Evening star. [volume], July 27, 1913, Page 6, Image 6

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WHOLESOME MILK
DEPARTMENT!; AIM
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Trend of Agricultural Officials'
Work for Clean Service
Purely Educational.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
ON BACTERIAL COUNTS
Declares It Has Established No
Standards for Contents and Has
No Specific Bule to Enforce.
The Department of Agriculture, in a
statement made public yesterday, declares
that it has established no standards for
the bacteriological contents of milk, and ;
asserts that the work being done by the J
department among the dairymen of the
F'nittd States is educational in character,
rather than mandatory. The statement
? ontains the declaration that "a simple ,
? ount of the bacteria in milk is not in
itself sufficient to determine absolutely
Its safety." and the statement further
declares that the department does not
intend to establish any rule stating that
milk containing fewer than a certain
number of bacteria per cubic centimeter
is good and fit for human consumption.
The whole trend of the department's
work, according to the statement, is to
educate dairymen to a point where they
will strive only to produce and ship ;
? lean, * wholesome milk. The statement j
in full, is as follows: .
"It is erroneously supposed that "the
Department of Agriculture has estab
lished absolute standards and bacterial
counts to which all milk coming under
its jurisdiction in interstate commerce
must comply. The department has es- i
tablished no absolute standards. It cer- j
tainly has not and will not establish any j
rule declaring that milk containing less
than a certain number of bacteria per ,
cubic centimeter is good milk. Under i
such a standard, milk containing less ;
than a certain number of typhoid x>r i
tubercle bacilli would aumotatically be ;
passed, as coming up to standard.
"A simple count of the bacteria is not
in itself sufficient to determine absolutely
its safety. The nature of the bacteria as
well as their number also must, if pos
sible. bo considered. The presence of
onlv a few disease producing bacteria
might make the nfi'k dangerous, while
sewral thousand harmless bacteria could
be present without necessarily indicat
ing that the mhk was unsafe.
"A high count of the kinds of bacteria
that normally are present in milk indi
cates that the milk is dirty, or that it
has not been held at low temperature,
or that it is old.
Work of Dairy Division.
"The department in its milk activities
is carrying on an extensive campaign o>
education to help dairymen produce and
market good clean milk. This work Is
carried on principally by the dairy di- ?
vision of the bureau of animal indusyy !
This division exercises no policing func- i
tlon. It has no power under the law t..
sieze milk or to prosecute milk dealers.
Its work Is purely educational. This di
vision issues many educational bulletins
based upon Its experiments in the eco- |
nomical production of clean milk. It sup
plies farmers with these bulletins anu '
a'so sends men into the field to show
mi:k producers how to make changes
within their means which will raise the
Mualitv of their milk and also Increase ;
their profits. These demonstrators have |
helped milk producers who supply over I
cltie*. In each city these demonstm- j
tors co-operated with the local health j
authorities, not to help them secure evi- j
d'-ncc or bring prosecutions, but to im- ;
prove the local system of inspection, !
whereby th?* inspectors can aid the inilk
producers of the territory to bring th>'i:
mHk up to the city's own standard with
out being failed upon to make excessive
? "penditures.
"With the inspectors, the demonstrator*
visit the dairy farms as friends of the
farm* r. They may show him that cer
tain cows in his herd do not yield enough
milk to pay for their feed. Or the demon
strators may point out certain changes
in feeding which will greatly Increase tin
yield. They help the farmer build an In
expensive milk house, and show him ho.?
a window or two or a waterproof tloji
for his barn, or a little whitewash o?
mor< freijuent cleaning will actually in
crease his profits. YYher.* dcsii d. they
explain methods of pasteurization and
shipping and handling of milk.
Tuberculin for Testing Herds.
"Through this bureau, the Department
supplies tuberculin for testing herds.
These demonstrators have no power to
compel the farmer to follow their advice?
they merely try to show him that these
measures are for his own good. They
do not and connot require the farmer to
pasteurize his milk. Where they find a
herd that is not tested for tuberculosis, or
milk being produced In an unclean way,
they advise that the milk be p&steurizrd,
using any one of a number of competing
machines, or a homemade pasteurizer.
As a result of this work, thousands of
farmers have Introduced new and sani
tary methods of producing and shipping
milk, not because they were forced to do
so, but because they saw the justice of
protecting their consumers and found
that they lost less milk and made greater
profits by following the specialists ad
vice.
'The dairy division advises the pasteur
ization of milk unknown or of doubtful
purity, because In a large measure It pro
tects the consumer from dangers that
might be Incurred by using sucn milk in
the raw state. Pasteurization is not
recommended as a substitute for sanitary
precautions, but as an additional safe
guard where the inspection is not suffi
cient to guarantee the purity of the milk.
"The dairy division also Is conducting an
extensive campaign among consumers.
In the first plate. It Is trying to convince
them that it costs more to produce clean
wholesome milk than to produce dirty
and dangerous milk. In the second place,
it aims to show the householder how to
k?-ep milk after it has been delivered bv
the milkman, riean milk, if allowed to
become Warm, if kept in unclean vessels
or If exposed to the du?t of rooms or It ft
w'thln reach of files, quickly deteriorates
and may become dangerous.
Sourec of Department's Power.
Whatever power the department has
to compel milk dealers to produce safe,
clean tnilk comes to it from the food
and drugs act. Under this act, the de
partment has power to request the De
partment of Justice to order prosecutions
seizures only In the case of milk that
enters interstate commerce. In this w..rk
the department does not set up stand- 1
ards, but accepts the standards of the !
city into which the rnilk is being shipped i
across state lines. The bureau of chem
istry, which has only a limited number
oi* Inspectors, does most of its work by
co-operating with local authorities in the
case of milk produced across a state line.
"Where milk is found to be adulterated
5t is of course seized. Where Indications
u;e found that the milk is not properly
produced, and is likely to become danger
ous. the dairyman Is warned to clean up
and is shown how to improve his milk. If
he fails to act on this warning, prosecu
tion follows. The purpose of this work
now oeing carried on around Pittsburi;h
is ;.ot so much to protect the large cities
<hich have their own health officers and
milk inspectors, but to prevent dan
gerous milk being shipped across state
line* Into smaller towns which have no
local milk inspection. These inspectors
?working near Pittsburgh found that much
milk which was refused entry Into Pltts
ourjfh Uy thy local health officer was
being ?c:d in nearby suburbs and small
toc.r.j.
"The department, of course, had no I
nower ov?r mill; produced and sold with
-'i. siatf* lines, and therefore took steps
u see that infl'i .shipped into these towns
(O.n ihe neighboring towns was clean
and pure The major purpose of tha
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id-Summer Clearing Sale
All Go-Carts
and Carriages
At 25% to 50%
Discount
This exact Folding
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NUMEROUS lines of furniture throughout the house are in
this clearance at astonishing bargain prices. The goods
must be sold quickly to make room for the new fall lines
which will soon be coming in.
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I Midsummer Clearance of
Odd Dressers & Chiffoniers
At Astonishing Bargain Prices.
SUPPLY your Furniture needs during this sale and save
big money. You are welcome to USE YOUR CREDIT j
and arrange to settle the bill a little at a time. Fn the I
event of death we close the acccount and cancel all payments.
Midsummer Clearance
?rMany handsome Dressers in oak and
mahogany finish?genuine French plate
mirrors?only one or two of a style.
See display in "tjj street window.
$14 Dressers, $6.95
$16 Dressers, $8.75
$20 Dressers, $10.65
$25 Dressers, $13.49
of
Odd Extension Tables
at Genuine Sacrifice Prices
One and two tables of a kind from our regular lines. They'll go in
a hurry at these special bargain prices: ,
Square Tcp Tables?
Not Pedestal,
$3.95
$4.95
$7.95
Square Top
Tables?Not
Pedestal,
Pedestal
Round Top,
$18 jr?'$10.55
AU Porch
Rockers f
At 25% to 50% ?
Discount ?
This exact Full-roll Reed Xt
Rocker?a $4.50 value. Special at
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Round Top,
Pedestal AM T I
Round Top, I
THIS EXACT
2-MIRROR TOP
CHINA
CASE,
$ 14.95
Quartered Oak Finish China
Case, with two-mirror top, bent
? glass ends, heavy plate-glass door
and carved claw feet.
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$3.?oSuYne Bentwood4-ft. Lawn Bench
>Vith Center Leg Support,
Special at
$1.65
The strongest and best bench for
lawn or porch. Made of Kenuine bent
wood, and nicely finished; strongly
braced and supported by six stout
legrs.
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This Exact "Duofold" Bed
DAVENPORT,
Including Felt Mattress
to Fit Bed, Reduced to f
Only one motion, and it changes from a Handsome Parlor
Davenport to a Full-size Sanitary Bed, 4 feet by 7 feet. Very
comfortable. You do not sleep on the upholstery. It is me
chanically perfect. Cannot get out of order.
You Can Buy a
"Sellers" Kitchen Cabinet
for 50c a Week!
The Sellers Kitchen Cabinet is made
and finished in the best possible man
ner. Its arrangement and equipment
leave nothng to be desired. Note the
sanitary glass sugar bins, the distinc
tive and exclusive frosted metal cooling
cabinets with wire shelves, the all
metal flour bins with metal screw-top
cap, the, conveniently placed utensil
drawers, the silver-bright aluminum ta
ble top and working surfaces, the non
rustable metal bread and cake box,
with sliding cover; the crystal glass
spice, coffee and tea canisters, with
metal screw tops; the large dish cabi
net, utensil cabinet and cunningly con
trived space-saving arrangements of
every sort. Its entire cabinet is vermin
and dust proof, and it stands on ant
proof casters, which prevent the en
trance of ants or other
insects.
The Sellers Kitchen
Cabinet saves miles of
steps because every
thing you need in cook
ing is within reach of
your arm?to use and
immediately put back
again.
Get in early tomor
row and select the cabi
net you need in your
home. Remember, you
get the use of the
Kitchen Cabinet at once
and pay only 50c a
week.
n Guaranteed Brass Bed, I
Complete With Woven Cf ^ A /jT ??
* WifA ^nf*i* !Or and" Qnft ^ I '-I- ^ ??
Wire Spring and Soft Cot- ^
ton-top Mattress. Special ?
Midsummer Clearance Bar
gain at
This Set of Six (6) Quartered] |
Oak, Box Frame, Genuine
Boston Leather
Seat Dining Chairs,
These Chairs are designed and built to give extreme serv
ice. They are well made of quartered oak, with box frame, and
genuine Boston leather seats (not claw feet).
FURNIT
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study Is to determine exact conditions in
the district so that the milk producers
may be aided intelligently to produce a
satisfactory product. In n^st cases, save
where milk is actually waftred or chem
ically preserved, the government finds
that the bad milk results more from the
ignorance of the farmer than from any
deliberate intention on his part to pro
duce and sell dirty milk. He commonly
needs expert advice alo'ng practical lines,
and this advice in most cases he wel
comes and carries out as rapidly as his
means permit.
First Federal Investigation.
"The government's first investigation
into interstate shipments of milk was
undertaken in the summer of 1906, around
Cincinnati, before that city had a milk
Inspection department. Most of the milk
UL'ed in Cincinnati was shipped across
the state line from Kentucky.
"The records of infant mortality in Cin
cinnati from to the present time show
u decrease of about Xt per cent. A num
ber of specialists in children's diseases
In that city attribute this decrease in the
death of tables' to work done by tbe
federal government and by the city in
cooperation. At the time of the estab
lishment of the branch laboratory in
Cincinnati in 11*>7, no pasteurization was
done, and little consideration was given
to the bottling and delivery of milk In
a clean condition.
"Of the entire supply, only that milk
delivered by a single firm was pasteu
rized, and In this case pasteurization
was apparently resorted to more us a
moans of preserving the niilk than for
any other reason. At the present time
there are about Sl.WO gallons of niilk
used each day In Cincinnati, and of
these, 2S,4KX? gallons are pasteurized, the
remainder being from tuberculin tested
cows."
To Be Confirmed as Epvoys.
The Senate foreign relations committee
has decided to report favorably the
nominations of James Gerard of New
York as ambassador to Germany; Freder
ick C. Pen field of Pennsylvania, to be
ambassador to Austria, and Charles S.
Hartman of Montana, to be minister to
Ecuador.
COLUMBIA
TO DRILL AT FORT MYER
Army Officers Will Inspect Men
and Make Suggestions for
Coming Contest.
Drills every night and special inspection
on Sunday lias been the program for
members of the drill team of Columbia
Commandery, Knights Templar, during
the past week, and this will continue un
til August 7, when the team starts for
Denver to compete iriVthe yrlze drill
*
contest in connection with the thirty-sec
ond triennial conclave.
Every night Ca.pt. Frank E. Gibson
has been hard at work with his team
Army officers will inspect its work to
day and again next Sunday. The team
will drill this afternoon at Fort Myer,
where a number of officers have con
sented to inspect It and give any sug
gestions that will make its work more
perfect.
The members of the team will take four
different sets of uniforms with them
when they start for Denver, and wiil
give exhibition drills en route at Cum
berland, Pittsburgh, Chicago. Omaha and
Colorado Springs. The headquarters of
the team will be at the Hotel Drexel.
which Is situated on 17th street, the main
thoroughfare of Denver, one square from
the Brown Palace Hotel, headquarters
for the grand encampment.
Arrive Wednesday, August 9.
They will arrive In Colorado Springs at
12 o'clock, noon. Wednesday. August 9.
ami after visiting Cripple Creek, Pikt3
peak. Seven vails, South Cheyenne can
yon. Garden of the Gods and Crvntm
Park automobile road, they will Eo to
Denver, and will be met at the station bv
the celebrated Colorado Commanderv ami
a band of 100 pieces. ???er> anti
There will be about 150 templars and
women leaving here. There will be a
base ball team and a minstrel show in
Columbia Commandery. The minstr?i?
will make entertainment on the train eo
ing. The base ball team, under the d ree
tion of Capt. George L. Eisman, will nlaJ
one of the teams in Denver, August 11
Columbia Commandery will have "it*
excursion at Marshall Hall next Wedn Jr
day. and the drill team will give tuiexhl"
bition drill on the arrival of the 6:30 boat
MEM IS GUILTY
Noted Mississippi Confederate
Veteran to Lose Position
on Prison Board.
Higher Salary in Hew York.
It was learned last night that P* w
Williams, in the office of the auditor for
the Treasury Department, has resigned to
accept a place under the Sulzer admini*
tration in Sew York. He has been ap
pointed on* of the New oYrk examiners
of accounts, with headquarters -it ai
hany. The promotion carries a saiarv i"i
crease to .ioubie that Mr. Wijiwi
cc-lved in the i rc~
A
JACKSON*. Misa., July 25.?W. A. Mont
gomery, member of the prison board of
trustees, was today found guilty of mal
feasance in office by a jury in the Hinds
county circuit court. The jury was given
the case last night and returned its ver
dict this morning with a recommenda
tion for mercy.
Sentence will be pronounced later by
Judge Henry. It is understood that he
will assess a nominal fine and issue an
order removing Montgomery from office.
''o* Mr ii'-'orrfM is n v?>r?n of the
Ku Klux Klan. commanded the l!d Mis
sissippi Regiment in the Spanish-Ameri
can war, and served two terms as com
mander of the Mississippi division of tlie
United Confederate Veterans.
The principal charge against film was
that he aided in allowing work delcKaled
to the trustees to be done by Lawreno*
Yerger former secretary of the board.
Because of this Yerger more easily em
bezzled state funds, for which h* stands
AGAINST JOHNSTON BILL.
Nebraskans Petition Senate Not to
Past Snnday Closing Measure.
A petition to the Senate not to pass
the Johnston Sunday closing bill for the
District of Columbia, signed by Several
hundred citizens of College View. Uncolu
and the vicinity of Nebraska, was pr? -
sented to the Senate yesterday by Senator
Norrls of Nebraska.
The petition claims that the Constitu
tion prohibits the enactment of any law
looking to the observence of any rellgiouw
J- v i mil on or looking toward a iinlon at