240 THE COMMON SENSE OF THE MILK QUESTION 



that its victims are more numerous than the victims 

 of the great plagues, and that it is possible to save 

 tens of thousands of baby lives each year, in the United 

 States alone, through the establishment of infants' milk 

 depots conducted upon scientific principles. Private 

 philanthropy has shown the way; is there civic 

 enterprise to follow ? 



