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cities, is not such that the milk supply can be protected, and 

 properly protected, against the typhoid fever and scarlet 

 fever and diphtheria. I do not see that, even so far as de- 

 veloped cases of these diseases are concerned, a proper pro- 

 tection against them is within the immediate view of the fu- 

 ture, and, of course, the possibility of protection against car- 

 rier cases is much more difficult and more nearly unattain- 

 able. 



The problem of tuberculosis, I believe, we need not dwell 

 upon at any considerable length, and yet we are disposed to 

 lose sight of the fact that in this also there are two factors. 

 In the first place, there is the tuberculous cow. In the second 

 place, there is the method of ventilation of the barn, without 

 proper attention to which we will not accomplish much by tak- 

 ing proper precautions against the tuberculous cow. So, you 

 see, there are great difficulties in the way of a solution of the 

 milk problem. In those cities where the milk producer and 

 the milk consumer are so far removed, each from the other,, 

 that neither comes well under the view of the other, there are 

 great difficulties. 



As I sat here this afternoon and listened to the very il- 

 luminating addresses that were given, and as I listened partic- 

 ularly to the speech that was made by Mr. Stadtmueller, it 

 seemed to me that one of the elemental difficulties lay in this: 

 The farmer has a point of view to which he closely adheres ; 

 namely, that he is engaged in a business proposition, that he 

 is producing milk, and that he has in mind the financial side of 

 that proposition. On the other hand, there is the point of 

 view of the consumer, who sees, who knows, and who is fully 

 convinced that considerable harm is being done in the cities 

 through milk that is improperly and imperfectly controlled. 

 It is difficult for each of these groups of people to understand 

 the point of view of the other group. Neither of them can 

 thoroughly see just the way the proposition presents itself, 

 however anxious they may be to see it. In my opinion, this 

 is the thing for which we should work, in the ultimate. I be- 

 lieve that this thing of the production of milk should proceed 

 along the lines of community development that are manifest- 

 ing themselves in everything else, and that there must be 

 greater specialization. I believe that we must have baby 



