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The Chairman: If any of you think this is a good plan and 

 will authorize your board to do something with reference to this 

 matter I think it can be attended to through them, if we have not 

 the time to attend to it tonight ; or possibly it might be well to bring 

 it up in the morning. Has any one any suggestions to offer? 



Mr. Kieffer: With relation to these district meetings, as the 

 members present at this meeting are not in position to name officers 

 for these different districts, I believe it would be best for us to leave 

 this at the present time with the executive conunittee of the Iowa 

 State Dairy Association, they to select the officers for the different 

 districts, and I beg to offer that as a motion. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



The Chairman : Now we will have just a few words from Mr. 

 Shilling before we adjorn. 



REMARKS. 



MR. S. B. SHILLING, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Convention: — I feel as though it is 

 almost an imposition for me to stand before this audience, which has 

 been here for such a long time today, but if you will give me five 

 minutes I will say all I want to and quit. 



There are two things I want to bring before you this evening because 

 they are matters of importance; important to you and important to the 

 dairy interests and to everybody connected with the dairy industry. 



The first I want to speak to you about is the oleomargarine situation, 

 and I will only say this about it to you: You know the situation as well 

 as we; you know the high price of butter has aroused a feeling of an- 

 tagonism to the law that has protected us. So strong is this feeling that 

 a movement has been started in the Retail Grocers' Association for the 

 purpose of securing a repeal of our law. I was called before the officers 

 of the association this last week and was questioned in regard to the 

 matter and warned at last that they had taken measures to appoint a man 

 to go to Washington during the present winter, for the purpose of securing 

 a low tax or an original package. I want to say to you on that score, 

 do not forget the National Dairy Union, because we are capable of protect- 

 ing your interests in the future, providing you stand back of us, as you 

 have in the past. I am positive of my position when I say this to you, 

 because we know our strength and the backing we have in congress, but 

 we have to have you back of us to prevent any action being taken. 



Another thing I want to bring before you is the National Butter- 

 makers' Association. We have a common organization and it seems to 

 me as though it would be almost useless for me to stand before an 

 audience of buttermakers in the state of Iowa and urge them to be loyal 

 to their own institution. I believe it is unnecessary to do that because 

 I feel that you are going to stand by it. 



