Mr. Ten Eyck. Do you not think that if the Government passes a
bill of this kind it will create a confidence in the consuming public
that cold-storage butter is not bad and that it will create the feeling
on the part of the consumer that it is under proper regulation ana



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that they are getting just as good butter out of cold storage as they
would be if they were buying fresh butter ?

Mr. Walker. I would say positively not. You have^ got this
public sentiment that is now in existence to deal with. It is bearing
the market now several cents a pound and you go out here in 60 days
with a badge on butter that it is a cold-storage product, then it will
buck right into this public sentiment, and it would take a depreci-
ated price, and two-tnirds of this product in the flush season will be
depreciated in value on that account. I confidently believe that.
Mr. Ten Eyck. As I have said before, I believe we will eventually
have to have cold-storage plants on our farms and m our communi-
ties as well as in the big cities, and the time is coming when we have
got to show to the consuming public that this is a benefit in carrying
the supply over the entire year instead of flooding the market with it
at one particular time, ana the quicker we do something to make the
public realize that an industry of this kind is a benefit rather than a
detriment to both the producer and the consumer, the better off we
will all be.
