THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM 



CHAPTER I 



WHY THERE IS A MILK PROBLEM 



That there exists to-day a large and, in many 

 instances, acute milk problem is being increasingly rec- 

 ognized. Most persons, however, appreciate the nature 

 of the matter no further than that it involves a " cam- 

 paign for pure milk" which appears to them similar to 

 the movements for other municipal improvements. 

 Even to the well-informed citizen the factors and persons 

 involved the dairy farmer, the middleman dealer, the 

 municipal official appear in no distinct perspective; he 

 is only vaguely aware of the contentions of these differ- 

 ent parties, except as newspaper publicity may occasion- 

 ally bring one or another of them to the fore; his interest 

 usually goes no further than a jealous watchfulness of 

 the price of the daily family supply; he entertains, there- 

 fore, no particular ideas as to improvements and read- 

 justments and the ways of bringing them about. And 

 this is no wonder when the officials and legislators to 

 whom the public looks for remedies are themselves fre- 

 quently puzzled for an answer to this much-debated 

 question. 



At the outset, therefore, the prime underlying con- 

 siderations must be well borne in mind. 



Among all food products milk gives rise to a peculiar 



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