66 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
receives the milk should know whether it is adulterated or 
not; if he has no means of knowing, then this charge 
should not be made against the farmer. The person who 
has the custody of the milk is the proper person to watch 
this matter, and if necessary make the charge whether it 
be the richest or poorest, largest or smallest patron of the 
factory. No man has any right to take any cream at all 
and no maker can say so. We are zealous about this, 
because our money is in it. We have a right to watch this. 
If one patron is crooked it interests all, and we hav^e a right 
to demand that all shall be honest. Our product is double 
in value all the gold and silver in the United States ; indeed, 
it is so large that one can hardly conceive or comprehend 
it, and is constantly on the increase. He spoke warmly as 
to the second resolution, and the trust accepted by the man¬ 
ufacturer—he was the proper person to detect any wrong¬ 
doing, and should at once bring all guilty parties to justice. 
C. C. Buell objected to this debate, as it was a whole¬ 
sale denunciation of manufacturers. 
Capt. Stewart also thought it taking too much lati¬ 
tude, inasmuch as it was attempting to place all the blame 
upon the manufacturers. This was all wrong ; they have 
sins enough of their own, without assuming for others. 
Thos. Bishop : Said most of these charges were made 
by men who did not patronize cheese factories. They sell 
to the condensing factory and have no right to complain. 
They take their Sunday or surplus milk to the cheese fac¬ 
tory, and it is the poorest milk leceived. 
After some further discussion, a vote was taken, the 
resolutions were adopted by the convention, thus placing 
themselves squarely on the record as against skimming, or 
receiving skimmed milk at factories. 
