Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-11-15
ANNUAL MEETING
OF the Iowa Butter, Cheese and
Egg Associations
Fourteenth Convention $50, 900,
900 Annual PrOduct-Inter-
esting Discussions.

FORT DoDGE, Nov. S.-The fourteenth
annual convention Of the Iowa Butter.
Cheese and Egg association closed its
three days session at noon yesterday.
The attendance was unusually large,
the register showing more members
present than at last years convention.
The total enrolment was 103.
The closing session was spent in re.
ceiving reports OF committees, awarding
premiums and electing officers.
The committee IN officers reported
the following names: President, O. r.
Dennison, Mason City; vice.president,
C.. l.. Gabrielson, New Hampton; secre.
tary, j. w. Johnson, Oskaloosa; treas
urer, c. W.. Sibley, State Center.
Executive committee: A.. G. Upper, Z.
Freeman, II. ID. Parsons. The com.
mittee recommended that Colonel II. NJ.
Little be made a life member. The re-
port in its entirety was adopted.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved, That the Iowa Butter, Cheese
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action of the representatives of the dairy
men and kindred associations of the Uni.
ted States, assembled in Chicago in Sep.
TENDER last, in voting TO hold a grand rep
resentative dairy exhibition of the Amer.
lean dairy, illustrated by practical work
in all the details of the dairy interests,
said exhibition TO continue from the open
ing to the closing of the Columbian exposn
ton.
Resolved, That the d~airymen Of Iowa -
requested to contribute toward meeting
the expenses of preparation for said ma
tional dairy exhibit.
Resolved, That this association indorses
the selection of Colonel II. NJ. Littler and
Hon. Il. ID. Sherman as meInbers OF the
executive committee of the Columbian
dairy exposition, and requests them to con-
tinue - serve on sd d committee.
Whereas, The farming interests suffer
in common with those OF the dairymen
from the adulteration known as lard com
pound, therefore
Resolved, That we respectfully ask the
passage of the Conger lard bill, the aim OF
which is to apply the principle OF the
oleomargarine law to this important pro-
duct.
Resolved, That the duty of the Iowa
state dairy commissioner should be en-.
larged, and he should be charged with the
enforcement olo state laws against the
adulteration of all food products
Resolved, That in view of the fact that
this association represents a system OF
industries, the product of which now ex-
ceeds 500 q % annually, which sum
may be vastly increased by the publica.
ton Of the proceedings of his ass ocia-
ton, we urge the legislature TO provide
for such publication at the expense OF the
state.
Resolved, That the thanks OF this asso
ciAtion are due TO the railroads Of Iowa
for special facilities, TO the press of the
state for courtesies extended and TO the
hotels of the city forifavors conferred, and
last but not least to the musical people of
the city for the delightful fea urs of this
session provided by them, an. to the PEG
pie of Fort Dodge for the bountiful hos
pitalities accorded in providing the ban
quet of last evening which In ali the more
appreciated as being the first In the
history of the association.
During the session some very inter.
esting discussions were had and some
notable addresses delivered. Henry
Wallace, of the Homestead. made one
of the hits of the injecting with a mas
terry article on Tho Outlook for the
Western Farmer" Dairy Commits
sioner Upper, President X. NJ Littler,
of Chicago: o. n. Dennison, OF Mason
City: Hon. L. 5. Coffin, j. w. John
son, Of Oskaloosa, and Mrs. Carrie
Coffin Rutledge were the other speakers.
A telegram was read from Governor
Hoard, OF Wisconsin, expressing his re-
greet at his inability to be present
Tama Jim Wilson also failed TO put in
an appearance.
An elaborate banquet was rendered
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evening. Over 200 plates were laid.
One of the mostimportant proceedings
of the convention was the adoption Of a
resolution appointing Messrs. Upper,
Dennison and Johnson a committee to
wait upon the trustees of the Iowa Agri-
cultural college at Ames and request
that a dairy experimental station be es-
tablished by the college.