| Show EATING DISEASE GERMS the state health association is conducting right now a vigo vigorous rolas campaign tor for the sale of christmas health seals the revenue from which will be used tit in waging war upon disease and especially upon tuberculosis or the white plague this activity is most commendable and the committees appointed 1 to sell the seals should receive a cordial welcome in the home of every I 1 family and in the store of every busl busi ing health seals and doing other things 1 but while we are eagerly to wage war on the disease wherever I 1 it exists we are overlooking one of the foremost measures in stamping out this thing entirely we refer to the matter of milk arid and meat inspection there is no question but that tul tuberculosis ar exists in the animals of this section it has been found in cows and it is a certainty that it is also present in beef ari animals mals but aside from the hasty campaign waged by the state pure food department last I 1 year and a nd the year before that to test the cows and weed out the dis eased animals nothing has been done dona to safeguard this community I 1 from rom drinking ng and eating white plague germs every day tere baere is not a handler of 0 meat in this community who could detect detec t tuberculosis in tile the carcass ot of an animal slaughtered tor for food we make this assertion without tear fear of 0 contradiction and the market proprietors themselves have expressed the wish that their meats might be inspected nobody knows whether or not he is drinking tuber culer milk or pure milk except in so far as the animals which furnish it have been tested and found at a time in the past to be tree free from disease and so tor for we are all eating and drinking tuber gernis germs every time we eat meat or drink milk and the thought is anything but a pleasant one health is the greatest asset in life A strong vigorous healthy community speaking of its residents is the great est asset the community possesses and anything that the community can do to preserve such a splendid physical condition is money well invested A competent milk and meat inspector would be a wonderful safety asset to brigham Brigha iii city and we fondly look for or the time to come when a place will be made lor for such a public servant in the official circle of 0 the municipality |
