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the city consumers are not in a position to jndge or to act 

 intelligently in protecting themselves; and so they must, 

 instead, be protected by the city or the State. The produc- 

 tion, transportation, distribution and use of milk becomes a 

 matter of concern for the health authorities only when it is 

 evident that the methods employed in the milk industry are 

 such that the public health is likely to suffer. Because of 

 this more or less apparent danger, most supplies are now 

 regulated to some extent, and probably should be regulated 

 to an even greater extent, by city or State laws, enforced l)y 

 health authorities and dairy inspectors appointed for the 

 purpose. There are those possessing business ability who 

 may grow their corn or potatoes, who may raise their beef, 

 pork and poultry products, fruits or vegetables, and those 

 who may buy and sell these products, but who, because of 

 their natural disregard of cleanliness in all its details should 

 never for a moment be permitted to engage in the production 

 or handling of milk or cream. This business is in itself a 

 particular business for particular, careful people, and those, 

 and those only, who know what real cleanliness is, and how 

 it may be secured and maintained, should ever have been 

 permitted or should now be permitted to engage in or to 

 continue in any part of the work. 



Each consumer uses on an average about two-thirds of a 

 pint of milk daily. Between 60 and 80 per cent of all 

 babies are, during a part of their first eighteen months in 

 this world, entirely dependent on cows' milk in some form. 

 These plain facts, considered in connection with the fact 

 that many adults are at times almost equally dependent, 

 quickly brings us to a realization that without cows' milk, 

 we, as a people, could not long continue to exist. ]^ot only 

 has milk become an invaluable and indispensable factor in 

 the rearing of children as above indicated, but pure milk 

 is also gradually and slowly coming to be understood and 

 appreciated as one of the most economical and nourishing 

 of all foods for general family use. Tn addition to the lives 

 actually saved by the timely and careful use of milk, we 

 must also consider the great and immeasurable service which 



