Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-11-25
DAIRY MEN In COUNCIL
Close of the Session of the National
Butter, Cheese and Egg AssOcia-
ton at Chicago.
An Interesting Programme Carried
Out With Much Benefit
to All.

The annual convention of the National
Butter, Cheese and Egg association
has Just closed at Chicago. Inter
esting meetings were held, and every
body felt that it had been good to be
there.
Among other speakers Mr.. James An
derson, Chairman of the committee on
preserving, packing and transporting
eggs, said no absolutely satisfactory pro
cess of preserving eggs would be discoV-
cred until plan had been developed for
the indefinite continuation of a human
life. Cases were preferable to barrels
for packing purposes, although in New
York barrels were preferred by dealers,
as they could be re-sold. In Boston cases
were thought to be more satisfactory.
The direction to lined eggs, Mr.. Gallo
way thought, was the result of prejudice.
In regard to the best methods of packing
butter, Mr.. Judd thought by placing 1t IN
tin cases chloride of tin would be formed,
which, being of poisonous nature, would
work injury to the trade. 1t was explain
ed that only in the event of the inner
surface of the can being exposed to the
air could there be any danger. paper
read by Boston delegate was to the eff
men of packing their butter in tubs was
unsatisfactory to large number of east
ern dealers. The tubs, it was claimed,
gathered and retained dirt. The swamp
spruce tub gave satisfaction. The discus
sion on the
TIN OR WOOD PACKING
continued for some time, and at the end
of it the gentlemen favoring the tub were
of the same opinion still, while their OPP
ponents remained loyal to tin, Congress
was asked TO provide proper fund to
carry out the provisions of the oleomar-
garine law.
The most important business in the
morning session was the Offering of the
following resolution by Mr.. Duckworth,
of New York:
"That we here reiterate that it is the
sense Cf the association that all manufac
turers and dealers in prime dairy products
be requested to withdraw all support and
aid from the various organizations and
associations throughout the country, that
have persistently favored the illegal
traffic in oleomargarine, and which have
heretofore aided manufacturers and deal
ers in spurious butter by exhibiting and
dealing in such way as to assist in its
fraudulent SALE"
The consideration of this was pOstpon-
ed until the afternoon, and the conyen-
ton adjourned.
When the members were raped to or
der at 3 o'clock Mr.. T. d. Curtis spoke on
Lessons of the Times" He said adulter-
alton was a crime for the suppression of
which
AN ANTI-ADULTERATlON LAW
should be passed. 1t was a crying need.
It would not interfere with the manufact-
ure of substitutes which could be made
and sold, but only under their right
names. AdullteratiOn of the necessaries
of life was no better than highway rob-
berry. People would learn some day that
the god of cheapness is also the god Of
deceit and swindling. The title of his
talk had been chosen with reference to
the contest that had been going on be-
tween genuine darying on one side, and
counterfeit dairying on the other; be-
tween fair-dealing and swindling. He
congratulated the convention on the vic
tories already won. The enemy was quite
strong and very subtle. 1t was able to
employ fine legal talent. "The Chicago
press" said Mr.. Curtis, ''was CREASED all
over, and its editorials were saturated
with bogus butter during the whole of the
long-to-be remembered fight in Congress.
1t was totally incapable of seeing the
difference between an industry turning
out honest goods and one turning out
cOunterfeits. x x 1t would be no
compliment to the intellect of its editors
to suppose that they were honest in the
attitude which they assumed" A letter
was read from Professor J. p. Sheldon,
of Ashfurne, England, on the subject of
OLEOMARGARINE IN HIS LAND.
An act of Parliament was required to
put it down. Thomas III. Higgins, repre-
senting the British Dairymen's Associa-
ton, sent to the convention an invitation
to visit him in England. The invitation
was accepted. A letter was read from
Thomas B. Wales, Secretary of the Hol-
stein Friesian Association, having for its
substance the establishment of a nation
al dairy exhibition. Great good could be
accomplished for the dairy interests of
the country by the holding each year in
Chicago during the continuance of the
American Fat Stock Show of a grand
National dairy exhibition to include
dairy cattle, dairy products, machinery.
fixtures, and appliances of all kinds used
in the manufacture of butter and cheese
liz SO-O pSIdb1OI VI Gil6 dSSOc1dblOu was
asked, and N ov. II was stated as the date
for the meeting at the Grand Pacific
Hotel of those in sympathy with the
movement. Mr.. George W. Tower, Jr.,
of Michigan, read paper on the meth
DDS of manufacturing butter, for which,
after good many questions; he was
given a vote of thanks. The President
was kind enough to Mr.. Tower to say
that his paper was the only original one
presented to the convention. A resolu-
ton was presented
CHANGING THE NAME
of the association to the National Pro-
duce Association" 1t was referred TO a
committee, which will report to the next
annual meeting of the dairymen. On the
matter of whether tin or wood was the
better for butter packing purposes, a
chemist reported that tin had an affinity
for chlorine, and readily formed tin
chloride; the results of the reaction be-
tween salt and the tin in can contain
ing butter would flavor and discolor the
butter, and render it unstable and unfit
~ no rced Tin Chloride Uar