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this and meet the difficulty as I have suggested, the furore for selling cream 

 which has swept over some of the factory districts would soon subside. 



I regard the gathered cream system as a pioneer arrangement, well suited 

 for new and sparsely settled states, but it has no place, properly, in the old 

 dairy sections where farmers can conveniently reach some butter and cheese 

 factory. 



It has been suggested to me that factorymen are powerless to carry out 

 these urgently needed reforms because there can be no concert of action ; 

 that if a few attempt it they may have the misfortune to be eclipsed in their 

 financial returns to their patrons by the many who keep on in the old way. 



I answer, there was a time when there was some force in this assertion, 

 but that time has passed away as I have clearly shown. The profit is on the 

 side of him who avoids the old way and adopts the new. This being the case 

 we may expect the multitude to come over to our side without any particular 

 arrangement for concert of action. They must come ; it is a fore-ordained 

 necessity. Let me recapitulate : 



Make no more skim cheese during the summer, say from the 20th of May 

 to the 1st of August— seventy-five days. ^Turn the milk during this period 

 either into butter or full cream cheese. 



Make good goods and there will be a ready market for them at paying 

 prices. 



In the stock raising sections furnish skimmed milk to the patrons in such 

 quantities as needed at equitable prices. 



In the autumn make a good half skim cheese ; in the winter a good skim, 

 nothing poorer. 



Work according to the needs of your locality, studying somewhat the in- 

 terest of your patrons, and the result will be a larger production of milk. 



With the worthless cheese out of the way ; with a steady increase of our 

 home consumption of dairy products ; with the export trade standing ready 

 to take any surplus of fine butter and cheese that we may make, I regard the 

 future outlook of the dairy interests of this country as promising in the high- 

 est degree ; and nothing but a short-sighted, selfish policy on the part of 

 those most interested can prevent the people of the United States, of America 

 from becoming the greatest producers and consumers of butter and cheese 

 among the nations of the earth. 



Governor Hamilton entered the hall at this juncture and was introduced 

 to the Association, and spoke as follows, for a few moments: 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I have been advised by your chair- 

 man that he simply desired to introduce me at this time, for the purpose of 

 informing the people that I had arrived. I have been notified that I was 

 expected to deliver an address this evening, and I shall endeavor to perform 

 that duty as best I can. I shall only say, therefore, that I am very happy to 

 meet you, and happy to make many valued acquaintances during my short 

 stay with your convention. In examining and thinking about the matter in 

 which you are so much interested, I am glad that the State of Illinois has 

 officially recognized the physical and financial fact that your interest is 

 amongst its greatest and most important, by, in some small measure at 

 least, recognizing the importance of your organization ; and, so far as my 

 wishes are concerned, so far as my actions shall be concerned, as all other 



