The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

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THE teacher" Do you pay for the
milk? Pupil: Yes" Who receives
the money? Pupil: 1.-THE teacher"
That is all. We learn from this that
milk is sold the children at school. So
the professors lengthy statment about
the milk proposition is a good instance
of verbiage without producing any ap-
preciable fact. The truth of the mat
ter is that Mr.. Compton, knowing that
the teachers were handling the milk
for the children, has not catered to
them for this trade, because he had
no desire to be in direct competition
with the teachers. The milk sold at
school is "A" Grade. So for reasons
just named the Comptons handle &C"
Grade milk, There is no law, however,
to prevent them from selling "A"
Grade milk If they choose to do so.
But Mr.. Harrison would have you be-
lieve that his investigation revealed
a crime on Mr.. Compton's part when
1t was learned that he was serving &c"
Grade milk.
Says the Professor: But when
school opened, he (Compton) was not
prepared to take care of them (the
children) as he formerly had been"
This proves only n thing, that Mr..
Compton when he started the grocery
had decided to cut out his restaurant
to the public and serve a less varied
and elaborate lunch to the children. AS
to the children still trading with Mr..
Compton under these conditions, it
should have been left entirely to their
option providing, of course, Mr.. Comp
ton met the sanitary laws of the city
or state. But Mr.. Harrison persistent
ly and specifically denies that he said
Mr.. Compton's place wasn't clean.
However opposed to this astuteness
of denial is the guileless testimony of
a host of children, who in their in
nocence have carried the poison news
to their homes. This has reverted
back to the Comptons through the par
ents of the children.
Did he say it, or did he not? do
not know myself, all l have is the
statements of little children, innocent
children, whose auditory nerves may
minds may have caught the statement,
enormously. So l don't know. | only
have their word for it.
AS to "Inferior Goods"
The Professor says:
"Mr. Compton told me all along that
i,,ct nc soon nc he could SnpIIrn a
more efficient baker and cook ne
would do so. This is an admission that
he was giving my children inferior
goods" No, my dear professor, this is
not an admission of giving inferior
goods, but e promise to render more
efficient service. Mr.. Compton realized
that the service may not have been
satisfactory at all times and with a
desire to please all concerned he as
sured Mr.. Harrison that he would
strive to do better. This is what
call a man, a business man, if you
please. But the professor says this
assurance If better service in the fc-
ture is an admission of his having serv-
ed inferior goods" in the past. His
argument, it is too illogical.
Harrison further says: FINALLY a
number of children brought some of
their purchases and showed it to the
teachers, yet l never spoke publicly"
The fact that the children showed the
goods to the teachers does not prove
anything but that they showed it to
them. 81 never spoke publicly" Why
should he, he had nothing to tell!
Furthermore, food that is not well
cooked" is not necessarily inferior
goods" No, not by a long shot. Infer
ior means quality. In order to deter
mine the quality of food it is necessary
to give it chemical ~analyzation, con-
slider it's nutritive power, and test pro-
portionate elements therein as com
pared with a set standard of what the
food shoduld be. Did the teachers 40
this? Well l guess not. But they
said the food was not well cooked.
We bake our pastry. Jeff's.