The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-04-19

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Maryland Dairymen.
A large meeting of dairymen from all sec.
tions OF the state was held on Tuesday in Bal
timore pursuant to call issued by the com.
mittee appointed at meeting held on March
18th last, and permanent organization was
effected. The body assembled at 8, A. NJ. at
Miller's Hotel corner of Paca and German
streets, but as the number Of dairymen pres.
! ent was very large, it was decided to adjourn
to Mechanics Hall, opposite Fords Opera
House. The meeting was called to order by
by l.. A. j. Lamotte, Of Carroll county, who
was chosen Chairman. Mr.. VIM. b. Sands,
editor Of the american Farmer, acted as Sec.
rotary. The constitution, as reported by the
committee, was read, and after some slight
amendment was adopted, and the Maryland
State Dairymen's Association was duly or
gained. The constitution provides that no
person shall be eligible for membership unless
identified in some way with the dairy inter
ests either in or out Of the city; members can
be elected by ballot only, and must pay an
| initiation fee Of 81. The purposes of the as
sociation are to protect the milk producers Of
the country from inscriptions city dealers
who do not conduct business in an honorable
manner, both as regards paying the farmers
for their milk and adulterating the same after
~ Ithcueh inc city.
After the adoption Of the constitution the
following gentlemen, ffty-four in number,
were admitted to membership and paid their
initiation fec to Mr.. Charles Lyon Rogers,
whe had been chosen temporary treasurer
DIR. G. A. Leas, o. ii. Lohmann, w. G. Mar
tin, Eugene Darlington, N. Ii. Parlett, G..
/. Herring Thomas Elliott, J. +. Walk, r.
l.. Shipley, j, ii. Clark, l.. II. Cole, b. Van
| Blbber, John W. Sparks, Ephraim Haines,
G. Cole, G. W. Michael, Henry Schmidt,
Samuel Roof, Il. NJ. Bish, C. r. Favour, A.
IL. Barnes, G. Lyon Rogers, Henry Vernon,
A. +. Carey, W. b. Sands, 4. Kuntz, W. II.
Gibson, Richard Disney, Richard Hutchins,
John W. Herbert, Edward Haines, l.. A. j.
l.amotte, Peter Rush,, Granville $. Haines,
g. W. Armacost, William c. Biddison, J. II.
Jordan, Thomas Gorsuch, j.. L. Kemp, John
Clemson, A. Bowie Davis, I. j. Belts, Joel
Bish, J. Y. sweeting, Timothy Foley, j. l..
Sutton, Thomas Sullivan, Il. j. Read, John
Slade, George A. Davis, John d. Lisle, Al.
bert Stricken, Hon. Charles b. Roberts and
DR.. G. W. Chancellor.
Officers were elected for one year, as fol.
lows President, Hon. Charles b. Roberts,
Of Carroll county; Vice Presidents, A. Bowie
Davis, OF Montgomery county; l.. A. J. La
motto, OF Carroll county, and G. w. Michael,
Of Hartford county; Secretary, VIM. B. Sands,
and Treasurer, G. Lyon Rogers, of Baltimore
county. An executive committee Of seven
members was also elected, one member in
the interest of the producers along the line Of
each Of the great railroads centreing in this
city, one member for the State at large and
two representing the commercial diaries or
milk dealers of the city. The committee is
Us follows IT j. Belts, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad; Cornelius Cole, Philadelphia, Viii
I min0tpn aud Ralttmora Raiiroad.I
Lamotte, Western Maryland Railroad; Thorn
as Elliott, Northern Central Railway; DR.. G.
W. Chancellor, for the State at large, and j.
ID. Lisle and c. ii. Lohmann, for the com.
mercal diaries.
Mr.. Herring, Of Carroll county, made q
motion to have a just and equitable price
fixed by the association for milk, and debate
was about 10 commence on the subject, when
the chair announced that the matter came
under the province Of the executive commit.
tee, who would give il attention and report
at the next meeting. The price of milk is
down to sixteen cents per gallon to the pro-
Queer, and the dealers are talking Of paying
only fourteen cents after the first of May.
The farmers say it costs more than sixteen
cents to place pure milk upon the market.
A suggestion was made to have the City
| Council represented ia the association, when
Mr. Favour spoke against such measure,
and in closing his remarks said councilmen
we're generally milk and water people, and
they did not want that kind"
! DIR. Z. A. Leas made an address upon the
danger the community is in from adulterated
milk. He said There are two ways of de.
stroying life, the positive and the negative,
and feeding young infants and sick per.
sons upon impure milk can certainly be class.
ed under the latter head. Besides the milk
which is produced from cows that are not
properly fed, is that which is manufactured
by the use Of chemicals, the formulas for
which are very numerous, and are contn.
nally offered to farmers with the guarantee
that they will increase their profits from 20
TO 20 per cent. These formulas are nothing
less than an attack upon thelive of thousands
oil the community; none Of them provide or can
possibly provide the albumen which the pure
milk contains, and when that is lacking the
nutriment of the fluid is gone. The Mayor
and City Council should know that it is in.
tended to manufacture and sell this stuff, and
he hoped this meeting would take steps to
have committee appointed to present these
great truths TO the authorities
On motion Of Mr.. G. W. Michael, the Ex
ecutiye COMMITTEES were instructed to appoint
committee to wait upon the Mayor and lay
the matter before him. Mr. A. Bowie Davis
made an eloquent address, congratulating the
association upon having secured the services
of so good a man for its president, and assur-
ing them that under his lead success was an
assured fact
A resolution was passed to request DR..
Elias G. Price, DIR. Van Bibber and other
physicians to read papers before the next meet.
ing upon the use Of adulterated milk and its eff.
fleets, more particularly upon inyalids and
infants. The meeting adjourned late in the
afternoon to meet again upon the 9th day of
May next, at noon.