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land, and his brother George H. Page, and with the assistance of 

 Swiss and English capital. The first factory of that company was 

 built and operated in 1866 at Cham, Lake Zug, Switzerland, under 

 the direction of George H. Page, who was its president until 1898, 

 when he died. 



This company prospered and grew rapidly in Europe. In the 

 eighties of the last century it invaded the United States, where it 

 built and operated several large factories in New York, Wisconsin 

 and Illinois. The American factories were managed by David Page 

 and William B. Page, brothers of George H. Page. In 1902 the 

 Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company sold its entire American 

 interests, factories and business, to Borden's Condensed Milk Com- 

 pany. In 1904. the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company consoli- 

 dated with Henry Nestle, of Vevay, Lake Geneva, Switzerland, an- 

 other successful manufacturer of condensed milk. The company 

 which is now known as the Nestle-Cham Condensed Milk Company, 

 is operating some twenty large condensed milk factories in European 

 countries, with headquarters at Cham, Switzerland. 



Up to the early eighties of the last century, sweetened con- 

 densed milk was the only condensed milk that was put on the mar- 

 ket and sold in hermetically sealed cans, while unsweetened con- 

 densed milk was manufactured and sold open, largely direct to the 

 consumer, in a similar way as market milk. The purity and keeping 

 quality of this unsweetened condensed milk, however, were greatly 

 superior to market milk. 



In 1885 the Helvetia Milk Condensing Company was organized 

 and started operation at Highland, Illinois, under the direction of 

 Messrs. Latzer, John Wildi and others of Swiss birth. This com- 

 pany confined its efforts exclusively to the manufacture of evap- 

 orated milk (unsweetened condensed milk, sold in hermetically 

 sealed cans). After several unsuccessful attempts, they finally suc- 

 ceeded in putting on the market a sterilized, unsweetened condensed 

 milk. At first this unsweetened condensed milk failed to appeal to 

 the public; but of late years the demand for, and the manufacture 

 of this product have increased very rapidly, so that today, in this 

 country, the output of evaporated milk exceeds that of sweetened 

 condensed milk. Originally this unsweetened condensed milk was 

 labelled and sold under the name of "Evaporated Cream." The 



