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they had been unable to sell the milk. That was a very severe 

 blow to the League. For a couple of years after that the 

 Dairymen's League did not seem to be in favor with the farm- 

 ers, because they felt that they had, as many times before, 

 joined an organization, paid in some small amount of money, 

 and it had failed, and that was all there was to it. 



About two years ago, or possibly a little bit longer, a New 

 York executive committee was appointed, of which I happened 

 to be a member, and we got Professor Tuck of Cornell Univer- 

 sity to look over the situation in Central New York and see if 

 he could find out exactly what might be done. The other mem- 

 bers of the executive committee were of the opinion that the 

 co-operative plan idea should be fostered by the League, and 

 upon the recommendations of many men, and particularly of 

 Cornell University, the League adopted as its policy one of fos- 

 tering and trying to urge its members to build co-operative 

 plants. We have in Central New York many very successful 

 co-operative plants. 



As I have stated, the Dairymen's League was incorporated 

 under the laws of New Jersey, and it spreads now to five or six 

 States. The following are the purposes of the League: — 



The purposes of this company shall be to oppose and prevent monopoly 

 in the production or sale of milk, and to encourage competition therein, 

 and to protect its stockholders and the consumers of milk against monopoly 

 or any unlawful combination of any kind or nature whereby the pro- 

 ducers or consumers of milk are injuriously affected; to promote legis- 

 lation and board of health ordinances beneficially affecting the interests of 

 its stockholders who are producers of milk for the metropolitan district 

 and other markets; to act as their agents in marketing their products; 

 and to carry on all such business as its articles of incorporation authorize. 



Should the directors be unable at any time to negotiate equitable con- 

 ditions of sale of the milk from the local branches of the League at a price 

 proportionate with the cost of production of pure unadulterated milk 

 produced under conditions to properly safeguard the public health, each 

 member shall be so notified, and in such an emergency it shall be 

 optional with each local branch of the League whether its members 

 manufacture their milk at home or at a place provided and operated 

 by the local branch. 



Should the conditions of any local branch be such that the milk cannot 

 be manufactured profitably by the board of managers, they may authorize 

 the sale of such milk, making due allowance for such local conditions. 



