The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-17
The American a griculturists.

PHILADELPHIA, September 16.-At to-
days session of the American Agricul-
tural and Dairy Association, the com
mittee on resolutions presented a series
of RESOLUTIONS again stating the pc
culiar fitness in appealing to Congress
for such legislation as will at least, pro-
tect them rom the necessity of com
peting with food products which are
fraudulently manufactured and sold to
the detriment of the morals and health
of the people; expressing qualification
at the passage of the oleomargarine bill.
and rendering THANKS to S. majors and
Representatives President OF the United
States and the ureSs of the country for
their support OF the MEASURE. pledging
themselves TO use all honorable means
to secure III. reelection % Congress of
the Senators and Representatives re-
ferTed to, II cOgniZ ng them TO be the
friends of he people and opposed to
the entertainments OF fraud, recog=
niZing the necessity of additional
legislation TO Perfect the bill
so that Is Provisions NAV apply TO
keepers OF bo'eiS and board ny bo6ses,
and to those WIN employ and board
large numbers of men. urging Con-
gress to consider the measure. and
finally recommending tha' the States
which have laws relating to oleomar-
garine CO. 'perate with this association.
The resolutions were ado0ttd. Gen.
eral Be aver and Lieutenant Governor
Black. Republican and Dtmocratic
candidates for Governor OF Pennsyl-
vania, made brief address es, after
adopting resolutions. calling upon the
farmers of the United States to join the
a.
there were none in their neighborhood
to organize them.
The convention took a recess.
When the convention re-assem bled the
committee on resolutions submitted
resolution which vas adopted,
stating that the association did not'con-
fine itself TO the enactment and en-
forcement of laws against fraudulent
dairy products, but desired q revision
Of the laws to prevent the public lands
from falling into the hands of corpora
tons against adulteraiious and for the
revision of the tariff regulation of
foreign immigration.
A communication was received from
DR.. J. W. Gadsden veterinary surgeon,
urging the importance of obtaining
legislation from Congress that will
efectuslly stamp o. pleuro pneumonia,
which threatens the animal industries
of the country. He claimed that it was
an incurable disease. and that
apparently recovered animals are the
most dangerous, containing, as they
do. the germs of infection. The only
safety is in the prompt destruction of
every animal that is or has been SUI
ferer. A resolution to petition Congress
to pass such laws as would effectuslly
carry out Dr.. GradShen's suggestion
was unanimously adopted. A resolus
ton requesting Congress to amend the
oleomargarine laws by increasing the
tax, was referred to the committee on
legislation. On motion of Mr.. Seymour,
the Commissioner of internal Revenue
was requested 10 publish monthly the
names and addresses of licensed manu-
facturers and dealers in oleomargarine.
The motion to urge Congress to adopt a
uniform standard OF weights and meas
ures was carried. Resolutions were
adopted thanking President Cleveland
for the interest he had always taken in
agriculture, both as governor and Pres
ident, after which the convention ad-
iourned sine due