The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
THE SOUTHERN ALLIANCE ON FOOD
ADULTERATIONS.
From the Iowa Homestead,

tremendous applause the following pre-
amble and resolutions on the subject OF
authorizations:
We desire to most earnestly and emphat-
ically protest against house bill No. ll,3oo,
known as the Conger lard bill, Ior TIE
reason that it proposes to extend the tax
ing power of the government and increase
the list of articles upon which taxes are
levied at a time when the tendency IS
toward reduced taxation and the demand
is being made for the removal OF taxes
from PARTICLES of necessity and daily use
among the people The COnger lard Dill
proposes to place taxes on the manufacture
ofcompound lard and prOhibltory restrlc-
tiUns on the sale of the same \ tax on
compound lard is tax on the cotton seed
oil raised by the cotton planters or the
south. a tax on compound lard IS a tax
on beef fat, product of the cattle ralsers
of the west The Conger lard bill taxes
cotton seed oil and beef fat IN order TO
enhance the price of hogs lard. 1t arrays
the farmer OF the north against the cottoh
planter of the south and the cattle
raiser of the west. 1t IS sec
tional legislation, and therefore
the industrial movement declares its open
and unceasiug hostility to It. Ia the war
of the near future which will be declared
by US against sectionaliSm the farmers
and friends will be the citadel around
which the heaviest battles are to be fought.
We are not content III simply shaking
hands across bloody chasm. Our work
is to fill I'D and efface the chasm. We are
as many as the waves, but one as the sea
Sectionalism must not, shall not live.
Upon our banner, written above ana pc
low the pIow the sheaf and the cotton bale
is a new device, born of n new era; 1t IS
fraternity and unity" In this spirit the
Conger lard bill has met with the opposl-
ton of the farmer both north and south.
Some short speeches followed the intro
duction of the memorial, and then the con
ventiOn adopted the following resolutions
amid Tremendous applause"
Resolved, That are opposed to the Conger
bill and that we favor the passage or the
Paddock pure food bill.
The above reminds US quite fOrcibly of
an ancient legend, which runs as follows:
And Joab said to Amasa: Art thou IN
health my brother?" And Joab took
Amasa bv the beard, with the right hand,
to kill him. But Amasa took no heed OF
the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he
smote him Herewith under the fifth rib,
and She'd out his bowels on the ground,
and struck him not again, and he died.
The Southern Alliance is just now en-
bracing the northern farmer, falling
upon his neck and saying: Thou art,
inded, nay long lost brother" And, we
are sorry to say il, many northern farm
ers, overpowered with this unwont9d dis
plav of affection. do not notice the knife
that is being plunged INTO one Of their
important industries. For years the
northern farmer has been striving to pro-
tect himself from a gang of commercial
pirates who have been selling bastard
lard. a combination of cOttOnseed oil,
stearine and, generally, more or less gen
uine lard, but sometimes none, under
the name of refined lard They have
succeeded in obtaining the passage of
bill, known as the CongeT lard bill, by the
house, and now, when it awaits only the
action of the senate and the signature of
the president, are confronted with the
opposition of the southern Alliance under
the guise of fraternity and equality
and the plea of brotherhood of the states.
We ask our readers to note the braZen
falsehOod and snivelling hypocrisy IN the
above memorial. The COnger lard bill
imposes no tax whatever on cOUtOnseed
oil as cottOnseed oil, nor on beef fat as
beef fat 1t is only when they lay aside
these honorable names and masquerade
as bastard lard under the name and
guise of the genuine article that the Con
ger lard bill SAYS: You must sail under
your own colors." 1t is purely and simply
a statute against fraud. 1t does not, as
this memorial falsely alleges, tax either
cottonseed oil or beef fat 10 enhance the
price of hogs lard. SO far as ii taxes one
ingredient it taxes all three. but it taxes
none of them except as a thief stealing
into honest peoples kitchens.
Thus far as 10 the falsehOod IN this
memorial Look now at its snivelllng
hypocrisy. Because the northern farmer
objects to being robbed by the lard adul-
terators and the cottOnseed oil trust and
asks for the COnger lard bill as a prOtec-
ton, he is represented as n sectionalist
and fomenter of discord. He is told of
a bloody chasm that must be filed up,
and he is magnanimously asked 10 drive
his hogs into il. that on the ruins of his
business the farmers of the two sections
may meet in loving embrace. If there
are anv sacrifices 10 he made, he Is 10
make them; if there are to be any bene-
fits. the southern farmer Is to receive
them. All true patriots rejoice in the
professed disposition of our southern
brethren to get back 70 first principles,
bat when they come 10 Us with the ban
ner Fraternity and unity, we suggest
al amendment as follows: Honesty.
fraternity and I'm ~" We are doing
our best to brand 4 lot Of northern
thieves with their proper name. VIII
our southern friends please let us alone.
or at least not take the part of the
thieves because they are incidentally
benefited by the theft: All this "hifa-
lurin bombast' about fraternity and
unity" many Us the waves and one as
the sea-" and filling up the bloody
chasm" should deceive no level-headed
hog-raiser IN the west. This is exactly
the kind Of gllsh that always precedes
the attempt 10 get a mean advantage.
The crimes of the French revolution
were committed under the same flag,
only To fraternity and unity they
added liberty The trick dates back
. to the time when Joao kissed AmaSa
and smOte him under the fifth rib
The Homestead VIII gladly advocate
and champion any measure that will
unite the southern planter and the west
eTn farmer, but If our southern friends
expect Us TO sop" with them, they must
quit making war upon our hogs.
What Is the existing situation: II Is
that 80, O0O. COO pOuads-or more than
one-hah OF the lard in the cOuntrv-
Is not lard at all but something else, and
vet no consumer ever discovers that
what he gets and eats Is not the thing he
has bought and paid for. he Is robbed
OF his money as much As Is the man who
buys watered milk, and the producer II
genuine lard Is robbed OF MS rnarket.
Ought fraud 10 continue: II il ought. the
Paddock ball viii permit II becauss
draw under the Intsrstzts commsrcs