New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
They DairI!
With P oil ics.
Henry Ames Of Litchfeld Furnishes the
Chicago Produce Review with
Oaustic Letter. 7
A Singing Criticism Of the Political
Hucksters Who Would Control
the Dairy Interests Of
the State.

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Gle from the pen of Henry Ames of Litch
field upon the condition of the agricul
tural and dairy associations of this state
and the danger that threatens them
from the encroachment of incompetent
officials and machine politicians. Mr.
Ames' article was in part as follows
1t has been said that whatever the
Minnesota Dairy schoo. asks, the dairy
and food department opposes. If this is
true, it is indeed source of regret to
those who, like myself, dairy with cows,
If not to those who dairy with politics.
But, admitting its truth, the cause is not
far to seek. Tie school IS conducted
strictly upon business principles, the de-
partment as strictly upon political prin-
ciples. The school has at its head a man
whose reputation as All authority uDon
dairylng is not only as wide as the con-
tinent, but has reached every land where
scientific dairying is conducted. He is
ably assisted by practiced men whom the
butter and cheese makers of the state
take pleasure in honoring and to whom
they have the confidence to look for ad-
vice. These men are zealously and in
telligently laboring iu the interests of
the dairy industry and to Place Mime
sofa in the lead as dairy state, while
the dairy and food department. expends
Its zeal in serving the interest of the ap-
pointing power. ~
For his last summers vacation the
professor of dairying held and addressed
over seventy meetings of dairymen in
this state, giving them valuable instruc-
tlon IN dalrylng. As his salary is paid
by the national government, and as the
railroad companies appreciated his SER
vices and gave him transportation, it has
not cost the state copeck, yet the dai :
rymen, who dairy with politics, charge
| ''AAAA Will CAIIdFdS5anCe.
! Compared with the above, the dairy
department, at an expense of $4,000,
thinks it has inspected about 100 cream
cries, and, as it was done by the class of
men l have indicated, the inspection
consisted principally in telling the pa
irons whether or not "their cans are
clean. What ''cow'' dairymen ask is
that this work be done by practical men,
who can roll up their sleeves, 90 into a
factory aud teach a man how 60 make
sweepstakes goods. In looking into the
personnel of the dairy and food depart
ment we find it claims one man who has
mad practical experience as factory
man, but it is we'll understood that by
long years of idleness i'll the department.,
although originally, perhaps, a good
man, he has become too lazy to lie of
much use to dairymen, and that it re-
qulresN the excitement of a hustling pc-
lltlcal campaign to arouse him to action.
lnquiring further, am informed there
are in this department editors, stump
speakers, bankrupt hotel keepers, bank
rupt saloon keepers, bankrupt merchants
and a1 ex-p postmastersa joblot Of political
buns, who know about as much Of prac.
teal dairying as 4 herd oe wild asses.
But all have a political pull.
| These are the men who are filling the
press with charges against Hacker,
without the manliness to sign their
names.
| Eiated with their success at New UIm.
one Of these politicians declared to the.
writer that they would drive Hacker
out OF the state, which means their de-
termination @ to bring the dairy school
under the political yoke, and / warn the
dalrymen OF the state that It will lie i
sorry day for our interests when these
political leg pullers accomplish their
purpose and pat III Hackers place 8
man Of the Berndt Anderson and julie
Lawrence type.
Probably the public service ii this or
any state was never 50 debauched as IS
the case in our dairy and food depart
ment during the past few years That
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the governor who appointed Anderson
became aware ofthis seems evident from
what be said N an address before dai.
ry convention held il Glenwood
made some awful bad .pp pointnents az IL
the dairy artment. hope ID be Tor. M
given e the next ria 4 not =