The Republican journal., 1881-04-14


cause perfect article of oleomargarine
could be produced in the laboratory a
pure article was manufactured for COM
merce. The fact was that it would not
pay manufacturers to go to the expense
incurred in the laboratory" Mr.. Hen
shaw, produce merchant, said that
alum and acids were used in making
oleomargarine oil, and that he had visit
ed the factories and found the men work
ing half naked and filthy. "The floor
was covered with filth to the depth of
half an inch, composed of dirt mingled
with the drainage of the product which
was being made" This practice would
preclude healthy goods, but does it touch
the principal of making oleomargarine
Other manufacturers may be cleanly in
their habits The committee visited some
of the factories in person. Those that
had notice were cleaned up, others were
in fearful condition, while still others
refused admittance, and, as the commit
tee were not armed with powers OF search,
they had to acquiesce.
The committee closed its labors with
an examination of Mr.. Francis ID. Moul-
ton, the president of the International
Dairy Fair Association, who, at the same
time, made an argument in behalf Of the
dairymen and farmers Of the country, of
which the American Dairyman says
at is by far the most comprehensive and
exhaustive argument that has yet been
made on this subject, and will have a
wide influence 1t was delivered with
the utmost feeling, and every one present
w:as IMP impressed with the sincerity of Mr..
Moulton's position and the power Of his
logic. The dairy has never had an ADLER
or more eloquent advocate"
In his address, of which we can give
only a brief synopsis, Mr.. Moulton goes
thoroughly into the whole subject, and
shows the effect of the trade in oleOmar-
garine upon the producers of natural but
ter, both directly and indirectly, while
pointing out the imposition it is upon
consumers He shows by the most com
petent authority, the unwholeSomeneSs
of the compound against which the dairy
has to compete, and stl9matlZes the
methods of its manufacturers as they de-
serve He shows that the best interests
of the whole country will suffer if oleo-
margarine continues to be manufactured,
and eloquently appeals for protection to
the great dairy industry. one course
means destruction, the other prosperity.
When asked how he would brand oleo-
margarine, he said with the word fraud.
Mr.. Moulton read petitions from Massa-
chusetts and Indiana asking for aid in
suppressing the evil. His address was
listened to with the greatest attention by
the committee and the large representa-
ton of the butter and cheese trade that
was present, and elected frequent out
bursts of applause.
The recent murder of the Emperor OF
Russia has called the attention of the
civilized world to the fact that in every
country of continental Europe, forces are
at work beneath the surface OF society
which may. at any moment, result in an
explosion. While Russia has its Nihilists,
Germany has its Socialists, France its
Communists, Italy its Reds, and Spain
its Reyolutionists. Strange to say, Aus
tria which has been held up in former
times as an example of absolute govern
ment, seems to be freer from the presence
of political conspirat0rs than any other
country of continental Europe. But in
Austria also there are, no doubt, branches
OF the great international society that
binds together agitators of every country
and tongue. That the success of the plot
against the life of the Gar will encourage
these conspirators of various lands to at
tempt other acts of violence is probable
II these acts of violence are attempted
war will probably be waged on these
worshippers of destruction in every coun-
try of Europe. 1t will result in their be
ing suppressed. At present a Nihilist
fees to France, or a Socialist to Italy. If
the European governments make common
cause against the whole venomous brood,
they will he compelled either to cease
plotting or to leave Europe.
The editor of Boston publication has
taken advantage of Ben Buffers absence
OH Il yachting cruise to deck him with
borrowed plumes, and present him to the
reading public as a poet. Ben Butler a
poet. "Spooney" he may have been, but
a poet never. The editor of the publca
ton in question, finding in an old number
of the Democratic Review a sonnet by b.
F. Butler, erroneously ascribed it to the
gallant, or otherwise, skipper of the
yacht America, now skimming the waves
in Southern seas. His authority disputed
he could only say that the Generals see
retary supposed that the sonnet was by
Gen. Butler, who, he said, was given to
writing poetry in his earlier years, as he
had heard him remark" But b. f. But
ler, the poet of the old Democratic Re-
view, was born in kinderhook, N. v, in
1895 and died in France in 1853. He
was Attorney General of the United
States from 1881 to 1884, and acted as
Secretary of war for several months at a
subsequent period of Gen. Jackson's ad-
ministration He left the Democratic
party on the passage of the Kansas Ne
braska bill in 1854 and supported Free