ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. i i^ 



ADDRESS BY J. H. MONRAD. 



ASSISTANT FOOD COMMISSIONER OF ILLINOIS. 



I did not expect to be with you. Your Secretary put me on tlie 

 program* before he had talked with me, and I am not at all prepared 

 to speak to you. As I did not gst here in time for my turn on the pro- 

 gram I thought you would let me off. However, I have never yet re- 

 fused when asked to talk at a dairyman's meeting, and I hope I shall not 

 as long as' I live. I wish to express regrets for Mr. JoneS', Food Com- 

 missioner. Business called him to Springfield, and he could not meet 

 with the dairymen of Illinois today. ; 



This commission work has just been established; we haven't got to 

 work yet. I hope I will be able to assast the dairymen not only in the 

 line of protecting you by reducing the fradulent sale of butter imitation, 

 but also by 'helping you in this Association in the education work. I 

 dare say that the Elgin creamery men present here may think that the 

 reputation of Elgin butter will permit them to need no more education. 

 I wish to say frankly that I differ with them. I think we need as mucli 

 education in the Elgin district as in any other district. 



We have some very fine, well-built, clean creameries in Illinois, but 

 I am sorry to say we alsio have some dirty creameries. Now just to hint 

 at my idea; I don't know whethe r we will be able to carry it out or not. 

 My idea is that every creamery should be clean enough and neat enough 

 to bean example to the patrons of that creamery, before they can expect 

 the Commissioners to send out intpectors to preach cleanliness from the 

 platform. I want to say to the creamery men of Illinois if they want to 

 preach cleanliness to the farmers, they must keep a cleaner factory and 

 ^leaner platform from which to preach. I want to say to the milk pro- 

 ducers, i don't care whether their creamery is run by individuals or 



