands
IL an attempt IS made to interfere
with the farmers bringing milk to the
city and selling Il at reduced price
I'll use every influence in my power to
protect the farmers who are making
the deals and protect the consumer who
Is getting cheap milk.
II don't hesitate to say that tho reGu-
lations OF the Board of Health concern
ing milk have been such as To favor the
hig operators to the detriment OF the
shippers and the expense OF the con-
sumers.'
The second move in the plan of or
ganzed labor to get higher wages and
union recognition for drivers OF milk
wagons was made Yesterday afternoon.
Union drivers employed by the sheffield
Farms-S'lawson Decker Company de-
cded at a meeting at Isl Eighth ave
nue. to make demands on their employ
ers similar 10 those pressed by the men
of Borden's Farm Products. Company.
whose strike was settled on sunday.
Consumers are looking forward Ia
another boost IN the price Of milk on
November !. The companies adopted a
policy several months ago Of putting up
the price to the consumer each month
that the producers price was increased
over the month before. November milk
will cost the dealers half a cent more
a quart than October milk. Then, too.
the operating expenses of the distrib-
uters will probably be increased after
their troubles with their drivers have
been adjusted.