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the pure goods have had strength enough; they have been 

 able to secure the passage of laws along the same line. Iowa 

 was one of the first to follow suit, Missouri next and so on, 

 until we have laws of similar import in more than one-halt 

 of the States of the Union today. 



The great packing houses established in Chicago and Kan- 

 sas City have been persistent and consistent opponents of this 

 law, and efforts have been made in the State of Illinois from 

 one session of the legislature to another, to secure the enact- 

 ment of a similar law. Two years ago the work was entrusted 

 to a committee from the Elgin Board and from the Chicago 

 Butter Board and a bill introduced along that same line. It 

 would take up too much of your time to tell you of the struggle 

 that we had during the session of the legislature, and I will 

 only say that it was successfully passed in the house by a large 

 majority, but got lost in the shuffle in the senate, and, it was 

 believed by many, through the use of money contributed by 

 the manufacturers of the imitation article. An effort is being 

 made again along that same line in this State, and if it can be 

 accomplished a law similar in import to the Massachusetts law, 

 compelling manufacturers and dealers in the imitation article 

 to put it upon the market without color, it is believed that the 

 demand for the article will be lessened very materially. The 

 effect of the law in the State of Missouri has been most favor- 

 able. It is reported now that since the law went into opera- 

 tion not ten per cent, of the amount is sold in that State that 

 there was previously. Now, it is along that line that we want 

 to take up legislation in this State. The advocates of the pure 

 article 'contend that every adulteration placed upon the market 

 is an injury not only to the producers of the pure article but 

 the consumers as well, and only by legislation and control of 

 articles of food products can any relief be had. 



As to the injury done the dairy industry, we can very read- 

 ily see what has been done and the result when we take up the 

 question of filled cheese, and right here allow me to state what 

 has been accomplished in that direction. The general intro- 

 duction of the separator into the creamery districts of the 

 West and of the whole country left on the hands of the creanv 

 erymen and farmers a large amount of perfectly skimmed milk. 

 Its value for feeding purposes not being thoroughly appre- 



