The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-23
9Itste11men1rs.
A PECK AT THE CHEESE

Geo. w. Peck, oEthe La Crosse Sum- feeentlv da.
lVeIeu an address before the Wisconsin statal
DalrymenB Assoc alton, The following IA An an.
tract from the witty document:
FAow Crelm- a-ti0nists I'm calling unhn ma
on this occasion, to enlighten you upon RuhIect
lhat is dear 70 the hearts OF all Americans. Won
have got the right man In the right place. m
makes me proud TO come 10 my old home. ana
unfold truthsthat have been folded since / can
remember Itmay be said by scoffers, and II haa
been said, to-day, in my presence that didnlt
know enough even TO milk COW. deny heal.
legation show me the alligator, II any gende-
man present has got COW here with him, and
can borrow clothes ringer, will show you
whether can milk COW or not. Or II there Ia
cheese mine here handy, will demonstrate
that can-YtiRnet,
The manufacture Of cheese and butter bas
been among the earliest industries AWAY back
In the history Of the world, we hnd Adam and
Eve conveying their milk from the garden az
Eden In one'horse wagon to the cool sprfnR
cheese factory, to be weighed in the balanee
Whatever may be said Of Adam and Eve 10 their
dscredt In the marketing Of the products Of their
orchard, II has never been charged that they
stopped at the pump and put water In their milk
cans, Doubtless you will remember how Cain
killed his brother Abel because Abel would not
let him DO the churning We can picture Cain
and Abel driving 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 threeleggea stool, smoking a meerschaum
pipe and singing Hold the fort II am coming
through the rye" while Eve sat on the verandah
altering over her last years polOnaise, and wink
ing at the Devil who stood hind The milk house
singing, II want to be an angel" After he got
through milking he came up and saw Eve blush
ing, aud he said, Madame, cheese It," and she
chose It.
But come down to the present day, we Ana
that cheese has become one Of the most impoFt-
ant branches of manufacture. It is next in i'm.
portance to the silver interest And fellow cheese
mongers, you are doing yourselves injustice that
you do not petition Congress to pass a bill to re-
monetize cheese. There is more cheese raised IN
this country than there is silver and It is moro
valuable. Suppose you had noteaten mouthful
In 81 days, and you should have placed on the ta-
BILE before you ten dollars stamped out OF silver
bullion on one plate and nine dollars stamped
out OF cheese bullion on the other plate. Which
would you take frst? Though the face value Of
bllo OuSShS WOulu NC IeU pbT cent. De-
low the face value of the ten silver dollars, you
would take the cheese. You could use It TO better
advantage In your business. Hence say cheese
is more valuable than silver, and 1t should ba
made legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, except pew rent may be In advance OF
other eminent flnanciers, who have studied the
currency question, but want to zee the time
come and hope the day is not far distant when
a., ohn Ao
Goldfish, and when the merry jingle of slices Of
cheese will be heard in every pocket. Then eve-
ry cheese factory can make It's own coins, money
will then be plenty, everybody will be happy, and
there never will be any more war. 1t may bO
asked how this currency can be redeemedP 7
would have an incontrovertible bond made Of
limburger cheese, which is stronger and more
durable When thisis done you can tell the rich
from the poor man by the smell of his money.
Nowadays many Of US do not get a smell OF
money, but in the good days which are coming
the gentle zephyr will wait to us the able bodied
lImburger, and we shall know that money Ia
plenty.
The manufacture of cheese Is business that q
poor man can en- gage In as well as a rich man. I
say 1t without fear Of successful contradiction
and say II boldly, that poor man, with, say 200
cows If he thoroughly understands his business
can market more cheese than q rich man with
800 oxen, This is susceptible Of demonstration
II my boy showed desire to become a statesman
1 would say to him, young man, get married, buy
a mooley COW, go to sheboygan county, and start
a cheese factory" Speaking of COWS, did 1t ever
occur to you, gentlemen, wbata saving 1t would
be to you If you shoNld adopt moOley COWS in-
Of tal,n loo
tons of hay and large amount of ground feed
annually to keep pair Of horns fat, and what
earthly use are they? Statistics show that there
are annually killed $4,000 grangers by cattle with
horns You pass laws to muzzle dogs, because,
one in ten thousand goes mad, and yet more peO.
Pile are killed by cattle horns than by dogs. What
the country needs ia more mooley cows Now
that am on the subject, it may be asked what is.
the best breed for the dairy. My opinion is d.
vided between the southdOwn and cochin china.
Some like one the best and some like the other.
but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
There are many reforms that should be inaug-
urated in the manufacture of cheese Why should
cheese be made round? am inclined to the be-
lief that the making Of cheese round Is a super
ititiOn. Who had not rather buy good square
piece of cheese than wedged shaped chunk, all
rlud at one end, and as thin as a Congressman'S
excuse for voting back pay at the other2 Make
your cheese square and the consumer will riseup
and call you another.
Another reform that might be inaugurated
would be to veneer the cheese with building pa
per or clap board, instead of the time honored
piece Of towel l never saw cheese cut that I
didn't think that the cloth around 1t had seen
service as bandage on some other patient But
may have been wrong. Another thing that does
not seem to be right, is to sae so many holes in
cheese. 1t seems to me that solid cheese, one
made by one of the old masters, with no holes in
tt do not accuse you Of cheating, but don't you
EEL little ashamed when you see a cheese cut,
ind the holes are the biggest part of It The lit
lie cells may be handy for the skipper, but the
feels the fraud in his innermost soul.
Among the improvements made in the manufac-
ure of cheese must not forget that of late years
he cheese does not resemble the grindstOne as
much as 1t did years ago. The time has been
when, If the farmer could not tind his grindstone
all he had to do was to mortise hole in the mid.
lie OF cheese, and turn 1t and grind his sCythe.
Before the invention Of nitroglycer,ne, 1t was O.
good days work to hew off cheese for meal.