A GREAT SOCIAL IDEAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 21 May 1915, Page 3

A GREAT SOCIAL IDEAL

IMPOTCMNCK OF PURE POOD New Zeilafi4"'oonly'one :<£ many countries m, which "ma^sjl inhurnynfty o matt" lias lessened during the past « 7 years. In America, the Jinrt 01B" aye Preacned that neglect of fl V 'man. being, or unkindness,' whelae fly ntentjonal or deliberate, is not , vn \ % but^ stupid. They see waste on V ,TVI °V injury to the bodily or men?i I uT an'individual, immature neaitfi o* mea are recogov. . aduJt' +^" d. nlay is not only '*'bonniamg that fair . have me play^ but pi hones ty is not alajscovered that if „Jy in «« big W3 the most "paynv^ on^deration of business," a proper «. ' mvard in t ij e employees brings its own eervi for quantity and quality of "'like breeds like." SUMMER RESORTS FOR WO* IKERS The subject of the modern "Im*. a tarian movement" was discussed vnx p representative of The Post the ofthv day by Mr Welcome Lawson', of New York. H« mentioned how leaders of the - Ameiican people had emphasised the i ' need of the conservation of natural ' resources —soil, waterways, forest, and ' J so on—and it was admitted now (after ■ a very long oversight) that the con- ' servation of human power would be well J worth while. Briefly, the ideal is, the * maintenance of man in a state of eifiei- ' ency by fair treatnieht, in respect to his ' , employment, his. food, his shelter, and -i his recreations. Lar.ge companies, said 1 Mr Lawson, were voluntarily,;exerting .1 themselves to make-]the:;-;-Vo;rk^ji/.da>'. > less atdiious; M-: ttteiy^ M)iplbyees;7 and; :| some ;ifirms 7it#'^provide<|7-summer re^ « sorts where ->their wotkens cotild spend' :J a holiday* under.1 pleasant conditions, f The educative work in these things x bad' to be by the press first, and "«| "the politicians would foFow the con- • t verted people: The politicians. would * undertake to do-"what was wanted." * LOCAL AUTHORITIES ALERT. t American methods of government are r different from New Zealand's. In each * case the health authorities have large a powers, but the usage is not the same, y In America a municipality has, for example, very effective jurisdiction over the milk, supply. If the local authority has proof that any dairy or herd is unsatisfactory, that body has power to prohibit the entry ' of. the "marked" milk into the city. If the condemned milk is diverted to a butter factory, the, municipality can prevent that factory fr.om trading with the city. , ' s A PREMIUM ON CLEANLINESS. Large companies, which control the j. distribution of milk, have been impressed by the civic insistence on cleanli- p ness." These companies have their own f, inspectors, who visit the suppliers' * farms, and they do nob miss any evidence of laxity, laziness, or carelessness. Dairymen are paid a premium n for quality, both in relation to buttenfat and cleanliness. "A premium is the best educator in any line," said Mr j. Lawson. c NOTHING FOR THE CAT. o Bottles (pint and quart size) are in s general ixse for the retailing of milk in American cities. Mr Lawson estimates that this method saves 20 per cent, or time on the old "dipping" .system, and , the new order is better in every way. First of all, every precaution is taken to clean the milk at the receiving station. A machine in common use is i\\e clarifier, which works on the ceritrifu- * gal principle, as the cream separator ■' does. This process removes various impurities, of whioh the description is too unpleasant for this article, and the , clarified flufd is run off to the bottling * department. A, closelyrfitting cap seals rj the contents, and there is no exposure of the milk until it is passed into the , household jug, fo*r which the distribu- , tor does not wait. He leaves a full j; bottle, picks up an empty one, and moves on, without loss of time. UNIFORM QUALITY. • By the latest American practice a uniform quality of wholesome clean milk is assured. After the clarifier comes the homogenise^, which compels £ the butter-fat to distribute itself even- *■ ly through the milk. This is done by . pressure, and after, this squeeze the I cream does r>ot rise to the top for the : delight of the first person who tilts the * ■ jug and the sorrow of the others at the * breakfast table. ' jj PRIVATE OR PUBLIC? i Special circumstances in American * cities have induced the leading private | companies to be as careful in regard to quality of milk as the officers of the municipality would be. The laxity and antiquated schemes of delivery in all , New Zealand cities and towns are not •; tolerated in New York, nor is there any j confusion of control by State and local authorities. The milk-distributing com- i panics are very large organisations, ; with the best available equipment. Mr Lawson admitted an overlapping of < rounds, but he was not prepared to say that the supply of milk, on the whole, would be cheaper under a single municipal management, though, of course, the cost of distribution would be reduced by a straight-on-door-to-door delivery. ■