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A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And what else ? 



A. I think that covers it. 



Q. What have you to suggest, Doctor, in regard to the price of 

 milk? How can we get cheaper milk? 



A. We can get cheaper milk by simplifying delivery. 



Q. In what respect? 



A. Simply by zones. I don't mean absolutely by zoning, but by 

 dividing the town up into districts, so a man does not have to cross and 

 re-cross one man does not have to re-cross another man's district. The 

 letter carrier, Mr. Van Duser of the letter carriers' organization, struck 

 the note last night. And a good many years ago there appeared in one 

 of the Fabian publications in England, the statement of a man who was 

 looking out of the window and said he saw 14 grocery wagons, seven 

 or eight butcher wagons, and Lord knows how many other wagons 

 and one postman. 



Q. Do you advocate some system of compelling the dealers? 



A. I do not know. I would not' compel them. 



Q. How would you get at it ? 



A. I don't know. I think we need information ; I want to know. 



Q. Doctor, going back to the question of the tubercular test, assum- 

 ing that this appeal has been made, and this order was made by Commis- 

 sioner Owen at the time, what was there other than shortage of help in 

 your department, to prevent these tests from going on ? 



A. I have gone over that already, Mr. Bechtold, and told Mr. Pierce, 

 and told the Committee in answer to Mr. Pierce's questions, that there 

 was not anything to interfere except shortage of help. It was impossible 

 to get help, and because of the work and our material being worn out, 

 and it would take us a year to go on with the work. 



Q. Why did you make the statement or say that the large companies 

 prevented you from continuing this? 



A. They did. 



Q. Your reply is inconsistent, Doctor. It seems to me this shortage 

 of help the companies did not have anything to do with that? 



A. They did not have anything to do with that, but when they ob- 

 jected to that order, and made me go to New York by way of San 

 Francisco and China, that is the way they interfere with our doing the 

 work. 



Q. Have you reference to this one appeal? 



A. This one appeal, because we did nothing after the appeal. 



Q. Don't you think that that was fair ? To cut off a contaminated 

 source of supply for any company don't you think that is fair ? 



