The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-02-08
skim MILK CHEESE
A STATE ISSUE
ASSEMBLYMAN GRELL HAS MADE
HIMSELF KNOWN ALL
OVER THE STATE.
La Toilette Grabs Another Straw and
Is Venting His Spleen,
As Usual.


consin is over the name of Henry
Grell is likely to be heard all over
the state of Wisconsin. 1t is all be-
cause Mr.. Grell is the father Of the
bill which is attracting a great deal
of attention and which even at the
present time can almost be denom-
| mated as political issue in this state.
The Grell bill, which was introduced
in the last legislature permitting the
making of skim milk cheese in Wis
consin has been made target by
Senator La Toilette in the present
campaign.
The general feeling is that the state
is not yet ready for the Grell bill and
it is likely that all sides would be
willing the measure should be for
gotten. And yet from an economic
standpoint, sooner or later, legislation
along the line of the Grell bill is
bound, in the belief of Mr.. Grell and
by many others who are following the
economic situation as regards not
alone the dairy interests but that of
the public at large, to be finally
adopted.
There is no question but if the high
cost of living which was bugaboo
two years ago is to be reduced legis-
lation permitting the use of the by
product of milk must be adopted. Mr..
Grell declares it is utterly outside of
the question to denominate skim milk
as filled cheese, and that such talk is
but concealing the real issue. 1t is
the statement of Mr.. Grell, as given
by him in an interview some days
ago, that cheese made out of skim
milk, if properly designated as skim
milk cheese, should have just as law
full right in the market as the cream
cheese OF today, and it Is the claim
OF Mr.. Grell that if legislation per-
m1tting the manufacture of skim milk
cheese is adopted it will be a general
boon to the public and will mean the
use of the by-product of milk to make
food which is both healthful and
nourishing, besides tending to reduce
the cost Of all cheese to the ultimate
consumer. 1t is the declaration OF
Mr.. Grell that the by-products of milk
must be used just the same as the by
products of everything else, and that
his bill means greater efficiency in
the operation in the dairy with a re-
suit of higher income to the farmer
and lessening cost to the consumer
because of the increase in the product
which the manufacture of the by-prod-
uct into cheese would permit
Mr.. Grell claims that no deception
would be practiced in the manufacture
OF skim milk cheese because the
stamping of the cheese would be such
that no person would be deceived. It
is the statement of Mr.. Grell that the
only effect of the manufacture of the
by-product into cheese would be to in
crease the amount of cheese product
and give to the consumer a heaIthful,
wholesome cheese which could be pur-
chased by him at less price than is
now charged for sO-called cream
cheese.
The side of the consumer on the
question was given but little consid-
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skim milk cheese question before the
last Legislature. Somehow the idea
became prevalent that the Grell bill
would injure the dairy interests of
terests would suffer was used to OBJ
the state, and the fear that those in
tain the substantial opposition to the
bill which finally materialized
Whether the Grell bill, or some sub
stitute of similar character, will find
it's way into the next legislature can
not yet be said, but if it does the aues-
tion is worthy substantial consider
alton. Such a consideration was not
given the bill in the last legislature,
the measure would seem to have con-
siderable economic merit
If the city people are to eat, the
farms of the nation must become
larger producers. Now this larger
production can only be obtained by
the increase in acreage production,
or by the economic use of all by-prod-
ucts. The Grell bill represents, it is
claimed, an economic necessity, and if
it does represent such a necessity,
legislation permitting the manufact-
ure of skim milk cheese will be only
a question of ftime-Milwaukee News.