The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-07-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, June IS, SO

lhe question Whlcn mas Deen
agitating the Congressional mind
for "a greater period OF time than
any recent measure, Is, whether
the American citizen should be al
lowed to eat his bread-covering
with sweet Inconsistencies as to
its race, color or previous condition
OF servitude /; or whether he shall
swallow it with a tax on it, know
ing the compound ia be branded
az a theft and a liar,
For u week the numerous visi-
tors at the House heard little else
than oleomargarine and butter dis
cussed IN all manner OF argument
and diction.
1t has given the new member a
chance to /" spread himself, and
afforded great amusement to the
on-lookers. Several new members,
who have heretofore kept quietly
in the background, have screwed
their courage up to the sticking
point and sailed into this ocean OF
grease as if they feared the wheels
of time had gotten an extra amount
of fabrication and would leave
them too far behind If they neglec.
ted to catch on to this slippery Pc
gasus and glide on to fame
The oleomargarine mon argue
that the manufacturing Of that ar.
ticle is as much Legitimate industry
as the manufacturing Of butter
they admit that oleomargarine
should be sold only as such, with a
label bearing the name, but that il
should be taxed, while the cow-pro-
duet is free, the. maintain is ex-
tremely unjust.
y great many amendments have
been offered in the endeavor to de
feat the bill, such as a duty on
caffeine, and other commodities
which bear a relation to the stan
dard products, but are more or less
adulteratei. A duty on bologna
sausage was offered by a tacetious
member, suggesting the presence
of dog meat /; by another, on mcu.
bators, and a tax of 50 on roostcrs,
and 81 on pullets. Many and va
rious were the amendments ; but
no one had the hardihood to re
commend duty on bangs and othel
false hair.
1t Is strange that Ben Butter
worth should be an oleomargsrin(
man but, perhaps, he is adultera
ted and only Butterine. He ough'
to know what Bntter(is)worth.
Very few, if any, of those who
make so much noise over thit
greasy subject can tell pure butte.
from its pseudo rival. When they
wish to know whether butter il
butter or something else, the mi
croscoplst OF the Agricultural De
partment, who can see and tell
bioplast as easy as the ordinary in
dividual can see and recognize
grindstone, must decide the matter
Quite a number of Congressman
will sit for the last time in the ole
place where they have been won
to make themselves heard--whert
they have placed their feet on TIN
desk and let their CongresslOna
eyes roam around the gallery il
search OF admiring friends, or liz
at full length on the luxurious sofa
with a fragrant Havana between
their teeth, watching the blu
smoke curl upward while the,
dreamed of fame and honors-yea
OF boing President of the UniteC
States sometime. But for then
the political wheel of fortune ha
turned out only blanks, and wheI
Congress meets in December, 1887
their well known faces will not aE
pear. Henceforth they will b
among those who
Along the cool sequsstered vail Of lif
Pursue the even tenor VI their way"
NJ. A. l.,.t .. e Il.