The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-03-14
PECK ON CHEESE.
Address Delivered by George w. Peck at
the Wisconsin State Dairymen's Associ-

the Wisconsin State Dairymen's Associ-
alton.
FELLOW CREAM-ATIoNIsrs: In calling
pom me, on this occasion, to enhghten
GU upon subject that is dear to the
hearts of all Americans, you have got
the right man in the right place. 1t
makes me proud to come to my old
home and unfold truths that have been
folded ever since I can remember. Ii
may be said by scoffers, and it has been
said to-day, in my presence, that L d1dn I
know enough to even milk COW. L
deny the allegation, and show me the
alligator. If any gentleman present has
| a cow here with him, and [ can borrow
clothes wringer, I will show you
whether I can milk a COW or not. Or II
there is cheese mine here handy 1 will
demonstrate that I can rasanet.
was brought up on farm. That
is, come up with the COWS. Labor has
been to me a sweet boon. There Is no
farmer present here that has done more
real hard setting around than L have
1t was my practice in youth to sit on a
fence, and see the hired men work.
There is no more ennobling occupation
than swinging the reaping machine, or
holding the pillow. [ never held pillow
Ii.
tie. It would stay without being held.
The brewing of cheese and butter
have been among the earliest Industries.
Away back in the history of the world
we find Adam and Eve conveying their
milk from the garden of Eden in one
horse wagon to the cold spring cheese
factory, to be weighed in the balance.
Whatever may be said of Adam and Eve
to their discredit in the marketing of the
products of their orchard, it has never
been charged that they stopped at the
pump and put water in their milk cans.
Doubtless you all remember how Cain
killed his brother Abel because Abel
would not let him do the churning.
Even then boys quarreled about doing
the family churning. They all wanted
to do it. We can picture Cain and
Abel driving mooley COWS up to the
house from the pasture in the southeast
corner of the garden, and Adam standing
at the bars with a tin pail and three
legged milk stool, smoking a meerschaum
pipe and singing "Hold the Fort for
I am Coming Through the Rye" while
Eve sat on the veranda with o sewing
machine, altering over her last years
polonaise, and winking at the devil who
stood behind the milk house singing
"I.want to be al Angel" After Adam
got through milking he came up and
saw Eve blushing, and he said: "Ma-
dame, cheese it, +" and she chose it.
But to come down to the present day,
we find that cheese has become one of
the most important branches of manu-
facture. It is next in importance to the
silver interest. And, fellow cheese-
makers, you are doing yourselves great
injustice that you do not petition Con-
gress to pass bill to remonetize cheese.
Cheese was demonetized when Congress
passed an act providing that the moon
was not made of green cheese. There
is more cheese raised in this country
than there is silver, and it is more valua-
BILE. Suppose you had not eaten a
mouthful in thirty days, and you should
have placed on the table before you ten
dollars stamped out of silver bullion on
one plate, and nine dollars stamped out
of cheese bullion on another plate
Which would you take frst2 Though
the face value of the nine cheese dollars
would be 10 per cent. below the face
value of the ten silver dollars, you would
take the chances on the cheese. You
would use it to better advantage in your
business. Hence I see cheese is more
valuable than silver, and it should be
made legal tender for all debts, public
and private, except pew rent. I may be
In advance of other eminent financiers,
who have studied the currency question,
but want to see the time come, and 1
trust the day is not far distant, when
4123 grains of cheese shall be equal to a
dollar in Goldfish, and when the merry
jingle of slices OF cheese shall be heard
in every pocket.
Then every cheese factory can make
its own coin, money will be plenty, ev-
erybody will be happy, and there never
will be war any more. 1t may be asked
how this currency can be redeemed? I
would have an incontrovertible bond,
made Of Limburger cheese, which is
stronger and more durable. When this
is done you can tell the rich man from
the poor man by the smell of his money.
Nowadays many of us do not even get a
smell of money, but in the good days
which are coming the gentle zephyr will
watt to US the delicate violet and the
able-bodied Limburger, and we shall
know that money is plenty.
The manufacture of cheese is a bust
ness that poor man can engage In as
well as a rich man. I say it, without
fear of successful contradiction. and say
it boldly, that a poor man with, say 200
cows, if he thoroughly understands his
business, can market more cheese than a
rich man who owns 800 oxen. This is
susceptible of demonstration. If nv
boy showed desire to become q states
man, I would say to him, Young man,
get married, buy mooley COW, and go
to Sheboygan county and start cheese
factory"
Speaking of cows, did it ever occur to
you, gentlemen, what saving it would
be to you if you should adopt mooley
COWS instead of horned cattle What
good do horns do in making cheese? 1t
takes at least three tons of hay and a
large quantity OF ground feed, annually,
to keep pair of horns fat, and of what
earthly use are they? Statistics show
that there are annually killed As, 900
grangers by cattle with horns. You
pass laws to muzzle dogs because one in
ten thousand goes mad, and yet more
people are killed by cattle horns than by
dogs. What the country needs is more
mooley COWS. Now that I am on the
subject, it may be asked what is the best
breed for the dairy. My opinion is di-
vlded between the Southdown and the
Cochin China. Some like one best and
some like the other, but as for me, give
me liberty or give me death.
There are many reforms that should
be inaugurated in the manufacture of
cheese. Why should cheese be made
round? am inclined to the belief that
the making of cheese round is a super
stition. Who had not rather buy good
square piece of cheese than wedge
shaped chunk, all rind at one end, and
as thin as a Congressman's excuse for
voting back pay at the other3 Make your
cheese square, and the consumer will
rise up and call you another.