CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REMEDIES 245 



First Parallel 



Water 



Milk 



1. Municipality uses it. 



2. Universally used by in- 



habitants. 



3. Constantly used. 



4. Essential to public health. 



5. No substitutes. 



6. Must be clean and pure. 



7. Will carry infection. 



8. Quality must be con- 



trolled. 



9. Main sources outside city. 



10. Private interests may sell 



under special authoriza- 

 tion. 



11. Business tends towards 



monopoly. 



12. Usually requires power of 



eminent domain. 



13. Makes peculiar use of pub- 



lic streets, necessitating 

 special grant. 



1. Municipality uses it pro- 



portionately less. 



2. Universally used by in- 



habitants. 



3. Constantly used. 



4. Essential to public health. 



5. No substitutes. 



6. Must be clean and pure. 



7. Will carry infection 



8. Quality must be controlled. 



9. Main sources outside city. 



10. Private interests may sell 



without special authori- 

 zation. 



11. Business tends toward 



monopoly. 



12. Does not require power of 



eminent domain. 



13. Does not do so. 



In the same way he compares the milk supply with the 

 supply of wood and coal under the heading "Cases held 

 not to warrant public ownership." In this instance he 

 shows that the milk supply conforms to more of the essen- 

 tial requirements for municipalization than does the sup- 

 ply of coal or of wood for fuel. 1 But municipal coal supply 

 has already been attempted and at least one state edu- 

 cational institution has sought to direct such activity by 



Jennings, Irwin G., A Study of the New York Milk Problem, p. 54. 



