The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-16
~CHEEE IT,

The Hon. George Washington Peck,
home missionary, and shiner-in-chief
of the Lacrosse Sun, delivered the
following learned and instructive ad-
dress at tho recent meeting of the Wis
consin State Dairymen's Association
FELLOW CREAM-AT-IoNIsrs In call
ing upon me, on this occasion. to en-
tighten You upon q 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
hack tony old home aud unfold truths
thst have 1h6np folded since I can re-
nenber. IN nay be said by sconers-
ard Il he's been said to-day, in my
presence-thst l don't know enough
to even milk COW. 1 deny the alle-
CATION, and show me the alligator.
If any gentleman present has gotta cow
here with him, and IL can borrow .
clothes wringer, 1 will show you
whether can milk COW or not. Or,
If there is . cheese mine here handy.
/ will demonstrate that / can "runnet."
The manufacture of cheese and but
ter has been among the earliest indus
tries. Away back in the history of
the world, we find Adam and Eve
conveying their milk from the garden
of Eden in q one-horse wagon to the
Cold Spring cheese factory, to be
weighed in the balance. Whatever
may be said of Adam aud Eye to their
discredit in the marketing Of tho pro-
ducts 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, be-
cause Abel wouldn't let him do the
churning. We can picture Cain and
Abel driving muley cows up to the
house from the pasture in the south
east corner of the garden, and Adam
standing at the bars with q Tin pail
and three-legged stool, whietling
"Hold the Fort, for am Coming
Through the Rye; while Eve sits on
the verands altering over her last
years polonaise, aud winking at the
devil who stood behind the milk
house singing Il want 10 be an Angel
After Adam got through milking, he
came up and saw Eve blushing, and
he said, Madame, cheese it, aud she
chose ii.
But TO come down TO the present
day. We find that cheese has become
one of the most important branches
of manufacture. 1t is next i'm impor-
tance to the silver question. And, ,feI-
low cheese-mongers, you are doing
yourselves great injustice that you
do not petition Congress to pass bill
10 remOnetlze cheese. There is more
cheese raised in the country than there
is silver, and it is more valuable.
Suppose you had not eaten a mouth
fnl in twenty days. and yOn had
placed on the table before you $40
stamped out of silver bullion, on one
plate, and 50 stamped out of cheese
bullion, on another plate. Which
would you take first? Though the
face value of the 9 cheese dollars
would be 10 per cent. below the face
vaIuc of the 10 silver dollars, you
would take the chances on the cheese.
You could use it to better advantage
in your business.
Hence l say cheese is more valuable
than silver, and it should be made le
gal tender for the payment of all debts
public or private, except pew rent.
may be in advance of other emf.
nent financiers who have studied the
currency question, but 1 want 10 see
! sshe time come, and trust it is moi
far Ant when 4l211s grains of cheese
sshall be equal to . dollar in Goldfish
and when the merry jingle of slices ol
cheese shall be heard in every pocket
Then every cheese factory can make
its own coin, money will be plenty
everybody will be happy, and there
never will be war any more. may be
asked how this money is going to be
redeemed. 1 would have an incon.
tr0vertibIe bond. made of limburger
cheese, which is stronger and more
durable. When this is done, you can
tell rich man from poor one BY the
smell of his money. Nowadays