River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-15
DAIRY INTERESTS
The National Convention COnvenes Mt
Cedar Rapids, IOwa-- Gov. Gear and
Other Prominent Hzen Make ApprO-
pirate Speeches.

priAte SpteeHSA
The National Butter. Cheese and Egg
Association held its first meeting at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov %, with six
hundred delegates in attendance repre-
senting twenty-five states
After an address of welcome by the
president of the board of trade, +. K.
Upton, Mayor Smith and Gov. Gear,
the president of the association, Hon
Austin Belknap, of Boston, delivered
the annual address to an audience of
nearly two thousand. After detailing
the object of the convention he entered
into and fully discussed questions of
national importance, among other
things saying it was within the remem-
! brance of some of the delegates when
Chautauqua county, New York, fur
nished the seaboard markets with west
ern butter, and later on, Ohio butter
appeared in the market, and for time
the Ohio Reserve furnished the best
quality of western butter. 1t was lit
tie light colored, light sailed, and
not very close made, but on the whole
it filed, in general way, the place in
the market now occupied by our pres
ent western dairy packed butter. At
that time the people in the newly set
tied p rtion of the state packed their
butter in secondhand salt barrels, con-
tanning from 225 pounds each to $40
pounds. In packing this butter an I'M
successful attempt was made to pack
with refer nee TO color, sadness and
| quality but it was generally left to in
| competent hands, and the work was so
| imperfectly done as to be of little adj
vantage to either seller or buyer. Hi
nois soon followed Ohio. In the latter
state the improvement was more rapid
| than in the former, for the art of man
ufacturing had become better and more
generally understood. Following in
quick succession came Wisconsin and
Iowa. The latter state has increased
the quantity and improved the quality
of her products more rapidly than any
| of the states previously named She
is taking front rank in the markets of
| the seaboard, especially in the Boston
market. which is claSsed among the
markets of this country as one of the
most critical The discoveries of the
present age have wrought radical
changes in the manner of transacting
business i'll the tastes and habits of our
countrymen The mode of handling
eggs has so changed within short
time that the seller at first hands, in
stead of having to accept five, eight
and ten cents per Gozen during the
summer months, now receives twelve,
fourteen and sixteen, and at the last
named prices the dealers profit on the
business is as good as it was on the
business transacted at the former low
prices. 1t is said that by the system of
cold storage now In use eggs gathered IN
good condition may be had until Janua-
ry of the year following. In these pro-
life times discoveries are often made
that are benefit to mankind in
general. There are others of doubtful
utility, and of such we may name oleo-
margarine, butterine, and lard cheese,
The two last are far from being sue
cess, and it is doubtful if they can ever
be made such. The former seems to
be making its way into society in spite
of all opposition. Counterfelts are al
ways the most dangerous when they
most resemble the genuine article, of
which they are the imitation. When
you are made aware of the fact that the
base of the best quality of the COM
pound known as oleomargarine is
choice Iowa butter, you will not be so
much surprised to learn that i. is sold
for genuine butter to those who are not
critical judges. Consumers are not as
sensitive about buying adulterated arti.
Giles of food as they would be if they
had not been long accustomed to buy
them, knowing them to be such. Coffee
is mixed with field peas, and good tea
is so mixed as to make a quality of tea
salable at price the purchaser is will
ing to pay Cream of tartar is adulter-
ated with one, Two and three fourths
magnesia. Horse radish is largely
English turnips favored with the rad
ish, and so on with all kinds of spices.
These authorizations are made to Zurich
the seller and to bring down the price
to better meet the views of the pur-
chasers. To get pure article special
orders must be given. He believed it
advisable for manufacturers in each
stale to agree upon a trademark which
may be put upon packages containing
pure butter and full cream cheese, 20
that those who want pure goods can
get them: and the same would apply
to all dealers.
Gov. Gear and wife, Hon. James F.
Wilson and many other notables were
present A large number of delegates
and visitors arrived on the evening
trains. There were one thousand del
egates present. The entries were I'M
precedented Some classes have near
| ly 5000 worth of butter in them.
| Committees are nov working on ex-
hibits and great interest centers on
prizes as to which state shall prove the
winner.
Two thousand people, composing the
richest and finest audience of Ameri-
cans, representing a great industry,
ever assembled in Iowa, were present
at the reception tonight. Responses
were by Gov. Gear, President Simpson
! of the Boston produce exchange; G. II.
| w. Wagner, of Chicago; Secretary Lit
tier, Of Iowa; l.. B. Hubbard, of Yer
mont; w. H. Horde, of Washington,
d. c.: James NJ Gilbr ugh, of Phila-
| delphia.
The reception given by the citizens
Of Cedar Rapids to the delegates of the
National Butter, Cheese and Egg con-
vention was very enjoyable affair, and
continued until nearly II O'Clock. 1t
consisted in toasts and responses, music
and ROTATIONS.
The next topic was the american
Dairy" Mr. Smith, Of New York, gave
brief history of the dairy business in
the country.
The second day of the convention
was opened by discussion of "Oleo-
margarine" and other fraudulent COM
pounds in adulteration of dairy pro-
ducts.
In the discussion of cream cries in
general the weight of opinion seemed
to be in favor of creameries suffi-
GENTLY large to take gathering of ten
miles.
The afternoon session was opened by
discussion of I" Shortage in Cream and
Butter" This was participated in by
number of delegates, and practical
creamery and dairymen.
SECOND DAY.
In the dairy convention there was a
, discussion of the ensiage question hy
Mr.. Burrell, of Little Falls, N Y. A
resolution declaring that it pays feed
so cent corn to good dairy cows at
least nine months in the year was
adopted. A committee of thirteen was
appointed to take necessary steps to
SECURE LEGISLATION in tho different states