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Our convention is in March, at St. Paul. St. Paul has offered us $4,000 

 to come there with our next convention, and if we accept that $4,000 we 

 will have to reciprocate something. Where they are so liberal as to offer 

 us in cold cash $4,000, we owe them something in return. The National 

 Creamery Buttermakers' Association belongs to you, it is your organiza- 

 tion; it is exactly what you make it and I know the loyalty of the boys 

 of the state of Iowa, they have never shirked a duty, and I just want 

 to say that I have already attended three state conventions and have a 

 pledge from all three of a certain amount of butter, but I am going 

 to expect something handsome from Iowa and I have a reason for ex- 

 pecting it. The state of South Dakota, where I attended the convention 

 three weeks ago, with 126 creameries in the state pledged 75 tubs of 

 butter; I was next in Minnesota. We expect great things of Minnesota; 

 it is a great state, but they have pledged us 400 tubs for that convention, 

 and it will be no surprise to me if they make it 500; 500 tubs, my com- 

 petitor, Mr. Olson, says. I do not want to put it to you too strong, it 

 is your organization and we want you to support it. 



I live in Iowa. I am not a Chicago citizen; I live in Iowa today as 

 much as ever and I am just as proud of anything Iowa does as ever, 

 although I am out of the state a great deal of the time and live in Chi- 

 cago three-quarters of the time, but I want to say to you that we have 

 nothing in Chicago that comes up to the building they offer us in St. 

 Paul for this convention. We are going to give you the best conven- 

 tion in St. Paul next March that has ever been held anywhere; we are 

 going to give you the biggest one with the grandest attractions that 

 has ever been held, and I know the loyalty of the buttermakers of the 

 state of Iowa will cause them to stand by their institution and give it 

 the support they have never given to any organization heretofore. I 

 thank you. 



J. J. Brunner : I noticed this afternoon that some of the butter- 

 makers had gone home and I heard them say that they wanted to 

 see their butter before leaving, therefore I move that hereafter the 

 butter room be opened the second day of the convention after the 

 afternoon session. Motion seconded and carried. 



Meeting adjourned to 9 o'clock Friday morning. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



Meeting called to order at 9 A. INI. by President Barney. 



The Chairman : The first topic on our program this morning is 

 an address, "The Management of a Co-operative Creamery," by 

 Mr. Ross, of Clarksville. 



