ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. -^^^ 



ment whatever to undertake to enforce the law when the rulings of the- 

 courts, headed by Judge Hanecy,have been uniformly against the enforce- 

 ment of the law. It simply pile s up a bill of expenses for no purpose^ 

 vhatever. Until we can have a fair interpretation of the law and honest 

 nen to interpret it, Vve shall have to keep on fighting as we are. 



"Butter is no more a product of nature than butterine. Both are- 

 manufactured. Butter is the product of the gland of the cow, and butter- 

 ine is the production of the tank in the packing house," says this decision.. 

 The principal ingredients of butter come primarily from the cow and 

 yasses through processes to its finished state. We would be very muck 

 )bliged for some light on that subject of how it is) done. "Science, by 

 various chemical proceisses of manufacture, extracts the principal in- 

 gredients from the cow and kindred animals, and the products are prac- 

 tically the same in both cases." All of which statements are untrue. The: 

 idea of a man betraying such ignorance and expect him to set an intel- 

 ligent interpretation of the law of a great State like this as applied to a 

 great industry, one of the leading branches of husbandry in the State ot 

 Ulinois! 



Now I had hoped that I wouldn't have to get politics into DAIRY an^ 

 CREAMERY, but when it comes to an issue like this, I guess we will hav^ 

 to have some politics in it. When it comes to electing a man like that 

 you can count on the dairymen going against him. 



The law we have in Illinois today would be suflBicient to protect us if 

 we had honest men to pass upon the law. We certainly as dairymen will 

 not feel called upon to exercise our franchise in be^half of a man who will 

 sit on the bench and interpret the law after that fashion. 



President Gurler appointed the following committees: 



Committee on Membership — George Reed, Herbert, 111.; Charles Ben-- 

 nett, Belvidere, 111.; Roy Cunningham, Belvidere; B. S. Herbert, Belvi- 

 dere; O. F. Lucas, Flora, 111. 



Committee on Resolutions — Joseph Newman, Elgin, 111.; LovejoF 

 Johnson, Stillman Valleiy; C. S. Fox, Belvidere; George Caven, Chicago^ 



Adjourned until 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 1900. 



