The Washington herald., 1921-02-14
\. Y, DAIRY HOUSE
WINS FIGHT TOSHIP
|PRODUCTNTOD.C.
Three Thousand Gallons
Of Cream Daily to Come
To Washington.

Washington milk prices are ex-
pected to be materially affected
through a writ Of mandamus is
sued Saturday by Justice Ashley NJ
Gould. Of the District Supreme
Court, letting down the bars for the
entrance Of shipments of cream into
he District from New York pro-
ducers.
Although the writ makes allow
ance only for shipments of cream
and DR.. william c. Fowler, District
Health Officer, declared Saturday
he would issue permits only for the
shipments Of cream, II IS expected
he order will be changed later to
include milk.
Charge sIIk Trust.
Court action followed refusal Of
pr Fowler to issue permits to the
Merriu- -SouIe Company, of New
York. on the ground that their milk
rame from herds not inspected by
Ibcrculin tests. In granting the
writ Justice Gould read statements
ri Emile Berliner. scientist, which
Sc; forth that a herd OF cows could
be "doped" with cne'niCals easily
rEtsinable and when so ''dOped"
would render IubCrcuIin test USE
IS. The complaining company
also alleged that action to restrain
herr from selling milk anil cream
q. me District was backed oy an al
I'D trust, the T!rEinia Producers
., - .'r-iation.
Wants Further Hearing.
VI Fowler said last night that he
lsI BEEN served with a writ from
70, District Supreme Court request
~ aim to issue a permit for the
l'r-ill-SOule Company to ship pas
.8rIzed cream into Washington
wd that they had dose as requested.
T. was in conference with Fran
j. H. Stephens, Corporation Coun-
rf. Yesterday afternoon" continued
D.. Fowler. and requested him to
,-epare papers which would permit
- to show our side of the case in
rJrstion.
As vet I have had no oppOrtu-
lty given me by the court to show
ny the regulation which prohib-
I'd the entrance of this milk into
he District is one which should
T--upheldY'
lCs4 DctlaFCa u aLSCs
the plaintiff dairy concern and 1872
,.hcrs. il was claimed, had also
ID refused permits, even though
. hey offered scientific and apparent
y. iudisputable proof of the useless
-ss Of the tuberculin test
Dr Fowler admitted before a sub
ommittee of the SeniLte District
'ommittee that there was no law
90 the books requiring all milk
hiDped into the District to be from
IbeFpulin tested herds, and explain
ii that this sO-called law" was
merely a regulation of his own au-
| hoTship.
He also admitted that many Of the
learby herds which produce much
| Il the city's milk and cream had not
orrn tested for tuberculosis for pc
iods OF from four to six years, and
unsequently. he admitted. there was
1r way Of telling then and there the
cal condition of the milk supply.
Means Reduction.
With the bars net down by a writ
Df mandamus, Mathew E OBrien.
attorney for many local dairymen.
declared last night shipments would
be- poured into the District tmme
lately. The natural result, ne de-
Jared. would mean an immediate
eduction in prices of cream and
dissolution Of the Virginia Pro-
iucers' Association. The associa-
ton is composed of Virginia and
Mary land producers and has par
tally controlled the price Of milk
nd cream in the past, O'Brien said.
O'Erien said New York firms
/, ould ship 5000 gallons of cream
nt0 the District daily. This enor-
nous supply means a certain radical
. sduction in prices.