The Clinton News-Record, 1898-02-26, Page 10
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CLINTON, ONT., SATURDAY FEB. 26, 1898.
WHOLE NO. 1,004
VOTE FOR BECK AN
E BY-LAW.
De. Shaw Shows
a.�
The Need of Better Regulations
MEAT AND MILK INSPECTION.
To the Editor of THE NEWS -RECORD.
In my recent annual report as health Officer
of theTown of Clinton I asked the Town
Council to pass a by-law proving for the Inspec-
tion of Meat and Milk. I was very hopeful that
my request would bo granted when I learned
that ane of the Aldermen had prepared such a
by-law• but after reading your report in THE
NEWS -RECORD of the last meeting of tho Conn.
ell I was greatly disappointed whoi I read your
summary of the proposed by-law to find it not
at all satisfactory nor comprehensive enough
but much more surprised to see that it was laid
away for for some future meeting, thus quietly
to be forgotten. I now ask permission from
you through your valuable paper to explain to
the Town Council and the citizens of Clinton,
why I consider it so necessary to enact some
legislation that will at least assist in preventing
increased ravages of disease produced by drink-
ing diseased milk and eating unwholesome
meats if not stamp it out altogether. Como it
must, so why not take the present and not wait
until too late. If I should devote the greater
portion of this article to the Milk supply, it is
because the animals used to produce milk aro,
after their usefulness in this direction is gone,
"fattened and turned into beef," after
being debilitated for years by as constant drain
to produce mill:, and the beef is sold to supply
local oolsumptiop while, the youngand healthy
heifers are fed for export trade.
Legislation only is not sufficient, The citizens
must endeavor to carry out any regulation that
may be passed, besides those who cater to the
public wants for meat and milk will find that a
higher standard will be demanded of them and
the one who carries out to the highest,
degree the standard required will very soon
reap his reward in increased patronage. Even
should the Council not grant the Board of
Health the desired assistance, the Board pus.
pose exercising their powers now granted by
Statute to their utmost limits and for the pur-
pose of giving the citizens and purveyors an
idea of the danger resulting from the use of
diseased meat and contaminated milk, together
with information if enacted upon will greatly
lcllsen the dangers to which we aro exposed.
Pure milk is a perfect food and ono of
the most important ofanimal origin. Itcontalns
all the different properties arranged in the pro-
portion best suited for nutritive purposes and
may be regarded as a typical food.
There are few subjects that ought to more
seriously engross our attention than a whole-
some supply of an article upon which not only
comfort but the future health of out' town
greatly depends. It is intended by nature as
the sole food of the young and contains nitro-
genous matter, fat, sugar, mineral matter and
water, in factall materials necessary for building
up the human frame.
Impure milk is a dangerous poison as its im-
pure condition is caused in nearly every ease
by the introduction of bacteria° of some kind,
and the long interval between milking the cow
and the delivery allows ample opportunity for
the becteriae to multiply to such an extent.,
that 100,000 to 1.000,000 can be found In one drop.
Of all our food products milk is the most,
easily effected by the myriads of bacteriae that
are continually floating around us so you will at
once see the necessity of exercising more care
in preserving its purity.
diagnostic symptoms and at the same time there
is little it any doubt that the milk and meat id
unfit for food for Dither the human family or
other animals.
Tho question of the infection of Tuberculosis
being convoyed by milk is of even greater im-
portance than Is the infection by flesh for the
two -fold reason that the former Ia htrgoly non -
mimed by infants and invalids ami is imbibed
1n the uncooked state.
Tho Tubercle bacillus is a small rod-like
germ very persistent in the maintenance and
form of its life but so sensitive in its growth and
reproduction that it has no breeding .place in
nature outside of the bodies of those mon and
animals in which it has ligntod up disease and
while its lifemay be destroyed by a few i no-
monts boiling or by contact with a chemical
agents, yet It may retain its vitality and virnl-
once during months of drying and the ordinary
exposure to weather.
Tuberculosis has over and over been com-
municated experimentally and accidentally
from man to animal and from animal to nitut
and frau one species of animals to another.
Experimentally it has been prxfueod by iune-
eulation or by ingestion of portions of organs
containing the disease. Acc'1dentat ly numerous
cases have been recorded of dogs and eats and
fowl becomipg consumptive from licking and
picking up the sputa of consumptive persons.
Many Cafles occur in man and animals from in-
halation of the bacillus where the sputa be-
comes dry and floats in the air of sick rooms or
cow byres. That which interests us most and
which is the most prolific source of conveyance
is the use as food of the Flesh and Milk of Tuber-
culosis animals.
Tho Virus will resist a temperature of 12 'F.
This temperatnre is in excess of that at which
steak is often rooked. Continue to 159pF the
Virus could atilt bo successfully innoculated 40
in cooking a large joint or roast it 18 impossible
to kill than unless the flavor of the meat be
totally destroyed. The germ has been found
in butter and cheese maintaining its life 3.5 to
120 days.
Milk cows owing to their being generally
housed (especially In dairies) supply large quan-
tities of milk and owing to the draft trade upon
their physical powers by the prolonged lacta-
tion are more exposed to the disease. F'o'simi-
lar reasons many valuable herds of imported
cattle housed carefully would be more dlsposed
to contract the disease if present in the stable.
It may further be fairly concluded that in some
of the finest herds in -breeding when present will
have a tendency to transmit any family prcdie-
posi tie n.
On the other hand young cattle born largely
lin the spring, spending their lives tilt autumn
in the fields, then during the winter around the
straw stack, are slightly exposed to contagion
except so far as the calf may have inherited the
tendency at birth Or subsequently contracted it
from a tuberculosis rnother, either through the milk
or discharges from thn nose or mouth.
The disease may affect any organ. The symptoms
depend on the t x:ent of the disease and the organ or
o,gans affected. The progress is sometimes acute
but more often chronic A diseased condition army
exist for monthsbt possibly for years and the animal
in the moaintime thrive fairly well and Yield a fair
amount of milk. It was formerly thonght that the
milk does not contain the bacillus acid was not in-
fections unles+ the udder ut aloe cow *towed disease.
It has been recently proved in Ontario that in 100
cows so nfrocted with tuberculosis Bl • of the udders
were not affected but the milk showed the hacillu.
In the province of Ontario by the latest Government
reports out of 24,257 deaths last year 2758 died of
Consumption and in the coot} of iluron out of 587
deaths lid were from Tuberculosis.
it there is 1no11 a probability of truth in the idea
that Consumption is doe to the contagion of a germ,
if that germ can he conveyed frena one person to,
another or from one animal to another and from
animal to man, then it becomes ns seriously to con -
rider the moans by which further inJury earl be pre-
vented.
It has been proven by the discoveries of }loch that
Officials Galore !
How the Hardy
Officials Increase.
24Clinton t�
to .lice the, f,u
vote.
ONE OF+FICiAL FOR EVERY 20
VOTES ON THE BASIS OF LAST
ELECTION.
The public are not so much concern-
ed about the beginning of an evil as
they are about its continuance. The
one is past and gone, but the latter
comes right home to theist, especially
when it touches their pockets.
So it is with the Polling booth out-
rage. it matters not that eight Booths
were established in 1880. That was
12 years ago. It may have
been done through lack Of information
Of that we know not, nor do we ques-
tion the Motives of Judge Toms, who
is dead and gone, peace to his ashes.
Those who have brought. his name
into the discussion have exhibited had
taste.
But while doubling- the Booths was
all wrong in 1880 1t is much more so
to -day 'because it has been tried and
its ahstlidity seen. }r, is putting an
unnecessary expense upon the tax-
payers and robbing thele to that ex-
tent for the benefit of the politicians.
"1Iawy mic'kles Makes muckle"
homely old phrase. 1.f• we allow the
politicians to adouble the expenditure
and threble the number of officials in
800111 ways, how can they be expected
Lo be economical in dealing with
b;ggei questions. If a Tuwn Council
repeated a wasteful expenditure it
would he hoisted without hesitation.
Among the items passed by the
Town Council at its January tweeting
was the following:—"Clerk (`oats, for
Deputy -Returning Officers, etc., Muni-
cipal Election, $`x).05." With Lh
e ex -
condemn. We object because it is
wrong in principle and corrupt in prac-
tise and feel confident the citizens of
Clinton coincide with our views on the
question.
Garrow eg1ects
His Duty.
He Does Not Attend Com-
mittee Meetings
ii'her•e the i'ractical Work of the
Legislature is Done.
Mr. Garrow's organ claims that he
regularly attended the sittings of the
Legislature and its no respect failed to
follow the business o1' the se550)0.
• The Journal of the House tells us just
t1'e contrary.
Out of fraternal regard we would
much prefer to give most credence to
the organ.
But as official facts and figures dcin't.
Ile we Must perforce accept .he
Journal which has it in blank and
white that Mr. Garrow DID NOT AT-
TEND ONE MEETING of the whole
Eighteen Meetings of the Public Ac-
counts Committee, the most important
Committee, by the way, of the Legis-
lature.
Where was Mr. Garrow all those
Eighteen Days or three working
weeks?
\Vest Huron seems to have been
without a representative a good part
of the session.
eckitt l oI nesville.
Major Beck is attending Mr. Garrow's
meeting in Colborne today and on
Monday evening will hold 11 meet-
ing in Ilolniesville. Alit (farrow is
cordially invited to he present.
C1!lllok Rid NO Iiehigall honey
Voice.
The Hardy Government Does
An Injustice.
ii That Does "Free" Mean ?
New Era : —"Clinton was not en-
titled to• one -cent of the Stavely
money, in any shape or form. It had
no claim on the estate. * * The Gov-
ernment did not compel Clinton to
put the money in "a pile of bricks;"
it simply said the money was to be
used. for "benevolent or charitable
purposes." * * Clinton got the money
as a free gift."
If Clinton was not entitled to "one -
cent" why did it get $10,000 ?
If it had no claim in any shape or
forum why a $10,000 recognition of that
which did not exist?
Again "the Government simply
said the money was to be used for a
certain purpose." That's just what
we have been contending against. It
was not for Mr. Hardy but the citizens
of Clinton to say how the money
should be expended. They probably
understood the local situation better
than Mr. Hardy or even Mr. Garrow.
If the Government did not "compel"
Clinton to put the money "in a pile of
brick" then pray what did it do?
What voice have the citizens of this
town had in the matter?
None whatever.
There is no getting over the fact
that the Hardy Government dogmati-
cally said to Clinton you trust do so
and so or yell wont get a cent.
Thus we have had forced upon us an
institution that is not needed, and was
certainly not asked for, instead of al-
lowing us to apply the money for the
practical good of the town.
The Michigan Lumber Kings
Said to be Helping Hardy,
}low can the Hardy -Gibson Govern-
ment continue to boast of its clean
administration in the face of the fol-
lowin; facts :
A well-known Hamiltonian was in
London on Wednesday, and there met
the agent of a Michigan lumber firm.
The conversation naturally at once
drifted into polities. and during its
course the Michigan utas remarked :
"You may talk as you like about
politics being rotten in the United
States, but you Canadians con go us
one better every time.'z The Hamilton
man took objection to the statement,
but was silenced when the Michigan
agent went inn to say that he knew for
a fact that the Michigan lumbermen
not only ilut nit $15(1,000 as campaign
funds in the late Dominion struggle,
but well, spending $2($J,000 to bring
the Hardy Government with its anti -
Canadian sate log policy back to power
again.
DISTRUST OF Mit. IHA11DY.
"Mr. Whitney may be somewhat
over-sanguine—a good duality in aL
leader of a )arty in Opposition—but
unquestionably the Liberal Govern-
ment dues not now holes the strong
position it did in public opinion in
Ontario.
"And for very obvious reasons.
"Mr. Ilau•dy has never held at all
the same place in the regard and es-
teem even of the party, not to speak
of the public, that Sir Oliver Mowat
has held.
"It is questionable whether Mr.,
Hardy was ever a4 popular leader ;
whether he was wholly trusted, even
by his own party.
"Ile always rested muter the sus-
picion, perhaps not altogether fairly,
of being the suggester or author of the
questionable features of policy of Sir
Oliver's Government, and wits spoken
of by his opponents as being the
"wicked partner" of the firm},"—Mon-
treal Witness.
Vote for
Beck and a
atter Use of the St
vely Money.
Milk, as It exists in the udder of it healthy
cow. is germ free and pure. Dirt in the form of
dust is the most fruitful source of contamina-
tion. Tho droppings gJ
of dust and b
acteriao from
the hide of the cow during mIlking dust from
the movements in the stable, shaking of bed-
ding and Dating of hay, Aust blown through the
stable by draughts, and that coming from the
milker, all settling and in doing so inevitably
gain access to the open milk vessels. Much of
this can be avoided by a little extra precaution
on the part of the milker. The first part of the
milk shonld be thrown away as many bacteriao
get into the external ducts of the udder. Tho
hands and nails of the milker should bo
thoroughly cleaned in hot water and soap,a cot-
ton garment put over the ordinary clthing,
the udder and flank of the cow curried' and
brushed and the udder washed and a cotton
sheet thrown over the cow, tie the tail to prevent
switching. Feed the cows moistened food dur-
ing the time of milkingor better still have a
Separate place for milking where no hay or
straw is oaten. Much depends on the care of
inilk after being taken from the cow, the con-
tainers should have been scalded and scrubbed
and covered if possible, the milk taken from
the stables as soon as possible and cooled to 50`6'
and aerated. It is not necessary to have a
ala ehin0 for the purpose, of airat.ion but it
can be poured slowly from a height, spread as
much as possible in order to expose a largo sur-
face to the air you will find that well-known
disagreeable odor from gases so obnoxious to
many people completely rid of by this simple pro-
cess. Care being taken that clean sterilized
dippers or vessels bo used for this purpose.
I have 90 far spoken of external causes of
milk contamination.
Tainted food and water play an important
part as well as many forms of disease. All
of these are often due to the unsanitary con-
dition of the stable and its surroundings, the
well often being in theand or inside the stable
filled chiefly with surface water. When it is
necessary the wells should be so situated, they
should be artesian wells thus shutting out any
possibility of surface drainage contaminating
them.
The following vegetables exert a most unfav-
orable influence on milk when partaken of by -
the cows :—
Thistles, onions, garlic turnips, cabbage,
chestnut leaves and lastly lrutnot least ensila o,
No milk should be sold from cows fed on the
latter now too prevalent a food for COMM
Diseases conveyed by milk may be divided
into three classes.
(I) Those in which the germs are introducorl
into milk by being convoyed from tho body of
the cow, foot and mouth diaoaa0, anthrax, tub-
orculoeia, !romp jaw and enteritis.
(2) Those of which the germs aro introduced
with the milk from outside sources Tike Typhokl,
Scarlet Fever and Cholera.
31 That caused by a poison developed in inn Tyro-toxicon due to bactoriae growth.
Tuberculosis is the most Important dlaoase
for us to deal with and this fact makes it all
the more necessary that all persona should
know that Tnborculosia hga followed the in-
troduction of milk cows into every nation or
cotintry that they have entered and further
more that the number of rases and death rate
from consumption has increased in direct ratio
with the increase of cattle,
It is very dangerous on account of its insidi-
ousness. It may be preaont in an animal for
a long time without showing any well marked
the disease can be detected long before any appear•
auee of sickness or decay be observed and t hat by the
introduction o etinn into'the animal r su
f n hstnn •n
r tilled
"Tuberculin" we have the means hywhich n diseased
Ianimal can Le detected in a herd, and the time may
canto when innoeulati .e will ho 4(00.1 ;iv a prevents•
tine measure as we now du in smallpox.
I Appoint
e
to thoroughly competent inspectors
ough lyiespectevery Public ose 1
cd dairy, aes t
ndgive ill l•a
certificate that every cow is in perfect health. See
that the stables and eurroundings aro in a sanitary
condition. Inspect every animal for slaughter and
allow no meat to be consented that comes from
diseased animals. The Government gives all muni.
oipalltles full power to do this.
Have we no interest in the food we eat and supply
our children. Must we go on front week to week
feeding ourselves and our oblldren upon milk and
flesh utterly unfit for use simply because we have
not pinek enough to advocate the nteessary legisla.
tion.
Tim Mosaic law prescriber) the ;ondltions by which
alanghterad animals were to be egad and the priests
had the potter of condemning any carcases or portion
thereof as unfit for fo"d and why cannot we with a
small expense to raeb, involved in n :general tax,
eatahlish a by-law far such inspection as I have here
mentioned.
Clinton, Feb.20r81.
Tours liespectfnlly,
J. W. SHAW,
Medical Health Officer.
That $10,000 of Stavely Money.
in the matter of grants the Hardy
Government is a law 'into itself.
Had it. chosen to given that $10,00)
of. Stavely money to Clinton for a
Water Works and Sewerage system it
could have done so.
Had it, considered the health and
well-heing of the town it would have
done $*o.
Had it paid any attention to the
wishes of the people it would have
done so.
Clinton does not want a "Memorial
Hall."
it has a Public Library which an-
swers the purpose quite well enough.
But the town dues need send does
want at system of Water Works to
which, this $10,010 should yet be
devoted.
Abandon the "Memorial Hall" and
give the ratepayers of Clinton the
direct, benefit of that $10,(J00.
Garrow won't agree to this.
Very well, change (Jarrow.
Vote Inc Beck and a Chary.
ceptinn of what printing was done we
think
this comprised
the entire cost, of
the January election. The cast of
next Tuesday's vote will run like
this: •
8 Booths at $t each $32
8 Deputies at $4 each '32
8 Clerks at, $2 each 10
8 Constables at till each 8
$88
Out of this 111,1' be deducted $1
which the tower salves by holding one
booth in the town hall. But outside
this there is an expenditur? of' $84 as
compared with $20.05 at Municipal
elections. This is an economy that is
not appreciated by the citizens of
Clinton, but no doubt similar instances
can be 101111(1 all over the country.
It's a way the Hardy Governtnent has.
Yesterday we }lad a taxpayer who has
been a resident of this town for forty -
years, and whose word, if long resi-
dence gives a salncity to articles or
statements, measure the distance be-
tween the different polling booths.
He reported on three of them as fol-
lows :—From booth 1 to 2, 150 yards ;
3 to 4, 150 yards; from booth 0 to 8,
100 yards. Is there another town in
the whole province or Dominion that
can show anything like this?
The total number of voters on the
list is 010. Suppose 500 exercise the
franchise, 400 did so at the last elec-
tion ; that will he an average of 63,
fractions don't count, to the Booth
where they are waited on by 3 offi-
cials who will be paid $7 for the
days work. Adding $4 for the rent of
the Booth there is an expenditure of
$11 too record (13 votes. Rnther expen-
sive, but its the way things have been
going 00 for years,
We are not dealing with what, %Vas
done in 1880 or at the last general elec-
tion either, Those accounts were pre-
sumably paid long ago. It is the con-
tinuance of this practice, which is used
for purposes of corruption, that we
' 'rhe organ further says "Clintoh
ard got the money
as 0free gift."
ft
Indeed ! What does "free" mean ?
"Free," according to Webster,
means :—"At Liberty," "Able to fol•
low one's own desires."
The town was not "At Liberty" to
Is What Independents use. the Stavely money as it wished.
Nor was it permitted "to follow its
own desires" in the matter.
Predict, Clinton would have been better off
There Will Be a Landslide Next
Tuesday.
A Grocery Traveller, who was in
town Thursday, said to one of his
customers:—
"Yon know I'm a Liberal and have
always voted that way, but I must
admit that 1 expect, a big landslide
next Tuesday and the Hardy Govern-
ment defeated. This -eems to be the
prevailing opinion whe •ver I go. To
be candid I shoot he v y sorry as a
change can't do any harn and might
do good. The turn -over 1 Ottawa
has certainly from our standpe int been
beneficial and it alight he the ame at
Toronto. At any rate I has, met
many Liberals who view it in that
light".
ifiardy Rides in Palace Cars.
Hon. A. 8. Hardy is using a C. P. R.
private car in his campaign,
The C. P. R. does not sow except
where it expects to reap.
Hardy accepts their favors and must
grant them favors in return.
is it a big subsidy for a Sudbury
branch Van Horne is after?
Or is it some other concession which
will further strengthen the power of
the C. P. R.
The railways have altogether too
much influence over our • present
rulers.
It. is time for a change.
to -day had the grant been "free."
The "free" use of that $10,000 might
have saved us the $25,000 which will be
voters on the 14th March to replace the
destroyed (Organ Factory.
That $10,000 should have been fire,
and with a change of Government it
yet will he.
Vote for Beck and a Change.
ile Yllloll Deal
Depends on the Result
in Ontario.
If [lardy is Defeated the Agree-
ment Must be Altered or
' Abandoned.
Even outside Provincial matters
much depenitaabout the result next
Tuesday.
The defeat of Hardy will put a check
upon the Yukon Railway deal, the
worst agreement i'n the history of
Canadian railroading.
It will thus save the country millions
which trust otherwise go to the rail-
way kings.
It will also, for a time at least, stave
off monopoly which little by little is
gaining control of the West.
Tarte Anxious
FOP the Success of the Hardy
Government.
The Tarte-hardy Alliance on
Trial.
No one is more anxious for the suc-
cess of the Hardy Government than
Hon. Israel Tarte.
Mr. Tarte has been altogether too
prodigal with the public funds.
He now has big schemes on hand
which involve the expenditure of mil-
lions, mostly in Quebec.
It will he the old story of the On-
tario cow milked by Quebec.
The success of Iiatrdy will encourage
Tarte and men like him.
it was this state of affairs Sir Oliver
:Mowat had in his mind's eye when he
advised t he electors of this province
not to put the purse strings of the
Government into the hands of the men
who rale at Ottawa.
Thousands of Liberals will hearken
to Sir Oliver's words and cast their
ballots a ecordingly next Tuesday.
It will be a cold day for Tarte and
Tasrtisnl.
The Family Compact.
According to the Oshawa Vindicator
Mr. Dryden and his family have pulled
in the follwing sums :
Thos. Paxton, uncle, sheriff $23,000
J. F. Paxton, cousin, sheriff21,000
James Paxton, cousin, hniliff4,500
George Dryden, limn her, legis:
trar six months 1,400
Dr. C. F. Starr, son-in-law. clerk 500
Honest John, as M. P. P, t,nd
Minister 113,000
$84,00()
VOTE FOR BECK, THS MAN OF THE PEOPLE: