The New York herald., 1878-12-05
THE DAIRY SHOW.

MR.. EEAsTUs DEooKs ON THE IMPORTANCE O.
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY OF THE EMPIRA
STATE.
The dairy show yesterday was visited by numen
delegation Of the Produce Exchange Of Philadek
phia headed by its President, Mr.. william H. Dunlap
They were cordially welcomed in brief speech on
behalf Of the Fair Association by Colonel r. NJ
Littler of Iowa. Chairman of the Reception Commit
tee. The attendance during the day very large,
and interesting little additions made to
the display. but in the main the show remained as
described in the HERALD OF Wednesday. IL was an.
nounced that saturday evening Mr.. Frank Mouk
ton. Of Bcecher acanda notoriety would deliver an
address.
In tho evening the attendance greater than
spEEcH or non. ERAsrUs BROOKS.
Mr.. Erastus Books delivered an address, in the
Of which after making playful allusions
Ia the milk in the cocoanut. "the milk OF human
Kindness anu other dairy products not exhibited in
the show he sad;rhs state is indeed the great pro.
ducer OF butter and cheese and this city the greet
point Of their export. The old mother country US
receiver oi all this wealth to aud bencht to her
even If q little more than kin. is good deaS
the United States than in all Great Britain,
and more than twice the number than all in France.
aud two and half times as many in all Prussia
all large milk producing countries. II the that
In time are made beef and the hides that in time
made leather. and the rest Of the animais--fol
nothing s lost in this age of utlityare counted up.
the aggregate oi Vaiu.s Rrows III proportion and ~
simply enormous. With four times people I'm all
Great britain, RUSSIA. sweden, Denmark, Norway,
Finland, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, this
country produces butter and cheese than all of
them together. and the best cheeses Of old England
only scccssrul competitors with the best darios
of Herkimer. Oneida, Chautauqua and Jefferson and
those Of Vermont The English cheese. indeed. is
only dcarcr where Il is better, and it is only better
where IL s made of the best and in the best
PLENTY COWS, But SHIPS
The great quantity OF cheese In this building,
among which are the best samples from the Old
World and the best from the New. Is suggestive Of
the fact connected with deficient foreign COM
Almost all of the 1GO0J0U0 pounds OF butter
and cheese sent out of the country and the many
millions In value brought in--snall say
to shame TO our mistakesy--is carried
in foreign vessels. In our harbor the stars and
stripes hoating American steamers sailing
abroad Ia the constant exception to the rule. Nearly
all that il paid freight and passengers to and fro
is put into the pockets OF persons who are either
more economical more careful. or more skitul than
ourselves. Ships go out loaded between decks
from bottom 10 top with American produce.
and yet they are not American vessels. IL
was not always in the past and will
not, 1 trust, always be in the future.
Nor would il be with wise and true men as
our Representatives in the state and In the nation.
surely the great granary Of the world. and the great
cotton and tobacco country vi the world, and the
great dairy country OF the world. with iron enough
and hard wood enough II properly cared for to build
all the ships IN the world aud hereafter ought
not tobe dependent vpon foreign labor and foreign
nelds and farms aud workshops aEs4A