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into Chicago, it can only be done indirectly. Some of the shippers at dif- 

 ferent stations along the route have given us other information on this. 

 I have an idea that 18,000 is a trifle high. I have tried to revise that 

 figure and place it nearer 15000 cans. Of course, each agent will put a 

 high figure of the amount handled. 



Mr. Stewart: Five years ago we got about 15,000, as near as we 

 could get an estimate, and it was a lot f work to get that. 



A. Probably is was considerable increased. These increased 

 amounts might have included the amount hauled to Chicago and also the 

 suburbs. 



Mr. Stewart: Condensed milk is being used more than it was? 



A. Yes sir, considerably. However, condensed milk is finding a 

 market of its own, as in the manufacture of caramels and several other 

 industries. 



Mr. Dietz: I am wondering if these figures wouldn't bear our Prof. 

 Davenport's statement. You say in 1894 the figures were about 15,000 

 cans. Eaton says he is inclined to make it 15,000 now. Thus in a little 

 over five years we are still hauling about the same amount. Where has 

 Chicago increased, if she has increased in population one-third in five 

 years. That would tend to bear out Davenport's statement that the con- 

 sumption of our products are not increasing. 



A. The reason for that is that the people have been scared into be- 

 lieving that the milk is not pure, but the milk is purer than the statements 

 made regarding it. Some say it is full of tuberculosis and people are be- 

 lieving those statements, and that is why the consumption has decreas- 

 ed. 



Mr. Monrad: I tried to get that five years ago for the division and I 

 could not make it 13,000. 



Mr. Stewart: I might be wrong. 



Mr. Eaton: At least there is 14,000, there is every evidence of that., 

 and with the prospect that there is over 15,000 eight-gallon cans of 

 milk. 



