224: ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



of thousands may depend upon the quality of the 

 article made, than there is that the man that takes 

 charge^of them after they are sick should be allowed 

 to practice medicine without having something to 

 show that he is capable. 



In our cities, in factories, the engineer must have a 

 certificate stating that he is capable of running the 

 engine, that the lives of employees may not be 

 endangered. How much more important that dairy- 

 men and manufacturers of dairy products should not 

 be ignorant in their profession. We must have schools 

 where dairying can be taught as a science, a number of 

 States have such schools now; we must not be behind 

 them. Let us agitate the matter and see that the next 

 legislature gives us an appropriation worthy the indus- 

 try, and that we have a dairy school connected with 

 the State University and Experiment Station, that shall 

 be second to none in the United States. It will give 

 the consumers confidence in our products. It will 

 give them a more healthful article. It will educate the 

 dairymen and make them understand that there is 

 something in their calling besides milking and feeding 

 the cows and putting the money for the product in 

 their pockets. Giving feed to a cow and milking her 

 does not make a man a dairyman any more than giv- 

 ing pills to a patient makes a person a doctor. It is 

 not the speech that makes a man a statesman. It is the life, 

 the motive, that makes any calling honorable or dis- 

 honorable, worthy or unworthy. As an industry we 

 have immense obstacles to overcome. We must com- 

 pete with fraud, with concentrated capital and greed 

 for wealth. 



A substitute for butter, if healthful, is perfectly legit- 

 imate if sold upon its merits. 



