Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-15

i 0o& mhu.l
why not mako milk the nationa
drink? There are thousand argument
IN favor OF such movement. I canno
think OF one argument against Il. Sucl
plan would not enrich few brewerie
or distillers, bat IL would enrich th,
oairyman. the seller, the consumer, tn
community, the nation, and the world
Very likely there would never be IN!
federal tax on milk-to the contrary,
believe every facility should be affordet
TO get 1t 10 the consumer ct Q minimum
cost.
THE DAIRYMAN
With milk the national beverage I
would be mighty stimulus to the dsir!
industry. Assured . steady market Z
would mean more dairies and bette
COWS; sanitary barns and sanitary hand
| ling Of milk. The more COWS, the great
or the soil fertility. The profit made
BY the farmer on milk would be re
turned by him to the consumer 10 {
moro abundant supply of farm productI
ct low cost. It would lift the busines,
OF farming to still higher plane.
THG bELLEh
Can you imagine the glorious spec
tacle Of man standing up to the hote
bar with his wife and children refreshing
|themselves With milkP No screens
necessary, no federal, state, and city tax
to come out of the sellers profits. His
signs might announce: "Pure Guernsey,
Holstein or Jersey milk, fresh to-day 10
sterilized containers-kept on ice." A
large sign on the wall should read 81
follows:-'Dairy Products Make Us
What We are"
"Who are the peoples who have
achieved, who have become large,
Istroug, vigorous people, who have re-
|duced their infant mortality, who have
the best trades in the world, who have
an appreciation for art and literature
and music, who are progressive In
science and every activity Of the human
.intellec'r They are the people who
have patronized the dairy industry
From an address by DR.. McCollum.
This same reading matter should sp-
pear on the hotel menu cards.
The masses would have free sccess to
the milk counters--the amount Of busi-
ness in tho "Milk Rooms" would insure
the proprietors good profit-none of 1t
to be back handed to the local political
ward heelers. What q self respecting
and community respected man the hotel
proprietor would become! The barrier
Of ostrscism. would be removed.
Ice cream psrlors. should encourage
the serving of cold milk instead of
water with the ice cream. Wherever
people gather, at base ball and amuse-
ment parks, fairs, conventions, and
shows, there should be found the milk
bar or the milkmaid serving the people
with the refreshing food beverage.
THE CONSUMER
The English language hardly contains
descriptive words sufficient to enHmer-
ate the blessings and benefits that would
come to him by drinking milk In con.
trast TO alcoholic drink and camouflaged
temperance beverages with their demor-
sliz ng influence. Drinking milk does
not excite the passion or set the brain
on FIRE a. do alcoholic beverages, which
is the great factor leading to crime, vice,
and immortality.
The benefits are summed mp In DR..
McCollum's classic above referred to
and covers the situation In q nut shell.
Again quoting DR.. e. V. McCollum,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Md: 3
"Whole milk 10 the perfect ration
the natural food. 1t is not merely q
drink-it is O food. You eat milk. It
nourishss the body, rebuilds and repairs
the worn tissues. Most people eat too
much. They overload their stomachs.
Dairy products are easily assimilsted.
They give you q higher rate OF food
value, without taxing the stomach. The
family whose meals are largely composed
of dairy products are seldom troubled
with digestive disorders.
"The food value Of quart OF milk is
the equivalent Of three.fourths OF a
pound Of beef, two pounds OF chicken,
or eight eggs. Compare oosts-milk
wins.
"Butter, cheese, cottage cheese, and
ice cream, az concentrated products, are
still higher in food values.
"Dairy products help solve the prob
lem of the high cost Of living. They
save health. They save money. They
save meat and wheat for our armies
Over There
"The dairy-fed family lives more
healthfully, more economically, more
patriotically, and more sepsibly, than
families who live on meat, not milk.
"The children must have . dairy
diet-adults should have II.
"For the sake of your family's health,
and for the reduction Of your living
expenses, use more dairy products, and
then some more"
THE COMMUNITY
Would you not like to live In the
locality where milk was used a. . re.
freshing beverage a. we'll ss for foodf
Very little work for, the policeman OF
criminal courts; vice and crime largely
eliminated; everybody healthy and hap,
py; school children we'll nourished
would excel In their school work; the
hazard of the drunken chauffeur thing
of past; the money saved BY the habit
of milk food drink would build and
furnish happy homes.
THE NATION
When all communities have the milk
habit this nation would develop Won
derfull efficient people, . nation inoom'
parable with any previous or 1t present
ax,stino Its power would have 9