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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



As I look into your faces anil think of these questions I have stated, 

 ■and the remarks I have made concerning them, I simply desire to stand 

 in the interest of right and justice and M^ish to have credit given to the 

 people who have given us the right to stand as we do. 



Chicago, Illinois, that great city of ours by the lake — we all lecognizo 

 -that Illinois is the fighting ground upon this position, and as I under - 

 ;fitand, more oleomargarine and butterine is manufactured in that city 

 -than in any other place in the world. Let us go together in a body and 

 an such a way that we will achieve the object we are after. 



If the law is wrong, let us pass one that is right: one that will stand 

 the tests of the courts. I do not believe the mistakes have been made 

 maliciously; they were made from the very reason that we enacted a law 

 that v^e thought was right. When this law is carried to the Uniteil 

 States court it may be declared constitutional. I know nothing of the 

 decisions of the court whatever. I do know that if you enact and pass 

 legislation that will require the manufacturer of a product to stamp it in 

 such a manner that the innocent consumer will know what he is getting. 

 I know that you will have cured the defect and remedied the error. If 

 every single package of oleomargarine or butterine that is put on the 

 market for sale, is put in just the ^^ery same manner and stamped by the 

 ■revenue department or government, it will be impossible for the manu- 

 facturer 1o sell it to the public for pure butter, and until such legislation 

 is enacted the evil will not be cured. 



These are just the initiatory steps, and we are not going to stop here, 

 because two or three judges, sitting in chamber, have declared them 

 unconstitutional. We are going to carry it to the highest courts in the 

 land, and in such a way so that we will have a decision for what it repre- 

 sents. 



If it is wrong for a man to put a product on the market and sell it for 

 something for what it is not, we will put a stop to it and we can do it if 

 we take the proper steps. 



These ideas may be some what crude, but I believe the ideas I have 

 given you along this line are practical ideas, and believe they can be 

 ^enacted in the legislature. 



