Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-13

than twenty-five million dollars
per year be taken out of the pockets OF
the dairy farmers Of the United States
by 'haEe who used fat. offaI, cotton
seed oil, and all manner Of disgusting
refuse to make what they would like TO
sell, under the name of butter and
cheese.
HOW DAIRY FARMERS ARE PROTECTED.
The national law does not simply en-
act that the farmers shall be protected;
II provides just how the protection shall
be carried out. The internal revenue
system afforded the necessary machin-
cry, and the same methods of super
vision and accounting are made ap-
Dlicable to the bogus butter factories as
10 the whisky distilleries. The. pro-
duct Of every factory ia branded for
just what 1t is, and heavy special taxes
are imposed on the manufacturers Of
the vile stuff to insure full return of
their product. The Government Of the
United States also watched these fac
tories, and 1t is well known that so
complete has been the enforcement of
this farmers benefit tax that no con-
siderable evasion of it occurs. The u
10000 farmers of the country have all
some interest in this subject. The
value of the dairy products of the
United States is over 5000, 10000 per
year. If the bogus butter competition
had been allowed to go on unchecked
by federal law this great production
would have been so reduced that all
engaged in 1t would have experienced
constant loss, and it is entirely probable
that the business of manufacturing
honest butter and cheese on large
scale would have been driven out of
the country.
THE INFLUENCE OF EoRATIO SEYMOUR.
1t was natural for Cleveland to take
the side of the farmers in this great con-
test, to protect their rights and proper
ty. ASS young New York Democrat,
he was the pupil of Horatio Seymour
who was always looked to as the great
champion of the dairy interests of the
United States. He had learned from
Seymour, and from participation in
agricultural movements within the
State, all about the great dairy business
ofthe country; and those who went to
him to argue against his approval of
the bill found him so we'll informed as
to the interests of the farmers, and so
determined that no imposition upon
them should be allowed to prevail, that
they considered him very prejudiced.- =
1t was predicted that the law would
never be enforced. But the President
was determined that it should be en-
forced, and it has been.
FEDERAL PROTECTION NECESSARY.
Some State laws have been passed to
regulate the manufacture of bogus but
ter, but none of them were effective in
protecting the farming interests until
the national statute went into force.-
Nor could any State law afford the
needed protection to the hard working
farmers. The goods made in one State
could be sold in another. The dealer
in bogus butter in New York could
freely handle falsely branded Massa-
chusetts goods without much risk of
detection or exposure. 1t was neces-
sary to stop the evil at the fountain
head, that is, at the factories, and to
apply the remedy uniformly and SIM
ultaneously all over the United States.
To accomplish this a national law was
essential, just as Cleveland said it was
when he signed the bill.