advisable to raise it. Two years ago last February the price of 

 certified milk was raised from 12 cents to 15 cents per quart, and I 

 fear another raise would curtail the demand. 



Dr. E. C. Fleischner, San Francisco : Some time ago the Asso- 

 ciated Charities of San Francisco undertook to board out the babies 

 in their care with the result that the mortality was decidedly 

 reduced. Of course these children were fed in all sorts of ways. 

 When one went among these individuals it was one's experience to 

 find the types of food which these babies were being fed were 

 primarily condensed milk, one of the patent foods or ordinary milk 

 in some form or other. Through the efforts of the Association of 

 Collegiate Alumnae certified milk was furnished these children 

 and the mortality was reduced from 12% to 2%. I really feel that 

 it is a sufficiently definite result to call to the attention of everyone 

 here, a sufficient result to make everybody note the results that can 

 be obtained and ought to be obtained with certified milk in this 

 community. This phase of the pure milk problem should surely 

 not be overlooked in discussing the question. 



Dr. H. E. Wright, Sacramento : If certified milk is such a good 

 thing and has come to stay, as we believe it has, why not enact 

 legislation to make all milk producers meet certification? Make 

 the conditions so that only certified milk could be bought, and 

 eventually all producers would have to charge the increased price 

 to cover the cost of certification. If no one were allowed to furnish 

 anything but certified milk it would be a perfectly even case of 

 competition. It seems to me that this is a matter for legislation. 

 The best for all is none to good. Why not pure food for all, in 

 milk as in other foods? 



Professor F. D. Hawk: I believe that certified milk has come to 

 stay, but that the price has not come to stay. In the cities we can 

 find the common milk to-day on the market for about four cents 

 a quart and it is retailed at ten cents, the difference being for the 

 middleman to carry on his operations, while the producer gets four 

 cents. As far as going ahead to get pure milk through legislation, 

 I think we better walk before we try to run. If we can get the 

 producers together to work in unison with the city officials we can 

 regulate some of the other things and get the price for pure milk 

 for the producer. 



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