ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 3^ 



Anotlier thing I want to tone h upon, and it is of a political nature. 

 I will say to you that all the members of the National Dairy Union have 

 their eyes centered on the politics of Illinois today. It seems that some 

 •of the leaders of the republicans have decided to put a man in the Gover- 

 nor's chair who has been so bitterly opposed to the Dairy Union that we 

 are all interested in the defeat of that man. That man is Judge Hanecy, 

 who has blocked the wheels of progress in the National Dairy Union. 

 Through his rulings it has been impossible in this State to carry cases to 

 the Supreme Court, and to place him in the Governor's chair would seem 

 a continuance of what he has done in the past. 



I don't know anything more to say at present, but any questions you 

 may wish to ask, I will answer them. 



DISiUSSION. 



By Mr. Earley: I would liketo ask if Judge Hanecy has been sus- 

 tained in any of tne higher courts? 



A. He has stated his oleomargarine decision has /been sustained in the 

 higher courts. I am prepared to say he was not. If the gentlemen here 

 would like to hear the ruling of Judge Hanecy, I think I have it in my 

 overcoat pocket and will read it. ! 



Mr. Long: I would like to ask if the anti-color law of the State of 

 Illinois has ever reached the Supreme Court? 



A. It never has, owing wholly to the rulings of Judge Hanecy; we 

 could not carry the cases over his head. 



Prof. McLain. Read that ruling. 



A. "The legislature, in common with many others, speaks of butter 

 as a product of nature. Butter is no more a product of nature than but- 

 terine. Both are manufactured. The principal ingredients of butter 

 come primarily from the cow and pass through different processes of 

 manufacture to its finished state. Science by various chemical processes 

 extracts the principal ingredients of oleomargarine from the cow and 

 kindred] animals, and the products are practically the same in both cases. 

 The legislature in this act says that one manufacturer of this article 



