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that t1a.e patrons will sell to the other fellow. But would this be such a 
serious loss to the creameries employing these buttermakers? 
It is true that every buttermaker or creamery manager who has the 
interest of his employers at heart desires to maintain the business and 
keep his make of butter up to a high notch and he feels that in order 
to do this every patron must be kept in line and the patron who brings 
poor cream is allowed to continue doing the same thing, probably in 
the hope that he will reform and do better. But these are not the kind 
of patrons that reform. They have got to have a big revival in their 
neighborhood and this revival must be conducted by the dairy inspectors, 
assisted by a county attorney and the town justice and it is surprising 
how a revival of this nature will spread. First John Jones over on the 
river hears of the good work and commences to investigate this dairy 
life. Then Sam Smith over on the hill gets affected and comes to the 
conclusion that the clean, up-to-date dairy life is the best to live and this 
spreads throughout the whole county and it does great good and there 
is much rejoicing, especially among butttermakers. Of course, some of 
these good people are going to backslide, but all there is to it is to get 
evangelist Johnson, exhortors Ross and Uiff, to hold another meeting 
and revive a few more Smiths and Jones. 
The buttermakers could help to keep up interest in these revivals by 
writing up the particulars in their town papers and it would be very 
instructive reading matter in the shape of a clipping from the town paper 
mailed to each patron. Give it publicity. These revivals would not have 
the desired effect unless publicity be given them. Go into details minutely 
so that the dairy people may learn just what kind of dairy religion we 
advocate. 
Now, there are one hundred counties in the state. I will guarantee that 
if four of these revivals are held in each county during the next year that 
the year following will see the best behaving, dirt-fearing and filth-fighting 
dairymen ever known in Iowa, and one thing we must remember, in these 
revivals we will have the help of a vast number of splendid dairymen. 
We will also have the moral support of millions of butter consumers. 
I believe that the time is coming when most of the teachings of the 
dairy instructors will be direct to the producers of the raw material. 
Our imagination cannot conceive of the amount of good that could be 
accomplished if twelve inspectors could be turned loose in Iowa with good 
dairy laws back of them and with authority to enforce these laws. I 
believe that if the state of Iowa would spend $3,000.00 each on twelve in- 
spectors that the increase of revenue to the state of Iowa would be at 
least twelve hundred thousand dollars or one thousand dollars on our 
investment of $3,000.00. I believe this estimate is not a particle too high. 
In conclusiion let me add: Whatever we do, let us do it in a sensible 
and broad-minded spirit, remembering that whatever hurts one class of 
creamery men hurts all; that whatever benefits one class, benefits all. 
We must also bear in mind that every one who has money invested in 
the creamery business is interested in seeing that business as a whole 
bulit up and improved. Also remember it is much easier to tear down than 
to build up. I believe that if we put the same amount of energy in our 
own business as we sometimes put in the other fellow's, we would have 
