MILK AND LOLLIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 6

MILK AND LOLLIES.

SHOULD THEY BE SOLD TOCETHER? VIEWS OF DR;' FRENGLEY. 'At the last mooting-,pf the City Council,' the Mayor characterised tho action of tho District Health, Oflicor-_(Dr. Frengley), who recommended that a licpnso to sell milk be not granted to a vendor of lollies, as an interference with the liberty of the subject. | Dr. Frengley 'was seen with reference to tho matter by a Dominion representative. Ho smiled on hearing the occasion, "of tho visit, and informed tho pressman that' he was not tho first one that had.'been to soo him about the "lollies and milk, case." "At the outset," said Dr. Frengley, "I would, like to say that tho City Council wanted my advico in the matter of granting milk-selling license's, ' and I personally inspected 42 dairies and milk shops in the city, to enable me to judge'fairly who should and who should not hold'licenses. No'decision I would be likely .to give would bo without good grounds, you may' be sure, and in this case I" ascortained'-from the lady herself that she wa? selling, about, half a gallon of milk per day over'the counter." Theso two quarts would not make or mar any business; and as,tho..owner did.not seom willing to comply with '■ what other milk-shop people had readily agreed to,' I" reported that I did not think a licenso should bo granted. "You must draw the lino somewhero in'tho case of licensed promises. If every second or third building had a publican's license the liquor traffic -would soon get beyond control, and such would bo the caso if ; thero were to be no.'objections to any small shopkeepor selling milk, a food so easily contaminated. "As to interfering with the liberty of the subject," said; Dr. Frengley, smiling, "it is a great old catch-cry that serves many purposes. -The number of children that succumb through being supplied with poor milk aro too many, arid it is essential that there must bo regulations to prevent' abuses. If the Mayor believes-in the perfect liberty of tho subject J, ,w.hyi should .there bo: any by-laws. Tbero is really "no, liberty of the subject in a' well regulated community—if .there was it would: be a queer .world to live in, and'not one that I would inhabit had I, the choice.

..." "This'milk business has got to be watched carefully and continuously if you would have a pure, supply,,and if you would,issue licenses t-o every; little shop that commands a twoquart per day trado -as a sido lino to confectionery in .'its various forms, tho power to safeguard the supply would bo materially lessened if riot broken altogether."