Kjq ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



seen the sweetest roses bloom and brightest gliding river, of thine eyes 

 have seen, which is the fairest lard? 



Child, shall I tell thee where nature is most blest and fair? It is 

 where love abides. Though that bpace be small, ample it is above king- 

 doms; though it be a desert, through it runs the river of paradise and 

 there are the enchanted bowers. 



Duet by Hon. Jules Lumbard and Mr. Bagley. Encored. 

 By the President: — I understand the Committee on Resolutions are 

 ready to report. 



Resolutions read by Mr. Caven. Mr. Long Chairman of Committee. 

 Whereas, An effort is now being made by the dairy industry of the 

 United States, through the National Dairy Union, to secure the enactment 

 of a national oleomargarine law which will prevent the fraudulent sale 

 of oleomargarine for butter and will compel oleomargarine manufactur- 

 ers and dealers to sell their product for what it is; and, 



Whereas, Experience has sho wn that state laws are inadequate to deal 

 with this fraud; and 



Whereas, An anti-color law is the only law that will be effective to 

 prevent the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine for butter; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That this! association recommend the passage by Congress 

 of the Tawney-Grout oleomargarine bill (H. R. No. 4) and respectfully re- 

 quest our representatives and senators from Illinois to use every honor- 

 able means to secure the passage of H. R. No 4, which places a tax of ten 

 cents per pound on oleomargarine colored in semblance of butter, and re- 

 moves the present tax of two) cents per pound on oleomargarine iu its nat- 

 ural color. 



Resolved, That we endorse the work of the State Food Commission : n 

 its efforts to better dairy conditions and|the ; dairy industries, and we would 

 urge upon the Commissioner the importan?e to the dairy industry of Illi- 

 nois of securing from the Supreme Court of the State a decision as to the 

 constitutionality of the anti-color law of Illinois. We wish to call the 

 attention of the Food Department to tbe need of dairy statistics of the 

 State, including number of cows and value of same, list of creameries and 



