The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
MORE FACTS IN
REGARD To THE
F. { {. CASE.
Ringing Letter signed by User OF F.
C. Dairy Company Milk IL
Printed Below.

The squabblc between the city depart
mcnts relative ~ The milk investigation
is not over yet from all indications. and
n ringing letter received last evening
by tho Wheeling Intclligencer from
resident and tax payer who has used the
i. & G. Dairy company milk since the
incorpura ton Of the company and has
also raised two hottie babies on IT. is
self explanatory and speaks for itself.
1t is us follows:
Wheeling W. Va, Dec. II.
Tho Wheeling 1ntclligcnccr,
Wheeling. W. Va.
Dear Sirs:
II notice by your, paper and also by
several others nf the city that the city
manager and certain city. officials have
tnkrn exception 70 4 letter written by a
customer Of the l.. Il g. Dairy company
and published in several of the papers.
Permit me To say that | am customer
Of the Farmers and Consumers Dairy
Company and that I have been So since
tho company WAS incorporated and also
that ! am n resident OF tho City of
Wheeling and a taxpayer. have reared
two children. both bottle babies, on milk
purchased frcm tho t. l. &. dairy COM
pany ana l have the lrst time since l
have been taking milk II find any fault
with il. il has hccn I think. above the
average. both for purity and quality and
moro than that no one could wish.
The taking of milk samples ny the
members OF the city health commission
cry department and his force is not he
ms done according To the laws Of the
city, as ii specifies that scaled duplt-
cate samples must be placed in bottles
and scaled and that duplicate sample
of the milk taken must he given to
dairy. This was not done in the case OF
the f.. & G: dairy company and | would
rather believe that the inspector who
took the sample put water in the sam
pie taken than to believe that tho dairy
company had done So knowing tho cir
cumstanceS MS l do.
IF the milk was watcred would it be
more conducive Ia disease than TO have
your health commissioner attend Il con.
vcntion az Chicago and no absent from
the city. when the death rate from
FLU is 1T it's very highest" Are the
tax payers bearing his eXpcnse'
IT am advised that the adj inserted by
the City Manager. entitled Facts Rela-
tive to tho r. & c. Dairy Company" and
signed &c. O. Maggie. City Manager" is
costing about SIS daily. Who is paying
for this MIR. Magic? Is it to he paid for
out OF tho city treasury and 10 be borne
by the city tax payers?
When. Mr.. Manager and health COM
missioner. tho rity ordinance has not
been complied with in taking samples
without giving 4 duplicate 10 the driver
rs specified by the ordinance, are You
not AT least unfair in asking the public
tn believe that water was put in there
by the dairy? For my part. until tho
matter has been finally determined by
the court. I would he inclined TO tho
belief that the water was put in the
bottles after they we're taken from the
wagons. viewing the situation from the
arbitrary and tyrannical action Of the
health department.
What about the garbage situation:
Is it Il menace to health" Why not
have fair play and less tyranny" be-
licve that if tho money that is hcin~
spent for Advertising md employing
extra attorneys was spent 10 improve
streets and collect garbage that tax
payers would he hotter pleased.
Yours for fair play.
i. l.. HARRIS.