Clean Milk 



The pecuniary loss inflicted upon the 

 dealer through the destruction and misap- 

 propriation of milk bottles by his customers 

 is out of all proportion to the extent of the 

 business transaction involved. It is an in- 

 stance of downright injustice, and no one 

 cognizant of the magnitude of the abuse can 

 fail to sympathize with the dealer. The 

 truth of his grievance is obvious to every 

 observer, and the facts point to a most 

 reprehensible thoughtlessness among many 

 people who purchase bottled milk. 



In the existing conditions of things the 

 dealer must provide a bottle, and present the 

 use of it as a gift pure and simple to his cus- 

 tomer. The invention of the familiar quart 

 bottle was itself a boon to the consumer of 

 milk, and when there is added the free use 

 of it, even though it be an act of compulsory 

 generosity, one would expect, from the usual 

 faith in one's fellow beings, some acknowl- 

 edgment of the indebtedness. What actu- 

 ally happens has changed many a decent, 

 wholesouled milkman into a cynical pessi- 



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