SECOND SESSION 



Friday evening, December 2, 8:15 o'clock. 

 Prof. WM. T. SEDGWICK presiding. 



THE PUBLIC MILK SUPPLIES AND THE 

 PUBLIC HEALTH 



DR. IRA S. WILE, Chairman Conference Committee, spoke as 

 follows : 



Ladies and Gentlemen, in opening the second session of this 

 Conference, held under the auspices of the New York Milk Con*- 

 mitee, it would be a pure waste of valuable time for me to spend 

 a moment in introducing the presiding officer, who is probably 

 far better known here, in questions that pertain both to sanity 

 and to sanitation, than any one else who may be in the room. 

 I take pleasure in introducing the presiding officer of the meet- 

 ing, Prof. Wiliam T. Sedgwick, of the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology. 



PROF. SEDGWICK spoke as follows: 



THE MILK PROBLEM IN AMERICA TO-DAY 



LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is a great privilege to be able 

 to attend this Conference, and especially to be able to take an 

 active part in it. 



The whole problem of milk supply to-day, and of milk 

 supplies and public health, is so important and so extensive, 

 covering every inch of the country, as it does, that this Com- 

 mittee, it seems to me , has done well to come together and deal 

 with it. 



Now, it is not my intention to make any lengthy address, 

 nor is it my desire to do so. The principal speakers of the 

 evening will follow me. As I am expected to say something, 

 and in order that I may save time yours and mine I have 

 committed to writing what I should, in many ways, have pre- 

 ferred to give you without so formal a statement. 



The milk problem in America to-day is perhaps the tough- 

 est of all our pure food and public health problems. Water 

 supply problems, ice suplies, oyster supplies, and the purity 

 and salubrity of ordinary foods such as meats, fish, flour, pre- 

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