Evening star., 1922-08-08
CALLS FILLED MILK
WHOLESOME DIET
Dr.. Joseph GoIdberger Testi-
fies Before Senate Commit
tee on the Voigt Bill.
BORDEN co. ACCUSED
Attorney for Corporation, at Final
Hearing, Denies Conspiracy to
influence Legislation.

Testimony by Dr. Joseph Gold
berger of the United States Public
Health Service to the effect that filled
milk is not deleterious nor an "adul-
terated" article of food, and a de-
nial by ]. Wallace Bryan, attorney
for the Borden's Condensed Milk
Company, that the company had
taken part in a conspiracy" with
milk producers to put filled milk out
of business were the features of
yesterdays closing hearing on the
Senate subcommittee.
I'm my judgment" said DR.. Gold
berger, "it would be going too far
to prohibit the manufacture and use
of wholesome and nutritious arti-
Gle Of food" referring to filled milk.
LAS a public health officer. would
you consider 1t proper to sell filled
milk" asked Senator Mckinley,
chairman Of the subcommittee.
Yes, l would" replied DR.. Cold
berger.
Helps to Blot Out Pellagra.
DR.. Goldberger said that he had
been conducting experiments in re-
gard to pellagra, and had found that
the disease was due in large part to
teins, which are found in SKINNED
milk. from which filled milk is made.
to the same extent they are found
in whole milk. He pointed out it
was not possible for many persons
to get fresh whole milk cheaply. and
he believed it wise to make accessi-
bio to these people a cheap article
or food, such as filled milk. which
would help to blot out the disease"
DR.. Goldberger told the comittee,
too, that he was not convinced that
the dairy industry needed protection
against the filled milk industry, since
to obtain the SKINNED milk for man
ufacturing filled milk 1t is necessary
first to produce the whole milk
Demands RetractiOn of Charge.
Mr.. Bryan. replying to charges
made earlier in the hearings that the
Borden company was engaged in a
conspiracy to obtain legislation to put
the hlled milk producers out of busi-
ness, denied absolutely that this was
the case. He Insisted that the op-
ponents of the Voigt bill had produc-
ed no evidence of the alleged conspir-
acy and demanded that they with
draw the charge. The attorneys for
the filled milk producers, however, re-
mained silent, apparently declining to
lTe CndTEe.
Mr.. Bryan said the charge Of con-
spiracy had been made to becloud the
real issue and to obtain the publicity
which sensational charges usually
bring. He explained the Borden COM
pany's Connection with the Voigt bill
and why it was supporting the meas
ure. He said the Borden company
never heard of the bill until it had
been introduced in the House. He ad-
mitted that the Borden company was
interested in the legislation and had
co-operated with proponents of the
bill. He said Walter Engles. manager
of the legal department of Borden'S
company, had appeared in favor of
the bill during the hearings before
the House committee, at the request of
MIR. Balderson, representing some of
the dairy interests. The bill, he said,
was not engineered or fathered by the
Borden company.
Reasons for Advocating Measure.
The principal reason why the Bor-
den company was interested in the
passage of the bill, Mr.. Bryan said,
was that If filled milk We're allowed
to come on the market in such guam
titles as to submerge the market it
would create revulsion of the pub
lie against all canned milks. This
would result in destroying the mar
ket for evaporated and condensed
whole milks, he said.
Mr.. Bryan argued that the Voigt
bill. which proposes to prohibit the
Interstate and foreign shipment of
filled milk through the powers of
Congress to regulate interstate and
foreign commerce, was constitutional
r. w. Jackman of counsel for the
filled-milk producers took exception
to this statement and declared that
it would be an invasion of the police
powers of the states by the federal
Congress.