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near as much milk as you do here, but they have got to sliow The 

 people what they can do. You must get after the commission. 

 You will be told, ''Why I thought you made the finest butter in 

 the country, what's the matter?" And the answer will be, ''V/ell, 

 but we haven't got any money." Had $150,000 appropriated 

 and nothing to make a dairy exhibit. I don't want to stand that 

 kind of talk and you people of my own state I want to prod you 

 on. You want to get after these people to get what's coming to 

 you. That's all I have got to say, and Ithank you Mr. Presi- 

 dent. 



By the President : — It might be proper to state right here 

 that I tried to see to this matter six months ago and we formed a 

 committee composed of two of this Association, the President 

 and Secretary, two from Chicago Butter Board, a body of mer- 

 chants who handle dairy products, two from Elgin Board of Trade 

 and Mr. Glover from the University. We formed that commit- 

 tee and that got in communication with the World's Fair Com- 

 mission through Mr. Dunlap. The dairy committee of the com- 

 mission was first formed with Senator Alschuler from Kane 

 County OS chairman, but for some reason unknown to me Mr. 

 Alschuler resigned from his position, and there was appointed 

 in his place Senator Mounts, a gentleman who knows nothing 

 of dairying. We went before them at Springfield and met them 

 and asked them to let us run the dairy exhibit, but 

 under their control. We went to ask the Senator to make a re- 

 port. We wanted to go as window dressers to Mr. Mounts and 

 under his control. We told him and met him again and pre- 

 sented our case again. They talked very nice, but up to this time 

 they have not done anything. I told them three months ago they 

 must secure one of those corner cases for Illinois. If we couldn't 

 get that we didn't w^ant anything. I suppose there are higlier 

 powers even than the committee. We w^ant to do things pleas- 

 antly, but we are going to try to do it just the same. I still 

 have hopes that we will have an exhibit, but it is too late for the 

 corners as I see by a letter received. New York has got a cor- 

 ner, Wisconsin a corner, Minnesota a corner and Iowa a corner. 



