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case of failure so to do, or in ease of said milk dealer, shipper or 

 peddler offering for sale milk shipped into the city of Cleveland 

 without a permit, said milk dealer, shipper or peddler's license shall 

 be forfeited. 



Austin Herrick H. E. Post. 



W. A. Mills. G. W. Adams. 



H. F. Bicker. W. H. Chambers. 



S. H. Mizer. A. F. Dresher. 



0. H. Bennett. C. E. Riley. 



E. Bowen. 



This clearly shows the attitude of dairymen toward an 

 inspection system that is conducted fairly and honestly. 



The Consumer's Responsibility. 



There is no small responsibility resting on the consumer. 

 Milk is frequently delivered to him in good condition, but 

 he does not take proper care of it. Too often it is exposed 

 to the sun, and rapidly deteriorates. Frequently it is set 

 away with other food, without any protection, where it ab- 

 sorbs any odors present. When the milk is received, it is 

 the duty of the consumer to put it immediately in a cool 

 place, away from strong-smelling foods. Milk bottles should 

 be used by the customer for no other purpose than the 

 storage of milk. It is also the duty of every person using 

 bottled milk to clean the bottles before they are returned to 

 the dealer, and to return them promptly. 



The majority of consumers do not know what good milk 

 is. The consumers need to be educated, for it is through 

 them that this problem of clean milk will be eventually 

 solved. If the consumer does not know what clean milk is 

 and does not ask for it, and is satisfied to pay for dirty milk 

 at dirty milk prices, then why should the dairyman produce 

 it? What is the use in legislating and enforcing city ordi- 

 nances for a product that the people do not want ? The 

 consumer should not be willing to pay as much for dirty 

 milk as for clean milk. He should appreciate the fact that 

 clean milk costs more. It costs only $9 per cow to produce 

 milk any old way, and it costs $54 to produce clean milk. 



I believe the time is soon coming in some of our cities 



