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personally interested in the dairy business. I began life on the dairy 

 farm, and I am still in the business and I expect to remain in it and do 

 my utmost to advance the industry, in and out of office. 



The first work I did as a boy on & farm for my mother was to milk 

 eight cows a day; take them to pasture in the morning and bring them 

 home at night. I am interested in a farm in Cook county on which there 

 are several cows, and my brother and I are owners of a dairy at Em- 

 poria, Kansas, where 60 cows are kept. 



The Food Commission thus far has prosecuted no owner of dairy or 

 creamery. All we desire is your co-operation in enforcing the laws. 

 While we have not begun prosecution of any one connected with the 

 dairy industry, the records show scores of arrests of dealers in imitation 

 of butter, or oleomargarine in Chicago and elsewhere, and the expendi- 

 ture of money and time in securing convictions. We believe it is of the 

 utmost importance to protect the butter and dairy interests of this State. 

 The fame of Illinois butter is known the world over, and the Elgin 

 stamp is a guarantee of an A 1 butter in America, as well as in Europe. 



Milk depots and dairies within the city limits, of Chicago were in- 

 spected during the last two weeks of December, and many of them were 

 found to be very badly in need of sanitary improvements. It was dis- 

 covered also that the ordinance of the city, prohibiting the feeding to 

 cows vinegar slops, was being violated by scores of daries in thecity. 



In the city milk depots we found rusty cans, rusty on the inside as 

 well as the outside of the can, and many cans used for garbage and such 

 like; also mouldy and unclean walla and ceilings from which particles 

 of dirt fell into the receptacles used for milk and cream. The most start- 

 ling discovery was the unclean stables and yards, lack of proper drainage, 

 cows huddled together in very close quarters, and improper feedingwere 

 observed. We found that there had been no inspection by the city of 

 these places, although the income from the milk depots and dairies in 

 Chicago is over $60,000 per year. For this reason we have been very active 

 in endeavoring to bring about a better condition in the city of Chicago. 



