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There was another thing, the buttermakers did not feel Hke 

 donating two tubs of butter, would not send one to each conven- 

 tion. Now it is up to us to decide whether we are to go ahead 

 as a separate organization or to consider a plan to join with the 

 Illinois Dairymen's Association. In the state of Iowa that was 

 what the buttermakers had to do. I understand they never met 

 with any success in their conventions until the two organizations 

 were combined. Mr. Shilling and others have told me that. It 

 is to be regretted that more buttermakers did not remain to this 

 meeting; it is for them to say if they want to continue a separ- 

 ate and distinct organization or combine the two state organiza- 

 tions in one. I would like to hear from somebody on this 

 matter. 



Mr. Lee: — I agree with Mr. Newman's ideas. I feel that 

 I know the buttermakers of the state pretty well and I know 

 we are an army strong enough to carry any organization to a 

 success or a failure, but the difficulty seems to be and always has 

 been that it is a hard matter to get the buttermakers together, 

 get them to stick together on one thing. I fear that if we 

 remain as a separate organization, we will be carried along only 

 by a few, and the time the association would last would depend 

 on how long those few would be willing to work for the good of 

 the Illinois dairymen. There is nothing that would help this 

 matter any more than for us to associate ourselves with the 

 State Dairymen's Association. We could then hold our meet- 

 ings as has been suggested here; there might be a possibility 

 that we could have one day for a meeting of our own, that of 

 course to be arranged in the future, but we could have a 

 separate day for our own discussions and get the buttermakers 

 together. 



Mr. Nelson : — Mr. Chairman, I endorse Mr. Tee's state- 

 ment and agree that it would be better to have one association 

 in the state rather than two, and both work together. 



The Chairman : — You can readily see how it would be. We 

 have to have a certain amount of money to print these annual 

 reports, pay the stenographer and pay for badges and notices and 

 secretary's work, and the only possible source of income is the 

 advertising, butter fund and memberships, and I am satisfied 

 that the supply people who contribute to this program would not 

 contribute to two organizations. I know they would not take 



