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the bill could not be passed. The dairy business did not 

 receive the attention it ought to. No one paid any atten- 

 tion to it. But as long as the buyer gave within one-half 

 cent as much for " skims " as for full-cream cheese, they 

 would be made. 



John Collett : Thought the whole thing could be 

 remedied. It was a lack of consumption. Not an over- 

 production. People cannot get what they want, so will have 

 none. If all could be branded, both skims and full-cream, 

 a change would soon be felt. 



Col. Wilcox : Wanted to know if the branding sys- 

 tem had ever been tried. And with what result. Said the 

 man who made a good plow, a good mower or a good 

 machine of any kind, was not slow to put his name upon it. 

 Why not on cheese as well. It seems to him the only 

 remedy. Every manufacturer of any article for domestic 

 use will not fail to brand his goods. And, not only this, 

 but will have his private trade mark, which in rpany in- 

 stances is of great value. 



Collett said if this could be done, Elgin would sup- 

 port as large a butter and cheese house as any city in the 

 United States. Could keep twelve salesmen constantly 

 employed. 



Seward : Thought selling on commission should be 

 discouraged. 



Collett: Dealers did not understand it. They, as a 

 rule, were not judges of dairy goods. They often do not 

 know what they buy or sell. 



