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Show I TILLED MILK' I HELD INJURIOUS Senator Capper Writes at Length on This New Product Whn th officials of a large milk jprodOfta company, and many Interne, Inter-ne, i farmers and business men in-, in-, , r. 1 1 i themselves at the last sm-F?on sm-F?on .if the leplMature mnklnc It oMl-Kitory oMl-Kitory that all manufacturers of ' I m ! -B tatlon milk" label their product It with strenuous opposition from r gources that would hardly be exper-t- i mm, some declaring that the. flr.st bill proposed was practically a "prohlbl-i "prohlbl-i on" measure. As time has passed I ft now develops that th last legisla ture would have been a forerunner of what la romlnjr to pass had it hace enacted a "prohibition" measure tn t'llv regard For instance read the following from the pen of Senator Tapper of Kansas; "The greatest curse to every nation probably. Is defective nutrition lack 1 61 proper food elements In the diet. This Is especially harmful to children chil-dren A il lot that Is deficient dors more to break "down health and stamina stam-ina and mental and physical vigor ihan vice, and it encourages germ JJseases. A poorly fed race or nation. na-tion. Is well on Its way to decadence knd decline. It has little reslstenro v-r endurance. FILLED MILK, t. "I am prompted to these remarks hy a new article of commerce known B 'filled milk.' which is being sold ivfi a substitute for milk, or as 'imi-Stlon 'imi-Stlon milk ' To quote some of the flallaclous claims made for this corn-11 corn-11 n 1 1 i . n of skimmed milk nnd cocoa-I cocoa-I J nut oil. It Is a 'delicious and nutrl- Jlous new milk product prepared In Bl'lP r" '' 4'rying ditri. of in.iinni ond Wisconsin, the animal fats ex-B-1 true t .1 ,,nd t..-n n r k , I uii'i w..t ettlbb . highly r.-fln-d cicoanut oil. HB j, "As to this poetic ilescrlptlon o? B Uu proluct and the claims made tor K Dr E. V. McOollum of JphDS Hop-B Hop-B kins university, makes known that B America already is suffering from Bl defective nutrition, due in part to B. She commercializing of certain foods B, tad the determinating of cereals to B Stable then to keejp longer. He Hj polnLs to the growing use of veget- able fats all of which are vltamln- Ws, nnd reasons from this tal the B Substitution of Imitation milk In the Bj diet of elth. r the child or th adult Hi w';1 have iuitc an effect In furlher- BBj lhg the process of physical degener- V ation .now going on quantities som. B "Quantities of this filled milk are WM being sold for the use of children BB ,! and babies, and although It is a much BB I 'Cheaper product It Is seldom sold for ft less price than Is obtained fur genu- Bfl 1 ; inc evaporated milk. Imitation milk Bh 'Is sometimes sold as 'milk' or 'evap- B orated milk.' BB ""Indicating the use of this 'oiled-1 BH milk, is the ri ductlon in the I'nlted BB .States of more- than one-half billion BB founds In the volume of genuine BB tanned milk, from 111 9 to 192 B "The sale or manufacture of filled milk has now been prohibited by law In New York. NTi w Jersey and v. Is- ji eonsln Five otlo r states have j r--- B cribed standards for milk that in ef- j cct prohibit filled milk, and thn q states permit filled milk to be sold us "Imitation milk ' "A bill known as the Volgt bill. ! prohibiting the movement of filled milk pr paratlona In interstate or for- Ign i ommerce, passed the house it this session of congress by a vote of 2f0 to 40 and Is now before the senate sen-ate agricultural Committee. Friends of the measure In the senate hope to ' pass it at the December session. I shall do my utmost to make this bill a law. "Aside from the inimical effect of this so-called milk on the public. It is Injuring our dairy Industry Just as It has become a world leader. Because i of the relative cheapness of the oil ad I rnllk compound. It Is displacing canned whole milk. The cocoanut oil ' comes from the South Sea islands or the Philippines, and is largely a pro- I duct of coolie labor While oiling milk does not offer farm ts a mar- ! kct for their skimmed milk not al- ' ready afforded by evaporated milk. It does reduce their market for but- I terfat" |