10 CONFERENCE ON MILK PROBLEMS 



due to bad milk or improper feeding. The question which we 

 face in this city is not, should we save them ; but how shall we 

 save them? 



Unfortunately, at the present time, this whole subject is 

 fraught with more uncertainties than certainties, and is fuller 

 of questions than it is of answers. The City Government of 

 New York, on which, of course, must rest the responsibility 

 for the solution of this problem within the confines of this 

 community, has reason to hope and I think I might even say 

 has a right to look to you to clear up some of these uncer- 

 tainties and to furnish answers to some of these questions. 



This question of milk supply and the protection of it, when 

 presented to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, comes 

 primarily as a demand for money for tax payers' money. 

 That demand is usually in the form of an entering wedge a 

 trifle for experiment, but in whatever form that problem is 

 presented, or whatever the demand is, it always involves a 

 principle that, sooner or later, will compel the appropriation 

 of money sufficient to treat, adequately and properly, all of the 

 milk consumed. Now, the Board of Estimate is anxious to 

 proceed, but it needs light. It seems to me that we do not 

 need more experiments. What we need is a clear statement 

 of the facts already gathered in this matter, and a comprehen- 

 sive program. Now, will you ladies and gentlemen give us 

 this? 



I wish to outline a few questions which I believe should be 

 answered, and for which I am convinced the Board of Estimate 

 and Apportionment must get answers, before they can proceed 

 to deal intelligently with this important question. Now, these 

 questions which I submit for the consideration of this confer- 

 ence are as follows: 



Can efficient management secure safely clean milk within 

 the economic reach of all citizens? 



Can the milk supply be more adequately protected by State 

 inspection and supervision or by City inspection and super- 

 vision? 



What injury, if any, results from Pasteurized milk? 



Is Pasteurization necessary for milk now graded as certified? 



Is Pasteurization on a large scale successful anywhere at 

 the present time? 



