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placing of poor butter upon the market, there would be a concerted move- 

 ment from all sides to improve our present methods. I believe I have 

 said to you before — I know I have made the statement many times over, 

 and I want to make it again because I believe I am right — it is not now, 

 nor never has been, a question of the quantity of butter we made, but a 

 <luestion of quality. Make the butter fine enough and there will never 

 be an oversupply or a question of price. 



I want to urge you to get together upon this question, formulate some 

 plan or agreement looking to the doing away with poor raw material, and 

 stick to it. I believe we would be justified in finding fault, to a certain 

 degree, with the commission merchants in that they do not make the 

 difference in the price that the quality warrants. I do not wish to be 

 understood as saying they are not receiving enough money for the good 

 butter, but I do wish to be understood as saying they are getting too 

 much money for the poor. There is not the iticentive for the production 

 ■of good butter there should be. 



In conclusion I want to say to the buttermakers: I can see no chance 

 in the future for any reform movement that gives promise of success in 

 Improving the quality of our butter unless it comes from you. I believe 

 that the responsibility for the future success of the dairy industry rests 

 upon your shoulders; you have got to be more than a butter maker — you 

 have got to be an instructor, a diplomat, a dictator — and you must fit 

 yourselves to properly fill this position of trust and responsibility. 



The President : The next on onr program is an address by our 

 State Dairy Commissioner, Plon. H. R. Wright. 



ADDRESS. 



HON. H. R. WRIGHT, STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Now I am very much pleased 

 Tvith this kind reception because that is the first kind word I have had 

 today. I was up at 2 o'clock this morning reading returns of election 

 and I did not get a great deal of comfort out of that. Then I have had 

 various other troubles today, and the last thing that happened to me was 

 that Mr. Shilling made my speech — we evidently got hold of the same 

 book. When I get through with my speech I want you to understand 

 that the figures I gave were from the man that made the book. I am 

 getting tired of this proposition of Sam making my speech, and I guess 

 to get even with him I will tell you what a man told me about him. It 

 is a conundrum: What kind of apple is Sam Shilling? The answer is 

 a story. A fellow went to a hotel and ordered apple pie; he lifted up the 

 cover of the pie and found two or three long hairs; he called the landlord 

 and said, "Look at that." The landlord looked at it and said, "Now 

 wouldn't that beat time? I bought them apples for Baldwins." I cannot 

 help his making my speech, but I can do something to get even with him. 



Like my friend Shilling, I wrote a speech several weeks ago, and if 

 it were as good as I thought then I would read you every word of it. I 

 looked at it last night and discovered it was not a very good speech and. 



