‘Little People’ Need More Clout

Editor:

Thank you for your editorial (“Protecting ‘Industry’ Fails to Ensure Meat Safety,” Oct. 10) maintaining that the safety of the public should trump business concerns.

You’re right — but I think the little people are often voiceless in the face of big business. This is really the issue with this huge agribusinesses like Dean Foods — and I’m not suggesting they are evil. They may make money more efficiently than Mom and Pop businesses, and consequently have lots of clout — but that’s not the same as being best for America.

And to get an editorial right above it (“Let Them Drink Milk: Euro Dairy Farmers Protest with Panache”) suggesting that American farmers should maybe consider taking their drubbing a little less complacently — like the Belgians — was wonderful. That’s how democracy should work.

— Pete Westover
Warren, Pa.