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DR. SHREVE, Atlantic City: I would like to inquire what that 

 means? Does it apply to milk that is retailed or wholesaled; how 

 is that? 



DR. WILE: That which is retailed. It does not apply to that 

 which is wholesaled in the cans. 



DR. SHREVE: Then, should there not be something in the reso- 

 lution to limit that? 



DR. WILE: The word "retailed" is used in it. 



(The resolution was again read.) 



THE CHAIRMAN: I suppose that means that it should not be sent 

 out to the consumers in cans and put into the consumers' recep- 

 tacles, and so forth. I take it that it means that the milk should 

 be bottled milk when it reaches the consumer. It is rather a wide 

 proposition, gentlemen. Many of these are rather wide, but I am 

 only the presiding officer. It is my duty to put these before you. 



A VOICE: I am from a little town called Carney, in west New 

 England. We have an ordinance in that town covering retailing, 

 wholesaling, etc., which provides that no milk shall be sold in 

 stores or by wagon unless it is thoroughly bottled before the sell- 

 ing. We do not allow it to be sold in receptacles of any descrip- 

 tion. I, therefore, move the adoption of the resolution. (The 

 motion was duly seconded.) 



DR. HARDING, Cornell University: It seems to me that in the 

 present state of our milk-handling proposition, at least in the 

 smaller cities, the sale of milk in bottles is the weakest part of our 

 health regulations, because the bottles come from the typhoid cases 

 and go back to the bottling department with no adequate washing, 

 and there they are refilled and go out to other consumers. To im- 

 properly treat the bottle is the most dangerous feature of our 

 present milk handling, at least in the smaller cities of the state. 

 Unless the bottle proposition is safeguarded by restrictions re- 

 gairding the proper handling of bottles, it looks to me to be a fal- 

 lacious resolution. 



MR. BURLINSON: Mr. Chairman, I represent a considerable num- 

 ber of small milk dealers, and I would like to add to what the last 

 speaker has said, in behalf of the City of New York, that the bot- 

 tled milk would be quite a detriment and would be hurtful to the 

 health of the people were it forced upon the people generally for 

 one particular reason: It is well known that in delivering milk 

 at the various residences the milk is left at times in the hallways, 

 which, as far as a fear of warmth is concerned, are perfect ovens. 

 The milk is left there in the small hours of the morning, from 2 

 to 3 or 4 or 5 o'clock, and possibly it gets into the hands of the 



