ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION J^ 



creek mud in each can. This dirty practice is not fair; 

 goods made from such milk will not keep. Farmers, as a 

 rule, are run by everybody : lawyers, merchants and doctors 

 all have a pick at the poor farmer, and last, and worst of 

 all, the cheese factoryman comes in to carry off the skele- 

 ton. They receive your milk and make it into what they 

 please, pay you when it suits them, and as much as they 

 please and what can you do about it? They had no system. 

 Could not sell on board of trade. The commission men 

 and factorymen were in collusion to rob the farmer. There 

 is no system among them only for plunder. 



Dr. Tefft said the blame all rested with the farmer, 

 they could dictate where and how their milk should be 

 worked up. The true remedy is not to take our milk to a 

 factory which would not sell its products on the board of 

 trade. He had known farmers who had attempted to speak 

 on the board to be hissed down by the buyers because they 

 dared to talk for their side of the question. This was all 

 wiong. The producer, manufacturer and buyer should all 

 work together, their interests are mutual. 



Wm. Burton said, as to selling on the board of trade, 

 it was not always possible or practical to do so. When the 

 tenth came the farmers wanted their money. Consequently 

 the factoryman must sell or he can't pay. Both Marshall 

 and Wright were as fast for their pay as anyone else, and 

 would not consent for a factory to hold goods. Therefore if 

 there is no price on the board we must sell somewhere else. 

 It the patrons would back him he would sell anywhere they 

 chose. 



Marshall thought that if all would sell on the board 

 no backing would be needed. Should sell for what they 

 could get. Our factories are not honestly run. The factory 

 he patronized was run by a broken-down lawyer, who knew 



