REPOKT. 



The work of the Dairy Bureau for the past year shows 

 greater results than for any previous year of its history. 

 The year 1900 has been a record breaker in number of cases 

 in court, number of convictions and amount of fines imposed. 

 In our report for 1899 we told of a year of exceptional 

 activity, but we did even more in 1900 than in the previous 

 year. From one point of view we regard this record with 

 much satisfaction. As long as there are those in the com- 

 munity who are law breakers, — who deal in counterfeit, 

 adulterated or low-grade products, — we feel some pride at 

 the number we have been able to bring to justice, and at the 

 amount of success which has attended our fight for pure, 

 honest, standard dairy products. We also believe that, if 

 the amount accomplished is measured by the appropriation 

 for this department, we have further reasons for self-com- 

 plaisance ; for, creditable as are the results secured, they 

 have been limited by the appropriation ; we have been com- 

 pelled in a number of instances to go slowly or to suspend 

 work altogether, because the money at our disposal was run- 

 ning low. The city of Boston pays $13,000 for expenses 

 and salary of its milk inspector, while the State of JNIassa- 

 chusetts appropriates only $8,200 for its Dairy Bureau, with 

 Avhich to cover the whole State. The real disproportion of 

 the appropriation is even more than this, for the Boston milk 

 inspector can reach any portion of his territory for an eight- 

 cent fare, while to send an officer of the Dairy Bureau to 

 North Adams, for instance, may mean $7.50 in railroad fares 

 and at least one night's hotel bills. 



Viewed in a broad way, our record of the past year does 

 not bring unalloyed satisfaction. The true citizen ought not 

 to regard with pride a long list of criminal prosecutions or 

 large figures in the annual summary of court records. While 

 such facts may speak well for the vigilance of the authorities 



