Thirty-sixth Annual iConvention 905 



dustry is a matter of concern and. importance to all the people of 

 the state, and that this industry has attained to such large pro- 

 portions and that the dairy products of the State of Xew York 

 have maintained a high standard during all the years of the past 

 speaks well for the hreadth of view and the character of the men 

 who are engaged in it. 



I want to speak to you quite informally and very briefly, I 

 assure vou, as to some of the relations which the state sustains 

 towards this industry and what the state is attempting to do in 

 that regard. We have upon our statute books in this state, and 

 have had for a number of years, laws regulating or intended to 

 regulate this great industry. The purpose and object of these 

 laws primarily is to assist in the development of the dairy inter- 

 ests of the state. If they are not calculated to perform that pur- 

 pose, they have no other excuse for existence, and the question is 

 whether the laws of the State of J^ew York so far as they affect 

 the dairy interests of the state are based upon wisdom; whether 

 they are the best that can be enacted to promote this great industry 

 and at the same time protect the health and the lives of all the 

 people of the state. And just now there is some considerable dis- 

 cussion upon the question as to certain proposed changes that have 

 been suggested in regard to some features of the laws that affect 

 you men very vitally. All men, whether they be engaged in the 

 dairy industry or whether they be consumers of our dairy products, 

 will agree that it is of most vital importance to all the 

 people and particularly to those who have their money 

 invested in this industry, that our product should maintain the 

 highest possible standard. It is not too much to hope, I believe, 

 that the product of the dairies of the State of ISTew York should 

 be brought to such a standard that they will be a guarantee of the 

 healthfulness, purity and cleanliness of the product. 



The health of our dairy animals is one of vital concern to all 

 of us. We have heard and are hearing perhaps more just now 

 than usually, as to the tuberculosis affected herds of the state. I 

 do not believe that tuberculosis exists in the dairy herds of the 

 State of Xew York to a greater extent than in any other state. 

 I believe that the dairy products of the State of I*^ew York are 

 pf as high a standard^ are as free f^iom anything that communi' 



