Year: 1879

George W. Peck, of the La Crosse
Sun, recently delivered an address be-
fore the Wisconsin State Dairyman' 5
Association. The following is an ex-
tract from the witty document:


FeliO,r Credm-d-tjOHiStS: In calling
upon me, on this occasion, to enlighten
you upon a subject that is dear to the
hearts OF all Americans, your have got
the right man in the right place. 1t
makes me proud to come to my old
home and unfold the truths that have
been folded since | can remember. 1t
may be said by scoffers, and it has been
said to-day, in my presence, that i
didn't know enough to even milk a COW.
| deny the allegation; show me the al
ligator. If any gentleman present has
got cow here with him, and clothes
wringer, will show you whether | can
milk COW or not. Or, if there is a
cheese mine here handy, ] will demon
strate that | can rUaRet.


The manufacture of cheese and but
ter has been among the earliest indus
tries. Away back in the history of the
world, we find Adam and Eve convey
ing their milk from the garden of Eden.
in one-horse wagon, TO the cool spring
cheese factory, to be weighed in the
balance. Whatever lay be said of
Adam and Eve to their discredit in the
marketing of the products of their
orchard, it has never been charged that
they stopped at the pump and put wa
ter In their milk cans. Doubtless you
all remember how Cain killed his bro
ther Abel because Abel would not let
him do the churning. We can picture
Cain and Abel driving muley cows up
to the house from the pasture in the
northeast corner of the garden, and
Abel standing at the bars with a tin
pail and three-legged stool, smoking
a meerschaum pipe and singing, "Hold
the fort, for | am coming through the
| rye" while Eve sat on the veranda
altering over her last years polonaise,
and winking at the devil who stood
behind the milk-hOuse singing, 81 want
to be an angel" After he got thro'
r,ilking he came up and saw Eve blush
ing and he said, MADAM, cheese it,"
and she chose it.


But to come down to the present day, +,
we find that cheese has become one of
the most important branches of manu-
facture. 1t is next in importance to
the silver interest. And, fellow cheese
mOngers, you are doing yourselves
great injustice that you do not petition
Congress to pass bill to remonetize
cheese. There is more cheese raised in
this country than there is silver, and it
is more valuable. Suppose you had not
eaten a mouthful in thirty days, and
you should have placed on the table
before You ten dollars stamped out of
silver bullion on one plate and nine
dollars stamped out of cheese bullion
on another plate. Which would you
take first? Though the face value of
the nine cheese dollars would be ten
per cent. below the face value of the
ten silver dollars, you would take the
cheese. You could use it to better ad-
vantage in your business. Hence, L
say, cheese is more valuable than silver,
and it should be made legal tender for
all debts, public and private, except
pew-rent. may be in advance of other
eminent financiers who have studied
the currency question, but l want to
see the time come, and | trust the day
is not far distant, when 4121s grains of
cheese Will be equal to dollar in cod
fish, and when the merry jingle of
slices of cheese shall be heard in every
pocket. Then every cheese factory can
make its own coin, money will be plen-
ty, everybody will be happy, and there
never will be any more war. 1t may be
asked how this currency can be re-
deemed? / would have an incontro-