Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-01-11 | Page 14 | Dairyman Declares Inspector Biased

11111 DECLARES mm BIASED McGralh Asks Commission lo Make Examination- of His Product. Special lo The Tribune. OGDEN". Jan. 10. Declaring that he has been Informed and believes that Waller Chllds. city milk Inspector, is directly interested in a dnlry concern doing 'business In Ogden City, and for this reason adverse and erroneous reports re-ports have been made from time to time by Ihe milk iiiFpector on samples of mlh: supplied by him to his customers. John McGrath, a dairyman, today presented a petition to the city commissioner asking relief. McGrntli says ho Is convinced ihat Child: regards" him as a business competitor, com-petitor, and that for this reason Chllds has frequently reported that milk taken from McGrath's wagon was Impure and unfit for consumption. In his petition McGrath furihcrinorc states that efforts have been made by persons believed by hhn to be agents of ilio milk Inspector to purchase his dairy business and that he believes that there Is a conceited efforl on tic purl of Chillis and his associates to put hint our of business. The petitioner offers to pay the cost of an examination of his dairy and an Inspection of ids milk supply If the board of commissioners appoint an unbiased committee to make the inspection. inspec-tion. Attached to the petition presented to Ihe board Is a ;-lgned statement from approximated ISO customers, saying thai the milk furnished them by McGrath Is clean and has every appearance of being handled In a sanitary manner. After the petition had been rend to the board this morning It was referred to the superintendent of public safety, who will make a report.