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drop it. I presume these gentlemen are tired of their positions. There 

 is no one that would be willing to take the place and do the work for 

 what they have received. I am not talking for pay for them, but I am 

 talking to get the idea before you, to put yourself in their place. 



Now if we expect to defend these cases before the Supreme Court ol 

 the United States (and as we are well informed they have the greatest 

 constitutional lawyer in this land to prosecute the oleomargarine end of 

 it; that should be convincing to you that they are not playing with us; 

 they are not intending to play a losing game, but hope to win, and when 

 they win disaster will overtake us. But I trust they will not win), but 

 in order to sustain our side of the question we must have legal minds to 

 present our side of the case. 



Now there is no question in my mind but what the dairy department 

 has aided us wonderfully at Washington. The people have aided us all 

 over; they have been honest in their intentions in enforcing the law, 

 but this matter has to be kept alive until they are so dead they will never 

 arise again, and now is the wrong time to quit. We have them about 

 two thirds killed already, and do not let us leave enough life so they can 

 ever breathe when we get through with them. 



Now then, we are not fighting any honest enterprise (we do not mean 

 to convey that idea here), or any honest product that is put upon the 

 market for what it is. They have the right to be there; we do not object 

 to that, biit we do object to having their product sold for what it is not, 

 and that is what has been done. There is no class legislation about this, 

 it is simply that the dairymen are looking after their own interests. 



Now do you want a half dozen manufacturers in the United States 

 and a fev/ men to rake in all the coppers and get millions upon millions? 

 We are not opposed to a man honestly acquiring wealth; I respect him 

 if he does it honestly. Or are you going to let the thousands of dairy- 

 men in the State and their creameries suffer, and probably in the future 

 bring mortgages on them? 



We have heard it told here time and again at different conventions 

 what the cow has done for dairymen in this land. No one has denied it. 

 Now if we kill them off what will the cow do for us? You will not have 

 a market for your product. This may be said in rather a plain way, but' 

 these are facts and we have to understand them, as they appear to me, 

 and I believe you view them in the same light. 



Gentlemen. I thank you for your attention. If I have not said any- 

 thing very interesting, or that does not meet with your views on this 

 matter, act as it appeals to you; but if I have I trust you will lend us a 

 helping hand and try to encourage your officers and push our desires and 

 hopes well towards the accomplishment of a thorough finish. (Applause.) 



MR. LARSON. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to suggest an 

 original way of collecting money. I believe if we were to start out and 

 print a copy of the proceedings of tonight, so that every one that is 



