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and observe their manufactories. The mayor was a little modest when 

 he spoke about it. The greatest oat meal mill in the United States is 

 situated here. They have one of the greatest beef and pork packing 

 companies in this country. Its meats are so fine and palatable that they are 

 known all over the world. Their reputation for fair and honorable dealing 

 is known to all the farmers of Iowa and beyond the borders of the state. 

 They have here three of the largest pump manufactories in the state of 

 Iowa — larger than many of the neighboring states have — which sell their 

 wares not. only in this state but in all the other states and territories, 

 bringing in wealth to this city's coffers. They have foundries and ma- 

 chine shops, employing large numbers of men. Their beautiful paved 

 streets, improved street railways, up-to-date civic improvements, the 

 enterprise of their citizens and energy and push of their business men cer- 

 tainly appeals to the spirit of every man interested in the progress and 

 advancement of every business enterprise and the betterment of the con- 

 dition of man. The fame of this city is not only known to the members 

 who reside in Linn county; its fame is not confined to the borders of the 

 state, and for its future I promise more wonderful advancement and im- 

 provement than it has known in the past. It is known all over the United 

 States, even across the sea the people read of this beautiful city of Iowa, 

 not only for its schools, colleges and manufactories, but for its thousands 

 and thousands of happy homes, for I dare say there is no city on the face 

 of the earth where more of the citizens own their homes than in this 

 city, and I can imagine nothing that is more conducive to building up 

 a community than where the people build and own their own homes. I 

 appeal as a citizen of Linn county to take up the work where the founders 

 have left it and this city will grow to greater popualtion and greater glory 

 to the state of Iowa. Now what I have said has been said in a rambling 

 manner, but it has been the truth. But we are essentially here to consider 

 the dairy interests of Iowa. You may wonder why we come to a city of 

 this size instead of going into the country. We come here because your 

 people invite us; you have heard your mayor promise us everything. Now 

 if any of the members of the association find themselves short of money, 

 and bills are presented which must be paid before they can leave, why 

 take them to the mayor. He's a good fellow and he will doubtless pay 

 them for you. We come here also because we want you to know what good 

 butter is and how it is made. We don't want the dairyruen to know all about 

 it. You might get to eating oleomargarine if you weren't educated and 

 taught what we are doing. Now you know the ancient Romans and Greeks 

 used butter simply as an ointment when they took their baths — I suppose 

 something like Cuticura. Today in the country districts of Portugal and 

 Spain and in southern Italy and France you will still find butter put up in 

 small bottles and sold as salve at the drug stores as a remedy for certain 

 things. Not until 1860 did the new era of the dairy industry begin to take 

 its present aspect. Up to that time the women and children in happy go 

 lucky fashion made the butter in wasteful and careless manner. They were 

 strangers to some of the bacteria which trouble the butter makers of 

 the present day. Our state has been lauded on account of its dairy in- 

 terests. I will not take up much of your time because Mr. Wright is going 



