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a well posted Massachusetts man to a representative in the 

 Minnesota legislature. Copy was handed to the secretary of the 

 National Butter and Egg Association; the original referred to 

 the Minnesota State Dairymen's Association for action and for- 

 warded to your secretary for the consideration of the Illinois 

 dairymen. In this letter the following statement occurs: 



" Did you know there was a scheme on foot whereby the 

 oleo men propose to use the Consolidated Cattle Grower's As- 

 sociation as a cat's paw for pulling the chestnuts out of the fire 

 at Washington? The oleo clique is furnishing the money and 

 the committee of the cattle growers are posing as farmers de- 

 manding a new man in place of Hatch as chairman for the 

 house committee on agriculture, so that they can control the 

 new man and put through their schemes for rendering the oleo 

 law worthless and also enable them to pass the Miller bill for 

 finding pleuro-pneumonia, which puts the work in charge of 

 an autocratic commisson of three men, with a million dollars 

 appropriation, whereas the bureau of animal industry has 

 practically stamped the disease out of the country already. The 

 whole thing needs to be " fit " tooth and nail for the oleo men 

 are determined to upset the law. We shall fight this racket 

 red hot and will succeed." 



Now, those are the statements of a reliable man to a certain 

 extent unprejudiced in the matter, a man merely fighting for 

 principle and for truth, as far as we know. I am sorry that I 

 have been obliged to bring this matter before this convention 

 this afternoon. The Cattle Growers' Association, have an 

 organization second to none in this country, for means and 

 ability; the power of denial is certainly in their hands, if they 

 choose to exercise it. Their denial could have been seen in the 

 light some time ago if they had elected. It is more than two 

 weeks ago since the above statement was publicly made and 

 printed. 



