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est, yet there is another view and of equal or greater importance and 

 that is the duty we owe to the consumer and his posterity. 



Let us Iveep the dairy industry free from the taint of fraud and adul- 

 teration. It seems as though we have had the aid of a Helper greater 

 than human, that every phase of our struggle for right had been under 

 the care of One who believes in right, and that justice should prevail, I 

 am glad to believe that the inscription that filled the mind and soul, that 

 guided and directed the leader who has done so much for us all was 

 heaven-born and that God raised him up from among his fellows, to be 

 His humble earthly instrument for good. I believe it would be sacrilegi- 

 ous to neglect, to fail to support, the man who under divine Providence 

 has done so much for the American people. The man who has scotched 

 the serpent of fraud, and under whose guidance greater things are pos- 

 sible. I believe that Charles Y. Knight has done a greater good for the 

 dairy industry than any other man that ever lived. I believe a greater 

 work than that which has been done lies before him. He needs 

 your help, we must lift up his hands and furnish the sinews of war. He 

 is a great general, but a general to win must have men. Who ever heard 

 of a leader going into battle to the tune of the "Dead March of Saul." 

 What he needs is cheerful music, and the steady tramp, tramp, tramp of 

 the boys behind him. Let us back him up. Let us put new vigor in the 

 fight. Let us here consecrate ourselves to this fight satisfied that if our 

 leader can sacrifice so much, that we will give freely of our means and 

 time. Let us encourage him. Let us take a new vow of allegiance t^o the 

 principles he represents. Let us remember that he is willing to lead and 

 that it should be a welcome privilege for us to follow. 



There is always a time in every fight when fresh troops are needed. 

 The butter trade of this country, while we have borne grievous burdens, 

 yet we can bear more and I do not feel we have done all we should do; 

 and for the firm I am with pledge ourselves to give one hundred dollars a 

 year to this Union as soon as it is necessary. All we ask is that twenty 

 more representative commission, butter or creamery men go in with us. 



TiiK Chairman : As I tuld you from the start you are going- 



to have a. chance to speak (jn this question. We want to hear from 

 the audience. We do not want t 

 your opinion on this question now, 



the audience. We do not want to lose time. W^e want to get 



. MR. NEITERT. 



Mr., President: It seems to be quite a mum spell just now. I do 

 not understand this. Certainly you should not feel discouraged because 

 the officers of this association have had trials and tribulations in raising 

 sufficient funds to prosecute honest laws, to try to get them enacted, in 

 other words to try to see them enforced after they have been enacted; 

 and they have suffered for the want of funds in order to do this and 

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