ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
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creek mud in each can. This dirty practice is not fair, - 
goods made from such milk will not keep. Farmers, as a 
rule, are run by everybody: lawyers, merchants and doctors 
all have a pick at the poor farmer, and last, and worst of 
all, the cheese factoryman comes in to carry off the skele¬ 
ton. They receive your milk and make it into what they 
please, pay you when it suits them, and as much as they 
please and what can you do about it? They had no system. 
Could not sell on board of trade. The commission men 
and factorymen were in collusion to rob the farmer. There 
is no system among them only for plunder. 
Dr. Tefft said the blame all rested with the farmer, 
they could dictate where and how their milk should be 
worked up. The true remedy is not to take our milk to a 
factory which would not sell its products on the board of 
trade. He had known farmers who had attempted to speak 
on the board to be hissed down by the buyers because they 
dared to talk for their side of the question. This was all 
wiong. The producer, manufacturer and buyer should all 
work together, their interests are mutual. 
Wm. Burton said, as to selling on the board of trade, 
it was not always possible or practical to do so. When the 
tenth came the farmers wanted their money. Consequently 
the factoryman must sell or he can’t pay. Both Marshall 
and Wright were as fast for their pay as anyone else, and 
would not consent for a factory to hold goods. Therefore if 
there is no price on the board we must sell somewhere else. 
If the patrons would back him he would sell anywhere they 
chose. 
Marshall thought that if all would sell on the board 
no backing would be needed. Should sell for what they 
could get. Our factories are not honestly run. The factory 
he patronized was run by a broken-down lawyer, who knew 
