The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-09
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918.
The Milk Situation Again.

efforts to get clean milk supply for
Kenosha. A couple of farmers who
delivered filthy and adulterated milk
to the city dealers have "paid the
costsO in court. A few more have
been warned to clean up their milk or
the COLLINS would get them--but-the
COLLINS have not gotten any one yet.
The milk men continue to elevate
their thumb to the point of their
nose and wave it defantly in the face
Of the people while the supply of
milk is shown by the examinations
made in the city laboratories to be
Just about as dirty as it was when
the city first started its crusade to
get clean milk
Summer is with us again. Babies
are beginning to get infection from
milk. Undoubtedly lot of them will
sicken and die during the summer
months and little graves out in the
cemeteries will be the monuments
erected to the lack Of proper milk
supervision.
We are beginning to think that the
city is forgetful or powerless to re-
gulate its milk supply. That it is
years behind other progressive cities.
We get results of milk tests and there
is spasmodic rush Of customers from
one dealer to another and at the time
the next report comes out they rush
back with the same speed. In the
mean time the children continue to
be fed on dirty and possibly infected
milk.
We are aware of the fact that some
Of the men in official positions will
Insist that we are fanatics on the sub
ject and that the milk is clean enough
but we ant to say just this, eff one
OF these men had little funeral be-
hind the drawn blinds of his front
parlor, if he walked in silence to lit
tie grave out on the hill side at Green
Ridge and put away the chubby fng-
ers which he had learned to love in
gentle caresses he might feel different
about it.''
The shame of it all is that children
must die to teach us an official duty
that we owe to them.
The problem of clean milk can not
be solved by uniformed discussion of
The question, by the clamor of ignor-
ant customers, nor the good intentions
Of the dealers.
We know that there is certain
''way" that is paved with good in
tentions and good intentions which
result only in filthy milk being sold
are not worth much.
There must be cooperation among
dealers and consumers with the Off
sials Of the city and these officials
must force this cooperation. Shaping
$ milk dealer on the wrist is not 60
ing to save the lives of babies. Hit
him in the pocket book--not for the
costs of the action for the record
fine under the law and for the record
dne for every violation no matter if
you find ten violations by the same
man for day.
We want to quote from an expert
on this question when we say:
"The taking of few samples for
testing is not sufficient, the milk
must be followed from the COW 10
the consumer to see the conditions
utder which it is produced, the way
Il is handled, che way it is delivered
and, not to stop there, but also to
teach the people now to handle 1t
after it gets to the home, and to
Learn the health conditions of the
cows from which this milk comes,
and above all, the health condition of
The attendants.
No matter how much money is
spent by municipality in this di-
reetion, it cannot spend too much
1t is the little ones that we are de.
pending upon for our future genera.
tion and since milk constitutes their
main article of food, let us try and
give it to them as clean as it can
possibly be producad.o
We are not looking for any fight
with the aldermen as to whether il
is better to pasteruize or clarity milk
We want pure milk and we want the
aldermen to pass ordinances and ap
point inspectors to see that the chill
dren get it. We do not care how
many milk dealers these regulation,
drive out of business. The men who
are engaged in ceiling baby-killing'
milk had better be OF of business. W.
do not care whether the milk dealer,
like the idea or not. We want to save
the babies.
Every day that the council DELAYS il
making laws Of this kind and enforc
ing them it is guilty as an a ccom
plice to the death of babies in Ke
nosha.
The important thing is whether or no
you have put in that coal order vet