﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuke. 
  11 
  

  

  sometimes 
  the 
  case. 
  For 
  instance: 
  One 
  man 
  was 
  detected 
  selling 
  

   milk 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  colored; 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  showed 
  it 
  to 
  

   contain 
  over 
  five 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  fat, 
  as 
  rich 
  milk 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  asked 
  

   for, 
  and 
  yet 
  adulterated 
  by 
  coloring, 
  which, 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  

   deteriorated 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  milk. 
  We 
  can 
  account 
  for 
  it 
  on 
  no 
  

   ground 
  except 
  that 
  vendors 
  of 
  this 
  coloring 
  matter 
  persuade 
  

   milkmen 
  into 
  believing 
  it 
  will 
  add 
  apparently 
  to 
  its 
  richness, 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  induce 
  customers 
  to 
  purchase 
  of 
  them. 
  This 
  is 
  all 
  based 
  

   upon 
  two 
  propositions. 
  One 
  is 
  the 
  proposition 
  for 
  gain, 
  and 
  

   that 
  gain 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  vendor 
  in 
  deceiving 
  the 
  

   consuming 
  public. 
  This 
  is 
  wrong 
  in 
  principle 
  and 
  some 
  means 
  

   should 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  stop 
  it. 
  We 
  can 
  stop 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  such 
  milk 
  

   when 
  we 
  find 
  it, 
  but 
  we 
  cannot 
  stop 
  these 
  vendors 
  of 
  coloring 
  

   matter 
  from 
  tempting 
  or 
  inducing 
  the 
  milkmen 
  to 
  use 
  their 
  goods. 
  

   I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  an 
  enactment 
  placing 
  a 
  heavy 
  penalty 
  

   upon 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  thus 
  induces 
  or 
  attempts 
  to 
  induce 
  any 
  vendor 
  

   of 
  food 
  products 
  to 
  ^dolate 
  a 
  State 
  law 
  would 
  be 
  wise 
  and 
  just. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  questions 
  that 
  confronts 
  our 
  agents 
  in 
  determining 
  

   whether 
  to 
  take 
  samples 
  of 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  for 
  analysis 
  (which 
  is 
  

   expensive), 
  is 
  whether 
  the 
  vendor 
  is 
  selling 
  the 
  commodity 
  on 
  his 
  

   wagon 
  for 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  or 
  selling 
  it 
  as 
  whole 
  milk, 
  when 
  he 
  has 
  

   upon 
  the 
  same 
  wagon 
  both 
  whole 
  and 
  skimmed 
  milk. 
  A 
  milkman 
  

   imder 
  the 
  present 
  statute 
  has 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  sell 
  anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  ISTew 
  York, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  'New 
  York 
  and 
  Kings, 
  

   skimmed 
  milk, 
  provided 
  he 
  sells 
  it 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  such. 
  The 
  peculiar 
  

   feature 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  is 
  this: 
  If 
  a 
  milkman 
  is 
  selling 
  milk 
  from 
  has 
  

   wagon 
  upon 
  which 
  are 
  both 
  kinds, 
  our 
  agents 
  must 
  either 
  take 
  the 
  

   vendor's 
  word 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  selling 
  the 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  

   skimmed 
  milk, 
  or 
  they 
  must 
  take 
  a 
  sample 
  and 
  have 
  it 
  analyzed; 
  

   when 
  the 
  analysis 
  is 
  returned 
  we 
  must 
  bring 
  an 
  action 
  and 
  put 
  

   the 
  party 
  upon 
  his 
  defense 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  thus 
  selling 
  it, 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  peculiarly 
  within 
  his 
  oavh 
  knowledge, 
  or 
  we 
  must 
  send 
  

   our 
  agents 
  to 
  watch 
  the 
  particular 
  vendor 
  and 
  see 
  where 
  he 
  sells 
  

   milk; 
  then 
  send 
  into 
  private 
  homes 
  to 
  inquire 
  what 
  kind 
  of 
  milk 
  

  

  