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Show Milk Question Aired By Health Officers The following article was suhmilted by the local health officers to acquaint ac-quaint people with the milk situation in this city and to give them first hand information on the importance of cooperation in enforcing an ordinance which tends to improve health conditions in Springville. Current milk problems have raised a lot of controversies controver-sies in Springville. Milk producer-distributors are saying: "My milk is good, my milk is clean; therefore, why should the city object to me selling milk?" Standards of cleanliness among some of the dairymen and milk dealers are fairly high and their milk compares i favorably, as to average bacteria count, with Grada A milk. Their methods of production produc-tion and handling, however, do not meet all the requirements for properly safeguarded milk. On the other hand, " some producer-distributors are careless, they do not have proper facilities for producing produc-ing and handling milk, consequently consequent-ly the milk they deliver to the children and -citizens of Springville Spring-ville is dirty and contains millions of bacteria in every drop. . This conditions brings up a difficult dif-ficult problem for the city to solve: In order to safeguard the health and well-being of the milk-consuming milk-consuming public, . especially the children, who should be allowed to distribute milk and who should be requested to discontinue selling sell-ing market milk? Obviously some standard must be established in order to determine who should be permitted to sell milk and who should not be allowed to sell milk. In an attempt to solve this perplexing per-plexing problem, on the 25th day of July, 1945, Mayor E. Ostlund called a meeting of dairymen, health officers and the Springville city council to discuss a better milk program. In order to improve the milk conditions the United States Public Health Service has for a number f years, been urging urg-ing cities to adopt one uniform system of effective milk control. This standard milk ordinance and code was discussed and its adoption adop-tion was sanctioned by all dairymen dairy-men and health officers present. The city counci of Springville then passed the standard milk ordinance, or-dinance, allowiig 90 days for dairymen to coirply with the provisions pro-visions of the ordinance. ' There has bien tumult and arguing and shcuting, of course, against the adoption of the milk ordinance, as tiere is against 5 They can deliver their milk to manufacturing and processing plants. They should not expect to "set the pace" for the community. communi-ty. Furthermore, the financial interests in-terests of any individual or group can not properly be weighed against the protection of the community com-munity as a whole. The importance of milk as a health factor must be fully recognized recog-nized if our children are to enjoy better health and greater vitality. In the diets of children from one to five years of age, a quart of milk will constitute from ..0 to 70 per cent of the total daily food requirement. Considering such an important and complete food for growing children, is it not proper for cities and public health officials offi-cials to direct their attention toward to-ward the cleanliness, wholesome-ness wholesome-ness and safety of milk? . For several years Springville has been one of the leading small cities in the state on milk control, the object has been that of protecting pro-tecting the public and insuring for it a safe and satisfactory milk supply. There is no more brilliant achievement of man than the progress pro-gress he has made in the prevention preven-tion of disease and the prolongation prolonga-tion of life. Fully recognizing this fact, public officials have endeavored endeav-ored to keep up with the march of progress. The time is now at hand for the enforcement of the Grade A milk ordinance and it is up to the public to cooperate and see that the better milk program is a success. There will be more arguments ar-guments and more shouting about milk, but above the tumult the facts must be kept clear if the people of Springville, and especially especi-ally the children, are to have good, clean, safe milk to drink. Whether or not the city will be able to maintain its high standard or is compelled to step backward and further expose its citizens- and children to the hazards connected connect-ed with nature's best food is up to the public. The individual's part in sanctioning sanc-tioning the better milk program is to use only Grade A milk. It is impossible for the city milk consumer con-sumer to have sufficient knowledge knowl-edge concerning the conditions under un-der which his milk supply is produced pro-duced and handled. It is also evident evi-dent that under any conditions few would be able to determine for themselves the wholsomeness of the milk. The Grade A milk ordinance or-dinance provides for careful supervision su-pervision of the milk supply by city government. Therefore, purchase pur-chase only Grade A milk. If you prefer raw milk, buy only Grade A raw, which is milk carefully produced and made as safe as any raw milk can practicably be made. If you prefer the added protection of pasteurization, see that you get Grade A pasteurized which is milk that has been both carefully pro-(Continued pro-(Continued on Page Eight) practically all propositions which involve the interest of large numbers num-bers of people aid special groups of individuals. There is, however, not a single argiment against the adoption of the itandard milk ordinance or-dinance which wll stand the scrutiny scru-tiny of careful i:vestigation. Most of the opposing arguments come from a few dairynen. These dairymen dairy-men should poner carefully the words of Harry Walker Hepburn, when he said : Tie dairyman 'like the savage . . . nust occasionally put his ear to te ground' to get J:he tendencies ( the times, and then prepare tomeet them. His guiding attitudemust be that of expecting changs and preparing to meet them." For the "roducer - dealers," who business isiot large enough to warrant proer facilities for the production ind handling of market milk thee are other markets, mar-kets, somewhat less satisfactory from the standp'nt, but adequate. |