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Fifth, and finally, the Supreme Courts have to be taken into 

 account. Sometimes after the best of efforts they will upset a 

 law or modify it by their decisions. 



To recapitulate, if I had been allowed to develop the subject 

 as I wished, I should have made these points : First, the statute 

 laws must be within the limits of the laws of business and the 

 possibilities under our state and national constitutions ; second, 

 laws will not enforce themselves, there must be some prose- 

 cuting officer like a dairy commissioner ; third, the inspector or 

 the law officer must have facts, evidence, something absolutely 

 seen and done by some witness ; fourth, the machinery of our 

 courts is in the hands of human beings, and is not an inexorable, 

 automatic mechanism ; fifth, the influence of Supreme Courts in 

 construing law must be taken into account. 



In closing I would again express the congratulations and best 

 wishes of the National Department of Agriculture and the 

 earnest desire of the Dairy Division to be in as close touch as 

 possible with the dairy interests of each state and to be of the 

 greatest possible service to the Maine Dairymen's Association, as 

 well as similar organizations. 



