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press and saying he is a dirty vagabond, and that 

 being dirty he must of necessity be dishonest and 

 without conscience ? I venture to say that you will do 

 nothing of the sort. He will meet his friends in the 

 evening, possibly at the local shrine of Bacchus, and 

 he will promptly designate you as a worthy inmate of 

 the local asylum for the mentally weak. On the other 

 hand, approach him as a reasonable being, with a 

 certain amount of licence to existence, demonstrate 

 to him in a practical manner where he is mistaken, 

 point out by analogy and example where he errs, and 

 don't lay too much insistence on the presumption that 

 he is an ignorant fool, and I venture to say that you 

 will leave behind you a nucleus which will in the 

 course of time develop along the line which is so 

 urgently desired. 



Addressing myself to the administrative measures 

 which appear essential, it may be at this point neces- 

 sary to point out that there appear to be two distinct 

 schools, each of which advises different courses of 

 action. 



There are first of all those who believe that the 

 proper method to deal with the improvement of the 

 milk supply is to so sufficiently alter the conditions 

 at the source of production as will ensure the output 

 of a supply of milk which will be safe for the con- 

 sumption of both children and adults. 



On the other hand many believe that it is so 

 difficult to effect this improvement, that they would 

 discard serious attention to such measures and would 

 confine their attention to treating the milk itself in 

 such a manner as to render it innocuous no matter 

 what its source. With those who would associate 

 themselves with the latter policy I have no argument, 

 except to suggest that it is clumsy and economically 

 bad, and I am a firm believer in the policy of dealing 

 with the sources of production first. 



It might be advisable at the outset to attempt 



