THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 163 



Another instance came up this past summer, where a fellow 

 was selling watered milk to a creamery. The creamery was buy- 

 ing the skim milk, and we sent a notice to this fellow. I said, 

 "Colonel, why did you put the water in the milk?" 



"I will tell you. We sell by test. We get paid by the 

 amount of butterfat in the milk. I didn't suppose the creamery- 

 man would lose anything on that." 



I said, "Isn't it a fact that he buys the skim milk?" 



"Yes, he buys the skim milk and he keeps howling about not 

 getting enough skim milk and I thought I would help him out." 



Those are some of the amusing things we get. 



My subject this morning is pure dairy products. I take it 

 that the addition of adulterations that makes the product impure, 

 and things of that kind are what the dairies of the state of Illin- 

 ois ought to be protected against. We have done the best we 

 could with the means at hand to give relief on that score. There 

 are worlds of work to be done in that line yet. I am convinced, 

 from our past experience, that the practice is very much greater 

 than the average public of the state ever dream of. I don't like 

 to admit that, but what are you going to do about it, when you 

 have the figures. One other fellow tried to explain his posi- 

 tion. We had charged him with violating the law in furnishing 

 milk below the standard in solids. There was no question in our 

 minds about his adding water. He went to a firm of attorneys 

 and got them to write the Food Department a letter. The letter 

 seemed to indicate that we were impugning the man's character. 

 It said : "We have known John Smith for so long ; he has been 

 here for 30 years and always regarded him as an up-to-date and 

 honorable citizen." We don't feel that he intended to do any 

 wrong ,but he advises us that the gentleman who was in charge 

 of this milk station was in the habit of giving very poor weights. 

 The farmers discovered that they were not getting credit for as 

 many pounds as they delivered. They got together and wondered 

 how they could remedy that. In order to get ev^n they added 

 water enough to about make up the shortage in the weights they 

 were getting. 



