Alyssa and Pat journey to 1908 Chicago passed the first ordinance regarding Pasteurized milk. Then some drama ensued. History rhymes like a Dr. Suess book. 

SHOW NOTES:

PASTEURIZED MILK LAUDED BY EVANS: Health Commissioner Denies It Is Death Dealing, Producing Weak Children. FOWLER MAKES THREAT. Former Alderman Declares He Will Show Up Conspiracy on Part of Big Dairymen. Threat Is Made by Fowler. Dr. Evans Explains Situation. Farmer Is Spared Dilemma.

VICTORY SURE FOR PASTEURIZED MILK: Hey Ordinance, if Passed by the Council, Will Be Vetoed by Mayor Busse. COMMITTEE MAY KILL IT. Health Commissioner Confident of Winning Battle for the City's Welfare. Victory in Sixth Round. Commissioner Evans Confident. Foreman Commends Health Chief. Letters Hint at Bribe Offer.

Chicago Tribune: VOTE TO PROHIBIT PASTEURIZED MILK: Minority of Council Committee Takes Action in Defiance of Health Commissioner. DENOUNCED BY DR. EVANS Amended Measure, He Declares, Would Cause a Famine in Lacteal Fluid in the City. May Increase Price of Milk. Dr. Evans and Ald. Hey Clash. Warning Given to Committee. Calls It Class Legislation. Amused by Bacteria Exhibits. Quotes Words of Physicians. Views of Hygienic Experts.

PASTEURIZED MILK.

Chicago Tribune: BORDEN EMPLOYE IS MILK EXPERT: Condemns Pasteurization Plan as Mere Makeshift and a False Safeguard. EVANS SHOWS IDENTITY. Health Commissioner Cross Examines Witness Offered by Dairymen Opposing Law.

Chicago Tribune: MILK ORDINANCE FOES MAKE COUP: Council Health Committee Votes to Abandon Pasteurization Requirement. PROTEST BY ALD. TAYLOR Strong Fight Will Follow to Retain Regulation Advocated by Dr. Evans.

Chicago Tribune: LIE PASSED AT MILK HEARING: Dr. Evans Accuses Aid. Hey of Making False Statement;AND NO CASUALTIES FOLLOW;Council Committee Hears More on the Merits of Pasteurization;Dr. Evans Denies Statement;Defends Milk Department;Calls Pasteurization Harmful

Chicago Tribune: PASTEURIZED MILK LAUDED BY EVANS: Health Commissioner Denies It Is Death Dealing, Producing Weak Children. FOWLER MAKES THREAT. Former Alderman Declares He Will Show Up Conspiracy on Part of Big Dairymen. Threat Is Made by Fowler. Dr. Evans Explains Situation. Farmer Is Spared Dilemma.

Chicago Tribune: DR. YOUNG SAYS PASTEURIZE MILK: Health Chief Wouldn't Remove This Safeguard Till Better One Is Found. TALKS WITH ALDERMEN. Hey Insists on His Ordinance to Make This Method a Misdemeanor.

Chicago Tribune: NEW MILK ORDINANCE LIKED: Dealers See Commercial Value in Certified Dairy Products. FEW PROTESTS HEARD NOW. Health Department Assured the Regulations Will Be Obeyed. New Butter Must Be Certified. Strict Rules in Other Cities.

Chicago Tribune: DIFFER ON SAFETY OF 'PASTEUR MILK': Dr Evans Argues with Opponents of the Rule Before Council Committee. CALLED LESS OF EVILS. Commissioner Admits It Is Not Ideal, but Thinks It Better than Fever. Federal Expert with Evans. Evans Sees Practical Side.

Chicago Tribune: Dr. Biehn Suspended Week Ago

Chicago Tribune: CHARGES STARTLE IN DR. BIEHN CASE: Is Bacteriologist Paid by Concern Which Sells Vaccine to the City? BIAS IN TESTS ALLEGED. Neglect of Duty and False Reports of Analyses Are Other Accusations. Statement of Dr. Biehn. Neglect of Tests Alleged. Bias in Analyses Intimated. Absent Often Without Leave.

Chicago Tribune: UNCLE SAM INDORSES CHICAGO'S MILK FIGHT.

Chicago Tribune: HEALTH SCHEME HELPS MILLIONS: Ideas of Dr. Evans of "The Tribune" Embodied in Scheme Urged as Model.; CONTROL MILK SUPPLY

“Pure Milk Is Better Than Purified Milk”

Illinois Supreme Court. Milk, Pasteurized. Chicago Ordinance Held Valid. Koy v. Chicago. February, 1914

Neatorama: The Fight for Safe Milk: Pasteurization

Chicago Tribune: BABIES WIN MILK FIGHT; VOTE 49 TO 9: Council at Special Session Passes Ordinance of Safeguard. MAYOR READY TO SIGN Citizens' Committee, Backed by Public Sentiment, Triumphs. HEALTH CHIEF IN CONTROL

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