Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-25
TIE FARMsns, MEETING.
The Fruit Exchange workings Ex.
Observation-Disclosures

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The attendance at yesterday week.
session of the agricultural convention il
New York, was much larger than the pre-
vious day. All through the day and even
ing the parlor set aside for the convention
at the Grand Central Hotel was crowded
with delegates, and chairs had to be SCI
in the corridor for the overflow.
In the afternoon three of the Delaware
| delegates instructed the convention about
the operations of the Fruit Exchange
which has been established in that State.
Delegate Corsa said the Exchange had
brought the markets near home, as the
policy was to sell fruit and not consiRn
it. Last year the growers received 25
cents basket for fruit over the prices OF
the year before. Charles A. Wetmore,
chairman of the Agricultural Commission,
California, addressed the convention at
length about wine culture. He said that
there WINS no reason why pure wine
should not be sold, if the government did
its duty. ALI wines adulterated with
poisonous compounds should be de-
stroyed, or, at all events, people ought to
know what they buy. In that case this
country would be exporting wines to
bordeaux within three years. This
brought up the subject of adulterations,
upon which several delegates spoke.
Deacon Seymour, formerly of the Rev.
DIR. Neyman's church, regarded adultera-
tions as the bane of trade. Only state
and national laws could suppress tLem,
and he thought the convention should
demand such laws A motion to that
effect went to the committee ON resolu-
1InnQ That s..la Il
room at the time, and reported back part
OF resolution sent to the convention by
MIR. Thurber, tayoring the appointment
OF a railroad commission in ench state.
MIR. Thurber wanted the convention to
recommend Commissioner 0'Donnell for
reappointment, but the delegates thought
that was not their business. They re-
fused also to consider the silver question,
upon which resolution was offered.
The evening session was devoted TO
general talk about the south, agricultu-
rally and otherwise. DIR. NJ. @. Holt. of
Virginia; =. d. Northrop, of Georgia;
W. +. Beasley, of North Carolina, and
the Rev. ]. S. Willis, of Delaware, were
the speakers.
About 25 producers, dealers and con-
sumers took part in the debate on oleo-
margarine Thursday at the convention of
agriculturists in the Grand Central Hotel,
New York. Mr.. o. M. Tinkhaur, secre-
tary of the Vermont Dairy Association,
said: "There is no question but that this
oleomargarine can be made both palatable
and healthful, but that is not what we
want. We want spade called spade,
aud bogus butter called bogus butter"
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pefore 1883 farmers shipping to New
tork, on account of the demoralized con-
lition of the milk trade, had to take out
raBeously low prices. Since 1884 the
manufacture of butterine or oleomarRa-
Inc has forced these farmers to throw al
most their entire milk product upon the
New York market instead of making it
in to butter In 1856 the loss to Orange
county alone by the manufacture of oleo-
margarine had been $67l 800, and the
loss to the entire milk producing district
during the same time 81, ,637, OPS. Mr..
William Cranston of Pennsylvania said
the dairymen were up in arms to prevent
the outrageous fraud which was being
perpetrated by the substitution of poison
for milk.
A delegate from Delaware believed in
the licensing of the oleomargarine deal
ers, and then imposing tax of ten cents
a pound on every pound of manufactured
butter.
Mr.. John H. Seymoure said: ga short
time ago went to where dead horses are
cut up. discovered that there were but
ter tirkins in the place. asked what they
were for. found, after consider
able difficulty, that into these firkins were
placed certain parts of the dead animal,
and they were then shipped to the manu-
faeturers of oleomargarine.
Mr.. Low of New York, "the father of
dairy laws, said: "Absolute prohibition,
through Congress, is the only remedy"
The convention will try and stop oleo-
margarine production.