Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-20
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April -. 1856.

defeat our movement in behalf of
honest industry and pure food The
manufacturers Of counterfeit butter have
held a meeting and agreed to raise FIVE
hundred thousand dollars $500. 000) TO
defeat our bill. now before Congress.
Realizing q profit, a they state them
selves. IT tye millioa 81. 900. 000l dol
lar per wear on the manufacture. they
r9uil we'll afford 10 DO this and the re-
iaiIor- Of ,he stuff could give ten times
a, much. iur their profits are ten times
greater
Thank God that We have Congress
OF the uiled State, that recognizes the
Importance and value of the agricultural
and .,,airy interests of the country as
paramount to all others. and that, 50
far a. a,cert. ned. j. ia full sympathy
with our demand
There j. 40 man III either the Senate
OF House who could be bought to assist
~ this monumental fraud. and the pur-
pose to raise money for this object
should of itself be sufficient grounds
for condemniug the whole enterprise
On the contrary. believe the Members
all wan, o. protect the dairy farmers
and the consumers of butter. No sum
OF money could have placed our meas
IRE III tile favorable position il now oc-
cupies, nor secure lIs passage. and no
amount. however great. can defeat II on
square issue. But the trickery and
sharp practice that surrounds the en-
tire traffic in imitation butter will be
resorted 10, and nothing left uudone
that rascalitv and shrcwdness can ac-
compli>h. The sharpest and most I'M
principlei lawyers and lobbyists in the
country viii be employed TO conspire
against u>, and every known method
re-oried TO. that could defeat or DELAY
as Possessed d. vast capital. largely
the result of dishonesty. aud enioving
immense profits on their neiarious traf-
hc they viii not only spend five hun-
,lrel thousand 5000. ou0j dollars but
five million $1,000. 000) to save them
selves Bat woe 10 the man who OPP
poses our efforts to overthrow this 81
gautic .raui, tina, j. bankrupiing YOU
farmer, and running the most noble pur-
suit Of man aud the m,>t valuable IN
du.trv OF the country, while robbing
and poisoning The innocent consumer.
He viii stand in the way of your res
toration to property and aid in render
ing yaur land. and homes next to value
less The value Of the butter product
of the farm i reduced by one half. and
: il The same proportion that Of the mich
COW. and there is a corresponding de
probation of farm lands, a well As the
farm Labor. AID Of our homestead. Our
whole system Of hu,bandrv is revolu-
uoaized cutailing an iucalculable loss
upou Tie farming industries Of the coun-
;ry. NJ self respecting lawyer or clti-
zen should lend himself 10 the service
&c this band OF robbers. No Member
of Congress, can remain true to HI, con-
,titueuts, whether they are producers
dr. consumers. and give our enemies any
aid or sympathy Conceived il iuiquiiy.
the business has been carried on III
fraud and by deception from the begin
ming.
1t i the creates; ana most outrage
Gus -windIe ever practiced upon any
people. Il j. crime against the State
unparalleled in the annals Of history.
The war oi the Revolution was fought
for les cause. when the whole popula-
ton oi ,ha couairy numbered less than
the dairy farmer, directly affected by
this ,wildle now. while ten times the
POPULATION OF the whole country then.
suffer a consumers.
Had thi. crime been against any
other class bu, the conservative. quiet,
ana lon- suffering farmers. it would
have begu stamped out in its iDcipiency.
bur BE- ouly asks for legislation when
everything else fails when he sees hi
PROPERTY and house passing from hi
hands
Dairgmen OF America, we have
terrible eaemv to contend with, he
strikes in the dark, a. lie works III the
dark. Arise. il your might. and
crush him out Meet in every village,
town. and hamlet at once, and organize
to assist Us by bringing your direct in
faenre to bear upon Congress. Adopt
resolutions showing what YOU feel and
suffer. Demand that the fraud be ex-
terminated root and branch Denounce
every article produced or sold by the
concerns making or selling the stuff and
taboo all interested in any way or who
svmpathize with or ronntenance them.
Those who make or -ell imitation but
ter are enemies Of the public veal, and
should be clas>ed as criminals of the
lowest and most dangerous order.
Speak aud act with your might. ex-
cusing nothing nor anybody. You suf-
fer a terrible wrong. It must be dealt
with by the seyerest measures. Let the
union between the farmers and the
working men Of the country now take
place Cooperate with them in their
contest for fair treatment, and secure
their cooperation in eur movement.
You. farmers of America, are a ma
iority Of the industrial and producing
population, and you pay sevepty-five
per cent. taxes. United with the labor
ing men you will exert the most potent
power for good ever known in the
worlds history Thus united and
working hand in hand. agriculture and
labor will have that force in national
affairs and obtain that recognition to
which they are both entitled, but which
has been heretofore denied you both.
The evil has become so great that we
should demand a law prohibiting entire
" the manufacture and sale of any imi-
tation butter
Our cause is most righteous. We
ask only for the determination of fraud
and protection of honest industry. We
must succeed.
Jos. ii. REAL.
Pres. in. -4gricalturdl & Dairying Asso'n.
There was a time in the early agrl-
culture when barnyard manure was just
As much an innovation as commercial