The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-20
Francis ID. MouIton. ESQ.

On Thursday evening, March I, Francis ID.
Moulton, Esq, of New York, delivered an
address before the National Butter and
Cheese association at Chicago. 1t has been
our pleasure on former occasions to report
the eloquent utterances of this gentleman in
favor of developing the wealth OF The west
by bringing the east and the west into
business harmony. Mr.. Moulton is one of
the most logical and eloquent speakers of
the country upon business topics. Wemake
the following extracts from Mr.. Moulton's
Chicago address:
attended convention of the Indiana state
association, which, believe, numbers about
twenty members, but they are men I'm earnest,
trying to discover profitable INDUSTRY for
their state, and they viii aSSuredly be success
ful. Their efforts are beginning to be appre-
ctated, and they are already receiving the
countenance and cooperation of the wiSeSt
butter so long thar they are getting tired of il
as steady diet. They are just beginning to
realize that the industry of their state needs
to be changed and that they have thousands
of acres of land which can be proftabIv util-
lied in the dairyIng industry. | know of no
field more inviting 10 skilled labor than lndi-
ana. The keeper of the leading restaurant in
Indianapolis told me when / objected 10 his
butter that he would put his state against any
three states of the Union for the exhibition of
the largest quantity of the poorest butter. Not
withstanding the trash and grease that they
feed to the natives and visitors in IndianapO-
lis, there is, within SIX miles OF the city, a
stock and dairy farm, owned by Mr.. Church.
man. unsui pdSSeu III IUallty Oh cows ana
cleanliness and all the appointments that
should distinguish dairy farm, by any have
visited. Mr.. Churchman sells his butter tor
fifty cents per pound. My friend Reall, in con-
junction with the editor of the Indiana Farm
er, and with the assistance of the daily press
although he did not know on his arrival at
a daIryman'S meeting at all-organized and
gathered together in the court house
within SO hours one of the most intelligent
and enthusiastic audiences have ever seen,
to consider the dairylng necessities of Indi-
ana. This only shows what well-dlrCcted et-
fort, even with brief opportunity, can accom-
plish; and 10 furthermore shows how easily
pubic interest in agricultural questions eau
be aroused. Amongst the audience were the
leading editors and lawyers and business men
OF indianapolis Men ike Major Gordon, its
leading advocate, and the governor of the
state, first farmer and then leader of the
people, added dignity to his office by presid-
ing at the meeting. Indiana is at the foot of
the ladder now in the dairying business, but
the HOosiers will climb and dispute before
long the precedence oil the best butter section
of the country.
am glad that Iowa. almost first
peace Her history reads like a moral
yesterday, and her pr ssent, which is to-day, is
hardly paralleled by any commonwealth in the
world. History records many changes in the
condition of individuals and states-miracles
worked under cur very eyes. Not many years
ago nearly million people i'm Trafalgar
square, London, shouted "LOug live Garibal-
dir Seven years before that he went up the
Thames at 10 snillings and pence per week
as coal HEAVIER or stoker on steamer. His
career represents principles and God in
man. Only n few years ago, in 1895,
the population OF Iowa numbered
scarcely ten thousand. To-day her school
houses outnumber her population then,
and the anthem of 5O0,OO children, singing the
song of praise within their walls 10 Him who
said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me-"
il guiding the people of Iowa and the deStinies
of the state to a point OF civilization and pros
pertty which no eloquence can picture or song
Lotto me low il inc nfr,lr l.n,
the greatest dairy state in the Union, and no
one can travel over her prairies and. hills 10
the rivers that baptise her with blessings with
out almost hearing her voice saying, ''The
Lord Is my shepherd; ] shall not want. He
nalSeth me to lie down in green pastures and
leadeth me beside the still waters"
l. tst of all, Mr.. Chairman end gentlemen, /.
come here TO Chicago 10 another convention
representing the industry, the tendency of
which am sure is toward true independence
for US az a nation. / congratulate you all
upon the representation we find here OF the
intelligence of almost all sections OF our coun-
try. am glad that the east particularly is so
fully represented, for in the past, il IL a fact
that the east, and particularly New York,
lacking knowledge of the men. of the west
and their commercial interests, and
deeming them by necessity tributary
commercial welfare in not suitably provid.
ing facilities for the business of the west /
am glad that this convention Is held in q city
whose business pulse beat is heard around the
world. / congratulate you that the informa-
ton and knowledge impaired here is worthy
OF the widest possible publicatiOn-that IL can
not help benehting this country and man.
Kind. The pearls dropped here disturb the
very river of life for the irrigation OF all the
shores of all the world. / am sorry that in
this da1rying iDdusti Y and was about TO say
in ali true enterprise and thought, with refer
ence To finance or agriculture-you of the west
outrank your older brothers of the east, but
believe there is change going on, that
there Is generation of men coming
upon the stage in the east, represented
here in this convention, whose wealth
hereafter viii be the result rather of in
telligent enterprise and mutual hep than of
mere spolls getting We have been repre-
sented for 100 many years by class of men
who, commencing years ago, before the Erie
canal was opened and shortly after, have re-
garded the west and its products as a sort of le-
Ultimate plunder, which must certainly flow
into their counting rooms and pockets. They
have overlooked the fact thai the west YVES
growing, being peopled, not by beggars, but by
men. They have overlooked the fact that the
west was finding other outlets 10 the sea board
than through the state of New York, and they
have acQu1eSced In system of legislation ava
ricious, unwise and CONNIE REALLY destructi ve.
know from personal experience how difficult
II has been 10 get the old merchants OF New
York TO aid In securing the proper legislation
WITH reference to transportation and they have
LEFT legacy of hard work to the younger
men In righting the wrongs of their indiffer-
ence, which has injured the west and almost
win be met. am glad that the press of this
city Is so thoughuully aud eloquently agitating
all the questions that relate to production ana
transportation. The interests of the west and
east are mutual. One section can not ignore
the other. We share alike the good and i'll, the
shadows and the glory. hail with business
satisfaction every convention OF merchants
Tor discussions I'm conventions such as this are
beyond party lines. Here there il no foom for
the demagogue. Everything n man says Is
brought under the careful scrutiny and magni-
edge. Eloquence aud purity OF purpose must
80 land IL LAID.