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soiueness. There is, at present, no general inspection law under 

 which a joint inspection can be made with a view of discovering such 

 conditions, and I think that it would be a step in the right direction 

 and a step decidedly progressive to take some action such as has 

 been proposed. 



The PRESIDENT: This is an important subject, and I hope we 

 shall not leave it without taking some action, looking towards the 

 accomplishment of some practical results. It is a good thing here 

 to-day, and if we limit ourselves to that discussion, we shall not 

 accomplish very much. 



MR. NORTON: I have a resolution. 



• The PRESIDENT: That would be in order. 



Mr. Norton read the following resolution. 



Resolved, That the Pennsylvania Dairy Union advocate the pas- 

 sage of laws requiring efficient inspection of places where dairy pro- 

 ducts are made and handled. And, further, that the Board of Direc- 

 tors is hereby instructed to look up the laws of this and other states, 

 and see that a bill is introduced into the next legislature to secure 

 such inspection. 



The PRESIDENT: What action will you take in regard to this re- 

 solution? 



It was moved that it be adopted which motion was seconded. 



MR. REICHERT: I should like to ask a question if it is in order. 

 It seems to me, that in order to get the greatest amount of good 

 out of any bill that we might present to the legislature, that there 

 should be a committee to consider the character of the bill that is 

 to be presented, and that all the members of the Dairy Union 

 throughout Pennsylvania, in fact all dairymen, should be invited to 

 send communications, with suggestions to that Committee, so that in 

 addition to getting the benefit of the laws in the other states, we 

 would have the suggestions of our own dairymen throughout Penn- 

 sylvania, and make a law as thorough as possible. It seems to me 

 that would be the shortest and the best plan to get at it. 



GOV. HOARD: Wliv not create here a committee on legislation? 



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MR. REICHERT: That would be better, and then invite ideas. 



GOV. HOARD: To whom the propositions come, with instructions 

 that they prepare from all this data a suitable law to be proposed 

 to the next session of your legislature. 



MR. REICHERT: That is my idea exactly, to get the views of all 

 of our people throughout the State to give the committee a chance 

 to know the wishes and opinions of the people through the State. I 

 think that would be a very desirable way to get ;it it. Has the 

 Chair some plan by which we can embody that in that resolution? 



MR. NORTON: We decided we would leave that in the hands of 

 our Directors. No one is more alive to the interests of the Dairy 



