50 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Ward must speak once more in behalf of hls P^ 0 "^ 
who were not so stupid as the Judge would make them 
appear. They were satisfied with the manner in which 
his accounts were kept, and the price they received. 
Wilcox: Do you have a committee to examine your 
books ? 
Ward: Yes sir, and composed of smart business 
men, too. They had access to his books at all times, an 
reported to his patrons as often as they pleased. Insurance 
is higher on our factories than on any other kind P P 
erty; the building good for nothing else. you urn ou 
your trade is lost, while if a merchant burns out he can 
move across the street, and in two days is as good as ever 
and his business saved. Insisted that skilled a orw 
always the cheapest; once tried a cheap man and he prove 
a verv dear one in the end. My books are kept open for 
all whom they concern; every item was booked and had 
been for seven years. 
Dr R. R. Stone wanted to put in a word for the poor, 
persecuted manufacturer. As to the price as now paid for 
making butter being too high, it was not a fact; the maker 
had to guarantee the product and often paid many losses. 
To make butter and furnish everything, is small enoug 
at five cents per pound; for less you would make a failure 
Good factory butter could be sold to-day tor thirty-four to 
thirty-five cents, while the private dairy sold slow at 
twenty-five cents. At these figures the dairyman could pay 
five cents, and then make five cents more for himse . y 
should he complain ? His experience and observation led 
him to believe that faotorymen, as a rule, were not richer 
than lawyers or other men. There were great risks 
attached to the business; he had been at it for twelve years 
and he felt quite sure that he was a long way from being 
rich yet. 
