Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-03
MILK STATION
PLAN HEARING
At CITY HALL
Matter Discussed by Alder
men, Health Board of Milk
Dealers Here
Or. SILK GIVES DATA
Further Investigation of Mat
ter is Agreed Upon by
Those at Conference

A further investigation of the milk
situation was announced last night
q. the conference between the milk
dealers, diary men, Board of Health
and Aldermen, in the city hall, by
Aldermen-at-large Richard j. Col
VIZ following arguments for and
against the opening of milk stations
throughout the city. Dr. Charles S.
Thompson, health officer will aid in
this investigation and will obtain
data from Railway, where milk is
sold at the stations for 12c per
quart.
= Alderman j ohm j. Clark, who had
rade an investigation of the sta
1cs9ns in Railway, reported on the
4 condition as he found TEN n that
city, and told how the city had bene-
fitted by the milk stations. DR..
Charles I. Silk president of the
Board of Health, said he saw no
harm in the establishment of the
stations if they sold bottled milk,
but declared against the selling of
raw milk from cans as it would in
crease the infant death rate, which
had been cut down by the system in
milk distribution nov demanded by
the health department of the city.
Alderman-at-L Calvin ex-
planned that the meeting had been
called in order to try and benefit the
people of the city, who claimed they
are paying more for milk than they
should. He then called on the
wholesale milk man for their views.
Leo Jacobson, representing the
Perth Amboy Milk Company, de-
clared that the people in Hall ave-
nue. section fourteen cents, and Mr..
Smith street are paying as low as
fourteen cents per quart for milk,
while those in the southern section
pay as high as sixteen cents per
quart. Mr.. Jacobson held that the
people would rather pay fifteen or
sixten cents a quart for pasteurized
milk than twelve cents for raw milk.
Alderman Clark desired to know
why the people in the southern sec
ton pay sixteen cents and Hall ave-
nue. psection fourteen cents, and Mr..
jacobson replied that they could get
It cheaper by changing their milk
man.
Alderman Clark then told Of the
Investigation he had made at Rah-
way, how milk was purchased at
nine cents a quart and sold for
twelve cents. The city has nothing
whatever to do with the supply of
this milk. except to investigate the
stores at which the milk is sold, the
milk is kept up to the standard of
the State Board of Health. He told
of a farmer who will supply raw
iNnilk to this city under the same con-
ngtitions at which Railway obtains
milk. He pointed out however,
that the milk sold for twelve cents
IL one brought their own container,
but if the store keeper put the milk
In a paper bottle, it increased the
cost to fifteen cents per quart. He
declared that Railway cannot get
enough milk to meet the demand
He claimed that if the milk can be
sold in Railway it can be sold here
and If not he must be shown why
Clark declared that the Woman's
club of Railway did some of the
work in connection with the sale OF
the milk in that city.
DR.. Silk was then called upon for
his views of the situation. DIR. Silk
declared that the milk cannot be
handled properly in any other way
than 1T is handled at present. The
milk sold here, according to DR.
Silk, amounts to $4,000 quarts a day
He told of efforts to sell milk to the
poor of the city at cost price by is.
suing cards to those who were in
need, but that few took advantage
of the offer.
He held that milk in large cans
cannot be kept up to standard and
that people pick up any old contain
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