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by saying that it goes. Because creameries that have the reputation that 

 the Palace Car Co. has, there is no kicks made. 



Mr. Carr: I have thought that our butter has more flavor sometimes. 



Mr. Monrad: You have to ripen it more? 



Mr. Carr: That is no detriment to the butter. 



Mr. Monrad: I do say that it does require quite a lot of work, more 

 care, and a terrible lot of work on Monday morning for the buttermaker. 

 I think that question should be left to the individual farmer. I would 

 say though that I would rather work Sunday forenoon than to be so 

 crowded Monday morning, but that is a personal question. 



A. I have two or three men in the factory taking turns running Sat- 

 urday nights and the rest of them are off, andthe«ame with taking care of 

 the cream Sundays. 



Mr. Monrad. In speaking of this I will say that in Germany a law has 

 been passed that creameries should give their men rest one day of the 

 week, and I think the boys here would be pleased to have it arranged that 

 way. 



Mr. Carr: We always arrange it that the men take turns working- 

 Saturday nights. One man left a position who was getting $125.00 and 

 came to us for $75.00 a month an account of the Sunday work. It broke his 

 health and he says he had to get out of it, and he came to us, and he would 

 not go back for $125.00 a month nor anything like it and work so hard. 



Mr. Powell: There is an underlying principle in all these things that 

 is like what Mr. Monrad reminded us of in his remarks when he said 

 something about the cream being better primed and therefore having bet- 

 ter flavor. There is no question, that in a financial sense it is profitable 

 to keep the Sabbath day as a day of rest. Now it is a difficult thing to' 

 adjust. I have had experience. Being a broken down minister moving on 

 a farm, beginning the sale of milk in a small town. I tried Sunday work. 

 I could not do it. The only thing I could do was to reduce the work to a 

 minimum, which I did, but there was some Sunday work, and that question 

 of Sunday work perplexes me yet. I think we must still, in this direction, 

 persistently study and plan to reduce the work to a minimum and be- 



