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ment that almost universally prevailed too long, and that still lingers 

 in some localities and with some people, is such that the man avIio keeps 

 cows is "only a dairyman" — a diminutive person, one of little conse- 

 quence, and little influence. The cattle man and the horse man have 

 been courted and catered to, while the financial and social world has 

 given little recognition to the dairyman. The politician has cultivated 

 the dispenser of whiskey and beer, and at the same time seemed utterly 

 oblivious to the existence to the man who deals in milk. Laws have 

 been enacted for the protection of dogs, while bills in the dairyman's 

 interest have been laid on the table; the manufacturers of machineiy 

 have been protected by patents, organized trusts to govern prices; they 

 have traveled on passes, and have been permitted to sit in the councils 

 of railroad and trust magnates, while the dairyman has entered the 

 markets that were open to him, unprotected and without attempted or- 

 ganization on price. He paid his own fare, kept his own counsel, fought 

 his own battle, and his highest ambition has been a clear conscience and 

 a prominent seat in the councils of his own family. The bank teller 

 cleans the counter, and asks the crowd to stand aside when the tobacco 

 raiser comes in once a year to make a deposit, and with his face one 

 radiant smile he says, ' ' The president would like to see you in his office 

 for a little visit," while the patient, modest, dairyman who deposits his 

 mite daily, wails for his turn, and is waited on by the collection clerk, 

 and does his visiting with the janitor, all because he is "only a dairy- 

 man." The stockman, who markets his product once a year, when he 

 goes into a mercantile establishment is waited on by the proprietor 

 and gets a discount on what he buys, while the dairyman, Avho markets 

 his product every day, transacts his business Avith the cash bo}', and 

 pays the regular price for what he gets. The banker, who does business 

 on the dairyman's money, is importuned to buy an automobile, while 

 the dairyman's mail is only circulars from the manufacturers of milk 

 wagons. The dairjmian can always be found at home, from necessity, 

 while the grain-raiser goes every Saturday to visit his wife's people 

 and stays 'til Monday. The dair^mian counts the proceeds from his 

 product in nickels, the wheat-producer counts his in dollars. The dairy- 

 man spends his summers in the pasture and feed-lot, and his winters in 

 the cow-barn, the stock-dealer spends his summers on the lakes in the 

 north, and his winters in California, Florida or Mexico. The dairyman 

 takes his product to market in a tin can, the corn-raiser takes his in a 

 box-car — one sells by the pint, the other by the carload. The dairjanan 

 has a steady job; his work never ends, while the farmer works four 

 months and loafs the rest of the year. 



These are some of the impressions and mental comparisons, and be- 



