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his milk to the neighboring factory; so, to ward off an uprising, I will 

 just take 1 per cent off of Mr. A.'s and put it on Mr. B.'s test. Mr. But- 

 termaker, Secretary, or Manager, what have you done? You have taken 

 1 per cent from the man to whom it rightfully belonged, and given it to a. 

 man who was not entitled to it. You have just as much right to do this 

 as you have to go to Mr. A.'s barn and take therefirom a horse belonging" 

 to him, and put it into Mr. B.'s barn. You have just as much right to do^ 

 this as you have to go to Mr. A.'s corn-crib and take a load of corn and: 

 transfer it to Mr. B.'s crib. 



No, this question can not be solved rightfully in this manner. I 

 have it from a patron of a creame ry in Iowa that their buttermaker 

 adopted this plan to prevent some of his patrons from going on the war- 

 path. If at any payday a patron questioned the correctness of his test,- 

 and made the threat that if it was not better the next time he would quit, 

 in order to keep his pulse down and retain his milk, the. next time he- 

 would make the test higher whether he deserved it or not. Buttermak- 

 ers and creamery imen, are you adopting either of the above methods to 

 smooth the troubled waters arising from the test question? Dishonest 

 means and dishonest methods may flourish for a time; they may bring: 

 ducats to the coffers of those who practice them, the creamery that 

 adopts this plan may be in the race for a time, but like the biblical house^ 

 it is built upon a sandy foundation; the rains will descend, the floods come 

 and it will beat upon that creamery and it will fall, and fall hard. 



What shall be done? How shall this problem be solved? We are 

 cognizant of the fact that it is an utter impossibility to please every one. 

 There are a ceirtain number of men in every creamery who are never 

 pleased with their returns. If they have a 5 per cent test, they are 

 positive there is something wrong; ought to have been 6 per cent. If 

 their milk weighs 200 poundis there is something wrong with the scales 

 of the weigher; ought to have been 205 pounds at least. If they are 

 charged with three jars of butter, they will take their oath they never 

 got but two. If they receive 25 c ents for their butter they will declare 

 robbery has been committed; 25^/4 Is what they should have had. So 



