746 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Indiana in comparison to the amount of her dairy industry has been 

 quite liberal with us, and we feel safe in saying that if you will stand 

 back of us in the future the way you have in the past it will be a long 

 time before they can succeed in any way changing our present law. 



Mr. Miller: I have a few words to say in regard to these meetings. 

 I do not thinli we have them often enough. Why can't we appoint chair- 

 men in the different districts here and there, and meet once a month and 

 report to headquarters just what we are doing, and then come in touch 

 with the people all over the United States in that way. 



President Johnson: That is a subject on which we can all act as a 

 committee of one. 



Mr. Schlosser: I listened to Mr. Shilling's paper, and I think he 

 was right when he said that the dairymen of the country were not fully 

 awake on this oleomargarine question. We have an inkling that in 

 Chicago they are selling it right along— that is the present law is being 

 violated. It might be hard to catch the parties, but that they are doing 

 it seems evident. I was told just the day before yesterday by one of 

 our salesmen that he had been told by the representatives of a butterine 

 manufacturing concern that there were a few men in Chicago that have a 

 big room In which they manufacture oleomargarine— they are carrying 

 it on just the same as they used to do. It seems to me they are taking 

 desperate chances. This man says that he knows where this is taking 

 place. He was not exposing anyone, but of course they do that as much 

 in secret as possible. They will continue this until they ai-e caught, and 

 then we hope they will pay the penalty. I have heard of a man who was 

 sent to prison six months for violating this law. 



I have noticed that one of the Chicago Congressmen is thinking of 

 springing a bill for the reduction of the color tax to four cents. Now. 

 we need to watch these movements closely. This is a ticklish proposi- 

 tion. For this reason we should support the National Dairy Union. 



President Johnson: I think we have devoted all of the time we can 

 spare to this subject. We will now take up 



