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receives the milk should know whether it is adulterated or 

 not ; if he has no means of knowing, then this charge 

 should not be made against the farmer. The person who 

 has the custody of the milk is the proper person to watch 

 this matter, and if necessary make the charge — whether it 

 be the richest or poorest, largest or smallest patron of the 

 factory. No man has any right to take any cream at all — 

 and no maker can say so. We are zealous about this, 

 because our money is in it. We have a right to watch this. 

 If one patron is crooked it interests all, and we hav^e a right 

 to demand that all shall be honest. Our product is double 

 in value all the gold and silver in the United States ; indeed, 

 it is so large that one can hardly conceive or comprehend 

 it, and is constantly on the increase. He spoke warmly as 

 to the second resolution, and the trust accepted by the man- 

 ufacturer — he was the proper person to detect any wrong- 

 doing, and should at once bring all guilty parties to justice. 



C. C. BuELL objected to this debate, as it was a whole- 

 sale denunciation of manufacturers. 



Capt. Stewart also thought it taking too much lati- 

 tude, inasmuch as it was attempting to place all the blame 

 upon the manufacturers. This was all wrong ; they have 

 sins enough of their own, without assuming for others. 



Thos. Bishop : Said most of these charges were made 

 by men who did not patronize cheese factories. They sell 

 to the condensing factory and have no right to complain. 

 They take their Sunday or surplus milk to the cheese fac- 

 tory, and it is the poorest milk received. 



After some further discussion, a vote was taken, the 

 resolutions were adopted by the convention, thus placing 

 themselves squarely on the record as against skimming, or 

 receiving skimmed milk at factories. 



