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I want to talk about the fellows we want and are not here. How 

 can we get them here. I don't like to tell stories in a meeting of this 

 kind, but a fellow once said to me, ''How are we going to change the 

 methods of these old men, these dyed-in-the wool and burnt-red fel- 

 lows, how are going to get them to do it?" I said, "There is only 

 one way and that is like the Irishman who was about to die and sent 

 for a priest to come and pray for him, and after the priest had prayed 

 with him for awhile he said: 'Now, Pat, is there in anything further 

 you want, if you have any sins you need forgiven, you better be think- 

 ing about it because you have but a few moments to remain.' 'Well,' 

 says Pat, 'there is something I'd like to speak about, but not unless 

 you know that I am going to die pretty quick.' The priest said : 'You 

 only have a few moments and if you have any sins to be forgiven you 

 better speak about them now.' 'Well,' said Pat, 'I wanted to convert 

 a Jew.' 'Well,' the priest said, 'it is no sin to convert a man, and if 

 you converted a Jew it is an honor and a credit instead of a disgrace 

 and a sin. Pat said : 'Wait a minute, Father. I used to run a ferry- 

 boat and one day I was rowing a Jew across and he fell into the 

 water and I raised him up and I said, 'Do you believe in the Holy 

 Catholic Church?' and he said 'no sir;' and I shoved him down again; 

 and in a minute or two I raised him up and I said, 'Do you believe in 

 the Holy Catholic Church?' and he says no, and I shoved him down 

 again; and I raised him again and I said, 'Do you believe in the 

 Holy Catholic Church?' and he says, 'yes sir,' but I could not believe 

 the Jew and I shoved him down.' " 



You ask how are you going to get the fellow here you want. The 

 Lord knows, I don't. But I like to see a meeting of the dairy farmers 

 of this State and to have them talk about legislation. I believe 

 it is part of the duty of the State to have inspection of milk, and 

 if that inspection could be made by inspectors who had a knowledge 

 of the business sufiflcient to entitle them to that title of inspector, 

 the closer the inspection could be done the better and that would 

 force the little fellow out. I wish I had the time to spend, I would 

 tire you out. I have seen all sides of the milk problem. The 

 producers of milk, as a rule, do not realize how important their 

 work is. If they did they would make their dairies better. They 

 don't realize that 65 per cent, of the babies born in this land are 

 raised upon the milk from the dairy cows, the foster mothers of 

 the nation. And now, Mr. Chairman, it is a terrible thing to 

 say, but it is true and I hope there is none in the hearing of my 

 voice, but I know there are thousands of dairymen that are milking 

 milk from diseased cows and putting it into the cans and shipping 

 it to the city to be consumed by those sick and dying children. 

 I know that is true in Ohio and I know Ohio is not so much worse 

 than Pennsylvania. I wish that the time would come when we would 

 have all such people driven out of business and then the fellow who 

 makes good milk will get compensated and not until then. 



