The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-12-24
GOOD LACTEAL FLUID
SOUGHT FOR PEOPLE
Subject Was Up For Hear
ing At Massmeeting ?
EVERY ANGLE IS SEEN
Points of Old and Proposed New
Were Threshed Out Very
Carefully

dents OF Mankato. was the topic OF
discussion at massmeeting held at
the city hall yesterday afternoon.
The result was that a committee re-
Gently appointed by the Civic and
Commerce association will cooper
ate with the members of the city
council In drafting new milk ordi-
nance to meet local conditions.
The meeting was Iargeiy attended
by both men and women Of this city,
who expressed themselves freely on
the subject of pure milk. Every
ing Of dairy cows and the pasteur-
thing of milk is necessary to safe
guard against contracting disease
$rom the consumption OF impure
milk.
A. D. Sibbald, assistant dairy and
food commissioner was present and
addressed the meeting at SOME
Aength. In opening his remarks, Mr..
etbbald said that he was more than
many ladies in the audience. In the
outset the speaker said that he
wanted Il understood that the dairy
and food department was not tied
down to any special milk ordinance.
a model ordinance had been drafted
by the state dairy and food COM
mission as a guide for cities to fol
low. but this did not mean that II
should not be changed to meet local
conditions. He said he had come to
Nanlsato to aid the people in form
Ing an ordinance that will meet
Aankato conditions. and give the
people good clean milk,
Present Ordinance Praised
The present milk ordinance IN
mis- city IL good. the speaker said
ps far as it goes but it does not go
the inspection Of pasteurized milk
In stating that he was champion
OF good pasteurized milk, Mr.. Sib-
bald said that he did not wish to be
understood as putting forth pasteur-
IEation as a panacea for all the Ills
In milk. He would be in favor, how
ever Of inspection Of milk being
brought to the pasteurizing plants
and testing Of dairy cows for signs
of sufficient size to adopt a good
milk ordinance without burdening
ihe tax payers. Pure milk, accord
lrg 10 the statement Of Mr.. Sibbald.
viii only be brought about by in
ercction. This was found to be
true in the city of Duluth, which is
now rated as having the best milk
Supyly IN the btdIc. nc epcdhci
advice to Mankato people Is not to
: be too hasty in the formation OF a
milk ordinance. General problems
NE this he said, work out better
where committees are appointed to
go into the matter thoroughly and
weigh each clause In the ordinance
70 see that 1t applies to local condi-
lions before adopting the same. One
q the reasons that some of the
% hn al q
be changed is that it does not go
far enough In the matter of reim-
bursting those whose cattle are killed
when they are found to be suffering
from tuberculosis. Another point in the
ordinance Is that the amount OF
solids and butter fat. and counts of
bacteria are rather severe. The
speaker was very emphatic in warn
Ing Mankato people to not pass
4 milk monopoly in this city.
Mayor Waters asked the speaker
how the milk being sold In this city
compared with that sold In other cities
Of the state, and Mr.. Sibbald an.
ewered that the raw milk being sold
here Is OF fairly good quality, and
that many excellent dairies are sup
plying milk to the city: He stated,
fest made of the milk coming to the
Sot up to Some Of the tho,
milk showed good tests and some
very bad as far as sediment goes.
DR.. G. J. Holman said that pas
teuri5ation Of milk has proved its
worth, and he strongly advocated
private parties direct to the con-
sumner, and that supplied to pasteur-
fzing Plants should be thoroughly
tested. Pasteurizing in other cities
had been found very successful In
the prevention from epidemics
brought on by the consumption OF
Impure milk. II the milk supply In
Mankato LIS as thoroughly looked
after az tie city's water supply this
Or. echmitt Agreed with Mr.. Slbbald
DR. A. F. Schmitt announced that
he was very glad indeed to see SO
many people present taking lively
interest IN such vital question as
the supply of pure milk for the resi-
dents of this city. He wished to
state that he concurred in all Of Mr..
the one thought in the minds Of
Mankato people today is to bring
about conditions whereby a good.
pure supply Of milk can be obtained.
DIR. Schmitt said that he wanted
raw milk when he could get 1t clean
and pure. II clean ii is the least
handled. and the least effected. The
p'ovision Of an ordinance for the
securing OF pure milk is the first
step necessary, and the second step
necessary is to provide means for
the maintenance of inspection. A
nofcient board of health should be
created, and this health board should
be backed up by the authorities of
the state, so that health officers can
see to 1t that the health laws are
enforced. Dr. Schmitt was Of the
opinion that IL the terms of the old
milk ordinance had been carried out
to the letter, that better resulte
would have been attained in the
past. In making this statement, he
also wished TO state that conditions
have changed since the passage o.
the old ordinance, and that some
of the clauses would be changed to
meet present day requirements. The
Old ordinance says that all mill
sold In the city shall come froD
tubercu1fn tested cattle, while th'
pew ordinance says that milk fur
nished to pasteurizing plants doe
not necessarily need to come from