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into a product to place in competition with the pure creamery butter and the 

 cheese that is made upon the farms and in the cheese factory. And it does 

 seem to me that during this convention something ought to be formulated that 

 will set our people thinking, studying over this matter, and give an intimation 

 to our law-makers when they go to Springfield to make laws that it must be de- 

 cided as to whether this manufacture shall live or whether the industry that 

 gives employment to so many thousands in this section of the State shall be 

 murdered by three or four hundred men, who are working in the dark corners 

 and alleys in the larger cities and manufacturing a product that is neither 

 healthful nor honest. 



To show that this matter is awakening attention among the people of this 

 country, I will read a few resolutions that were adopted in Ohio a few days ago, 

 and I will say that these resolutions did not emanate from a manufacturer of 

 butter, but from a farmer who owns a dozen or fifteen cows, and I believe these 

 resolutions, strong as they are, will receive the indorsement of every one in this 

 hall, and I believe that when they are spread upon the records of this Associa- 

 tion and other associations they will call the attention of our law-makers to 

 these facts and we may possibly get some relief, so that our farms may con- 

 tinue to be as remunerative in the future as they have been in the past. 



These resolutions were offered by Mr. Coil, of Shelbyville, and read as 

 follows : 



"Resolved, That this association extends its sympathies to the dairymen of 

 Illinois at the insult offered them, the surrendering of their rights, and the be- 

 trayal of their trust by the State Board of Agriculture, at the exhibit made by the 

 Cheese, Butter and Egg Association last held at Chicago, in admitting bogus 

 butter and cheese made in Chicago, with the excuse that the creamery men adul- 

 terate their goods, too, a statement which we believe to be false. 



"Resolved, That it is the duty of the Board of Agriculture of any State to 

 promote, foster and guard the agricultural interests of that State, and we view 

 with alarm the action of said Board, and can account for it only upon the 

 grounds of imbecility or treason. 



"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Secretary of 

 the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Elgin Board of 

 Trade, and R. M. Littler, Secretary of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg 

 Association." 



While these resolutions arraign our State Board of Agriculture, I know 

 there are, of course, honorable exceptions upon that Board, and we have one of 

 them here to-day who I know used every possible means in his power, and pro- 

 tested with every breath that he could draw against the admission of this 

 product. I refer to the Hon. Mr. Chester, of Champaign. 



In this great State of Illinois where so much has been done by this industry, 

 where such a large percentage of the taxes of the State are being paid by the 

 farmers, it does seem to me that the State Board of Agriculture should not have 

 insulted the dairymen of this State by admitting a counterfeit food product for 

 exhibition, and particularly after they had called upon the dairy farmers and the 

 manufacturers of butter and cheese to make an exhibit at the Fat Stock Show. 

 In other words, they should have said to the butterine manufacturers of the 

 State, "Away with you; we want neither your money nor your product." But 

 they admitted it, and we have got to stand the brunt of it. 



