218 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



State Dairymen's Association on pasteurization of dairy pro- 

 ducts and the co-operation it was giving the Food Department 

 and the IlHnois Butter Manufacturers' Improvement Association^ 

 and how the three were working together. He drew to their at- 

 tention how by actual reports we knew that over 97>^% of 

 creamery butter made in IlHnois is from pasteurized cream, and 

 about 2^^% from unpasteurized cream, and that this 2^% wa? 

 made in small creameries, the product of which was eaten in the 

 local communities; that there was less than 1% of Illinois cream- 

 ery butter that left the borders of the State for interstate ship-" 

 ment that was made from unpasteurized cream. That was re- 

 ceived with a great deal of favor by the audience and I think 

 by the department itself, and I am proud of that record and I 

 know your association is, and I am proud of the fact that by the 

 co-operation of your association and the butter makers, we are 

 able to prove up such a record and that our efforts will not cease 

 until we get practically all of our Illinois creamery butter made 

 from pasteurized cream." 



After the meeting broke up Mr. Newman met with the com- 

 mittee on resolutions to get up a statement by the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry that will in part correct the erroneous impres- 

 sion that had been sent out to the American consumers, or con- 

 sumers of America's butter, and that the department would is- 

 sue a statement that they regretted that the report inaccurately 

 reflected the conditions found by the inspectors and that the word 

 "insanitary" to a greater or less degree was unfairly used, and 

 that the per cent that they stated of cream as being un whole-* 

 some was wrong in their estimation, and that the per cent of 

 unsanitary creameries and industries on that report was also 

 much too high. It was evidenced by those present that every- 

 body was satisfied that the deductions in the department report 

 were very much in error. A statement was submitted to Chief 

 Rawl, who said he would have to take it up with his superior, 

 Dr. Melvin, as to what kind of a statement they would get out. 

 Saturday he reported back that Secretary Vrooman wished a 

 copy of a resolution, etc., to guide them in getting up a state- 

 ment. Mr. Newman offered the following resolution which was 

 adopted : 



