The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-23
In health there is liberty -Amiel.
WE NEED HEALTHY BOYS AND GIRLS

There is something ROTTEN in the State of America
would solve this problem reads the lettering descriptive
illustration of article foods in the Physical Culture Magazine
for November The sketch pictures feeding
MILK skim milk onehaf cent quart to his great fat hogs while
at long table sit three understood children being fed
because milk at 16 cents quart is too costly"
Up in Massachusetts National Milk Producers
Federation meeting Springfield discussed cooperative
esents some ZOOO producers their annual milk output worth
between $5O00000 and $600000 These producers believe
that the links between the producer of milk and the
G are what double the price to the over what costs
the producer and in makes milk prohbtve Their
plan is to organize the distribution of milk that the cost the
will be cut and still the farmer better
price for his product than he receives.
In connection with this campaign the Federation plans
campaign for lower freight Following
of the Interstate Commerce Commission order reduction
railroad rates for hauling milk the Federation made nationwide
survey of milk transportation by possibilities
for its further extension And plans under way
milk production.
meeting municipal dairy
specors in Tampa and ST. Petersburg last week legislative
mice was a 10 preparG program g ~ l9r f b u
ling the paseurzaton of milk dairy Inspection eradication Of
tuberculosis dairy herds and cold storage be presented
to the next legislature
pointed out the imperative need of milk regulation particularly
through the winter months when the tourist cities short OF
milk depend milk shipped take of the de
mand There little nothing being done in cities to
that this milk to given standard This dan
1t good thing require uniform and high standard
of quality of milk throughout the state There standards
tabhed by the State Board of Health which ignored by
cities After every ctys business that its milk
supply is adequate, pure and properly priced.
Every every customer and housewife
should register most emphatic protest against dirty milk
where.
Every year thousands Of babies die needssy because
milk clean because properly fed because they
kept Clean with plenty of fresh air and sunlight to drive
off tuberculosis and because the milk not properly handled
your baby proteced Has your neighbours baby proper
mk 1t your business because brothers keeper
Many folks make the serious mistake of thinking that only
small babies need milk that children of three four and five vel
enough other foods There would be such such thing
ricketts, which bad teeth and crooked bones and many
things if all children could get enough good milk That child
fortunate which get enough good milk fortunate that
who get cream too.
all should be plenty milk every city tc
supply every pure milk and should priced
table spread which afford milk because
too costly at 16 cents
We talk of being nation but legislators
cities give much attention milk We spend
time trying to make good citizens out of boys and girls who d
have enough milk when they children children with ba
teeth crooked bones chests We fail and always will
need good citizens and will always need them but
first all and with healthy bodies and healthy minds
to make good citizens.