The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

sure the farmer by an appeal 10 hi
reason and by the immutable deduC
tons of trial and experience that hi
pursuit is self-supporting, and Nee
not hang its head either in shame O
despair in I'LL the conflicts between
capital and labor, until the Bosom G
destruction has etcrnally swept tn
green fields of the northwest.
No mission has higher purpos
than yours. You labor for the pros
pcrity, happiness and contentment O
all those whose homes are on tn,
boundlcss prairie where stalwart vir
tue and patriotism grow, undctile,
by the ietid breath of poverty ant
fostering cline.
This republic will never drag it
anchor in any storm SO long rs it,
children prosper i'll every department
{ of life. Discomfort under a hcav,
yoke imposed upon physical labor il
the arch enemy of any government
and will continually plo, against it
even if It's banners do toss with heed
less gaily over the sea and over tn,
land.
The interest YOU advance is ;,
intcrlaccd with every other i'll thu
country, that when YOU advance The
one. YOU advance all Others, and per,
form distinguished part in the cnrob
ing OF all physical labor with the PIANO,
ply OF dignity i, has a RICH, to dc,
mand.
\ Roman Noble was rolling along
the Appian way with his chariot and
tawdry cquippage two thousand year,
ago. and meeting a common laborcI
trudgins along towards the eternal
city, he Knocked and jcered at his
homely garb and brawny arms. The
lahorcr Stung To the heart by this
gratuitou> insult. hurried along
through the Capuan gate, and up to
the very palace oi Augustus Caesar,
and laid his complaint in the hands
q! the very first of all Roman Empcr-
orS. Caesar, great IN maSnanlmity
and great in Justice consi gned the
offending Noble to the cold sweat OF
the Mamertine prison.
. Let the day advance when the
American laborer, bold in success and
assured by the universal recognition
of the dignity OF his avocation, may
freely enter any palace in all this land
and lay his complaint Al the feet OF
any power that rules the dcstinies OF
this Republic.
Gentlemen. | am only speaking the
>cntimen, of the committee here
represent. while say to YOU of
Iowa. Wisconsin, and Illinois, when
YOU return 10 your homes, tell all your
people that as Minnesota stood side
bs side with them when they threw
their arms around the pillars of 1 re
public in danger. SO she will stand side
hv side with them forever in the up
building and defence of any enter
prise that will vouChsafe happiness to
all the people, and eternal duration
10 that republic.
Again | bid YOU welcome. and ten
der YOU the generous cooperation of
all this people.
Il. L. M@;lincy, in response, said il
afforded him much pleasure to acknowl
edge the courtc>ics which had been cx-
tended II the officers of the Dairy Assoc
citation. They had but once before met
in III" same place, 80 that il could read
lily Lee understood that wherever the Off
GERS received such welcome a. they
had received here tonight they felt
that they had come To share the hos
pitality of their friends and hoped and
believed that their stay here would not
only he pleasant and of interest to
themselves but especially 50 To those
who bad followed the business of agri-
culture in this state. From the intelli-
gent and large gathering before him to
night he had no doubt of the out come
Of this Convention. He was satisfied in
his own mind that the gentlemen there
would assist the officers of this Convcn-
ton that il might be even better than
il WAS last Year, which w;is the best
Convention al the kind ever held in
th" United states. They had come
there for tn" purpose of learning what
mad been d"nc in the past, what were
ia" methods and SIICcc-s, and general
" L. promote and increase the industry
al ,idiry farming. This, then, was 10
b" considered ~ Il school. Although
Minnesota has ~ recently joined in this
years from this date there would be
over half million of cows in use for
iairyin2 purposes in this State. If YOU
will stop 10 consider that in the United
states TODAY there are twenty million
CONS for dairying purposes you will
readily sec the progress that has been
made in this direction. Mr.. Mc,ilincy
here gave some interesting figures "a
the result of his investigations, demon
>triting the enormous growth and inn
portance of this dairy industry in the
tnitcd States and especially in Mime
-ota during the last few years. He said
that now was good time to take notes
and ascertain what had been done in
Minnesota during the past year, and
ascertain what improvement had been
made, whether the industry Was Il pro-
iitablc one To pursue here, and whether
We had gone into the business intelli-
gently. Referring to the possibilities of
dairying. Mr.. Mailincy said that a far
mer in Warren, this State, had during
! the last season succeeded in getting
/ from eleven COWS and eleven two-year-
old hciters, which he called equal to
! To- COWS, An average of 29l pounds of
butter per head, which butter sold at
an average of SS0.l4per COW. Ofcourse,
/ hc said, those of us who come from old
or States have seen these figures before
and vet they did feel that they were
exceedingly large. 1t had been his
fortune, he said, during the past year
Ia visit a great many fairs, and to see at
| those fairs great variety of butter, and
! he found that there il still great room
! for improvement. You want your but
ter put up in packages 30 that it will
! have a good appearance to the eye and
! YOU want nice white cloths put over
the top of it. Some people think it Ii
! only necessary to get their butter II
market; but if they want to take gilt.
edged butter they must use the very
best package, and, above all have brand
new cloths. Referring to the winterine
of cows, he urged good shelter and pro-
lection, which he found was not sutfici
emily observed. He also objected t.
the selling of young stock and buying
the same back again from the SAINT
men when the animals had obtained
their growth. He did not believe thi:
to be profitable way of doing business
In conclusion, he would say, that bust
ness intelligence had to be employed
in dairying as much as in any othel
industry, and, as the object of this Con
vention was to obtain and convey in
formation upon the subject, he hoped
that none would hesitate in askin!
such questions as they might desire ant
they would endeavor to have them an
swered.