Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
RELIEF FROM 0LE0
Fully Discussed by the State Board
of Agriculture.
GOVERNOR PATTISON PRESIDES.
Danger Seen in the Recent Supreme Court
Decision.
OFFICERS ELECTED FOR THE YEAR

ESPECIAL TELReRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.i
HARRISBURG, Jan. Ex-Governor Patti
son presided at q well-attended meeting OF
the State Board of Agriculture to-day. The
principal theme of discussion was the effect
OF the recent decision of the courts that oleo-
margarine was legally saleable in Pennsyl-
vania in original packages, and declaring
the act passed six years ago in contraven-
tion of the Interstate commerce law, SO far
as it is applied to the manufacture of the
article in other States.
Eastburn Reeder, of Bucks county, read
paper, in which ne asserted that fresh
danger threatened the dairy interests of the
State on account of this judicial deliver
ance. Its result had been preparations
among manufacturers Of oleo in the West to
flood the markets of Pennsylvania with it.
and the price of butter had already decreased
in consequence of the decision, and unless
speedy and energetic action was taken the
entire dairy interest of the State would be
prostrated.
No Relief From the State.
Luther Lauffman, of Lancaster, as the
representative of the dairymen, said that
unless the sale of imitation butter was pro-
hibited the people for whom he spoke in
Pennsylvania would lose millions of dol
lars. No relief could be expected from
State legislation, and the remedy for the
wiping out of oleomargarine lay in the pas
sage of Senator Hiscock's bill, now before
the Congress of the United States. Each mem.
Der OF the Board of Agriculture was ADVISED
to write letter to Senators Cameron and Quay
and the member of Congress in his district and
urge them to support the measure: At this re-
quest a resolution was passed asking for the
passage Of the pending legislation
In his annual report Secretary Edge, in refer
ring to agricultural institutes, suggested the
adoption of plan to limit speakers and essay
lists to the exact topics included in the pro
gramme and prevent the improper introduc-
tion of semi-poitical subjects leading to acri-
monious discussion.
Speaking of the legalized movement to
among cattle, he said demands were often made
for assistance when the grievance was Of
the most trivial character, and no danger to
ing herds to be placed in quarantine until all
danger from an outbreak had disappeared had
worked satisfactorily.
A Libel on the State.
Last year 90 horses had been killed at the ex-
pense of the State, in addition to other live
stock killed at a considerable loss to the own
ers In trying to stamp out pleuro-pneumonia
nothing hindered the State officers so much as
the disposition of the national surgeons to per-
sistently drag every case into newspaper noto-
riety. The impression was thus given that our
State was overrun with the disease, and that
our live stock was especially dangerous, when
Pennsylvania had very little of the disease and
very much smaller percentage than the sur
rounding States. from which it had received
nearly all of the infection prevailing for six or
seven years.
Officers for the current year were elected as
follows: First Vice President, Eastburn
Reeder. Bucks; Second Vice President, r. 8.
Searle, SusQuehanna; Third Vice President, ].
Riddle. Butler; Secretary Edge was reelected.
Herr. of Clinton; Woodward, of Center; Dow.
ney of Winchester. and Reeder, of Bucks, IN
essays. discussed farmers institutes in their
various ramifications. Tonight Prof. Coch-
ran, the microscopes of tho board, discussed
Milk Adulteration and the Detection"