The Portland daily press., 1890-08-25
SPICY pEsATE ON LARD.
An Interesting Session OF the Ma
tIonal House on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, August 23.-In the House
today the lard bill was considered Mr..
Butterworth of Ohio said that up to 10 or Is
years ago the hog products of America had
found ready sale in every market in the civil
lized world. 1t had been great industry,
recognized as one Of the most important in
dustries of the country. But 10 or Is years
ago avarice had entered into the lists, not as
What had been the result? From the great
markets of the world the honest product Of
the farm had been hunted and driven by the
counterfeit. Certain gentlemen learned that
they could take a certain oil and certain
stearine and combine them, and put in
enough lard to give it the smell of lard, and
produce a product which would deceive the
people Today there was not a farmer or
consumer in the country who had not been
robbed by this system of counterfeitlng
was proposed? Not to drive from the feld
an honest competitor; not to stop the manu-
facture Of the compound product, but to
compel it to sail under its own nag. II
should hoist its own flag and saii for wnat y
was, and II, In honest competition, IL could
drive from the market the agricultural pro-
duct. he would say "Amen," for that was
fair trade and fair competition.
Mr.. Mason of Illinois took the floor TO
close the debate in opposition to the PHI; Pill
brought into the House certain specimens Oh
lard which he had analyzed in star ehani.
Der method. The manufacturers nau nos
been notified that such an analysis was " Ds
made. and the gentleman from i0Ma snt,ener nnou
dishonorably to injure honorable gentie44Treen 4red
from this Star chamber proceeaing' me
gentleman from Iowa had praised an agrl-
Cultural naper edited by Mr.. Wedderourn.
He could understand why tne genoenaM conv "af Of
So Interested. Here exhibiting copy yu.a Oh
sSa ~ nanerl was the gentleman's picture.
fIau96ter. Nine-tenths OF that paper was
devoted to that picture; TO arguments ~ las
vor of the bill, and TO advertlseHents ot
SHuiIWS Tr IWSedderburn. - He simply, wanted the
n,,,dence called for by the resolution OF the
Gousa Yesterday he had gone TO the de-
naytment but was denied access to the papers.
He had d'cCgdTdd sHId IN na' the aO department. @
M"na Nod drawn pen to collect the evil
dence called for He would at the proper
time offer a resolution asking for an
investigation as to what influence controlled
evidence. The gentleman from Ohio Mr..
Butterwortbl had made an eloQuert speech
in favor of the bill. He remembered that
few months ago the gentleman had pulled
the eternal daylights out Of the Mckinley
bill. The Democrats had applauded, Mr..
cent speaker had looked like pagan giant
in despair [Laughterl. But, when the
bell rang, the gentleman walked up. to the
trough and ate his crow and voted tor the
tariff bill l[Laughterl. And he Mason
thought that Notwithstanding the onslaught
made by the gentleman today and regardless
of his speech he would come and vote on the
right side. Laughter. He. appealed for
fair play. Give him time to investigate the
question. The gentleman from Iowa and
his friends had stopped the information
from coming to the House. In the course Of
conversation the gentlemen had so ad-
mitted.
Mr.. Conger Indignantly denied the cor