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men on the other side, and will find it just as easy to ascer- 

 tain their financial worth as that of a Chicago or New York 

 man ; and unless we can get fair play from our men at home 

 we can leave Chicago men out in the cold. 



In conclusion, I would express a hope that the present 

 session of the State Dairymen's Association may have its 

 influence in favor of an increase of winter dairying, as well 

 as for the making of better goods and a reformation in our 

 ways of disposing of the same, thereby to encourage and 

 foster the great industry of dairying. 



Question No. 6— "Will it be more profitable for the 

 dairymen of Illinois to follow dairying exclusively for the 

 next few years, or diversified farming?" — was then taken 

 up. 



C. C. BuELL read the following paper on this topic : 



C. C. BUELL'S PAPER. 



The apparent tendency of all industrial enterprise at 

 the present period is toward specialties in production. It 

 seems hardly necessary to take any time to prove this prop- 

 osition, or even illustrate it. We see it in the spades we dig 

 with, the hammers we pound with, the plows we use, the 

 wap"ons we ride in, the clothes we wear, etc. The items of 

 almost the entire list of manufactured products proceed 

 from establishments which make specialties of some leading 

 article or articles. So in merchandizing, and in professional 

 pursuits as well, when we look for the causes of this, we 

 find some of them in the increased use of improved machin- 

 ery, by which the various cheap moter powers are made to 

 take the place of skilled manual labor, thus turning out a 

 greatly increased number of articles designed to meet 

 human want, at greatly reduced cost, and in a style, as a 

 rule, much better adapted to please the taste. 



The cost of transportation has been made so small (as 

 it should be with present facilities) that it matters little to 

 the consumers whether an article is produced in Oregon or 

 Maine. A general equalization of values has thus been 

 produced so far as locality is concerned. The controlling 

 elements in the problem of production have come to be. 



