The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-17
DOLDS ARE COMING
NAY POSSIBLY MOVE THEIR OLE0-
MARGARINE PLANT HERE
Law of Missouri Will Ruin Their Trade in
Now Considering Manager Jones Says
They May Move to Wichita--Subject is
Discussed at the Stock Yards and Creates
Much Interest--The Dold Plant Here
One of the Best in the West and Would
Fill the Bill, if the Change Took Place

There was good deal Of discussion
at the Wichita stock yards yesterday
as the result of a communication from
Kansas City TO the effect that the re-
cent ELECTROMAGNETIC law passed by.
the Missouri legislature would drive all
such factories out of that state of Mis-
souri,.
The law was framed and passed for
the benefit of the dairy interests of the
state and it has been so peculiarly
worded that packers say that it viii
virtually destroy the market for oleo-
margarine in the state. The main
feature of the law and in fact the only
feature is that which prohibits the use
of any coloring matter whatever to
give the product the appearance of
genuine butter. With this provision
the packers, if they attempt to sell any
oleomargarine in the state, will be COM
PEELED to put the article on the market
without cOloring matter, which will
give oleOmargarine an appearance
something like country butter such as
is made in the winter months.
This Missouri law, the stock men and
the packers say, will shut oleomar-
garine out of the markets in all the
polling the people to use only creamery
or country butter, which, with oleo-
margarine out of way as competing
food article, will be considerably high
er than the prevailing prices.
While the law applies to the whole
state OF Missouri the oleomargarlne
trade has only been carried on to a
large extent i'm Kansas City, st. Louis
and ST Joseph. In these three cities
il is estimated that more than one-half
million pounds of oleomargarine are
| consumed annually. Kansas City,
| however will feel the effects of the law
more keenly than the other cities for
| the reason that the people have been so
! long accustomed to using oleomar-
! garine that some prefer it to genuine
| butter, because it is cheaper and. is
/ equally wholesome.
DOLD MAY MOVE.
1t is the talk at the yards that the
| Missouri law will force the Dold Pack
! ing company to move It's oleomar-
! garine plant from Kansas City ana the
| valuable property owned by the com
pany her induces the belief that It VIII
/ be moved to Wichita. The Dold PLAN
| i'm Kansas City is the only oieomar-
! garine mandatory in the state OF
! Missouri and turned out product last
wear of about two and one-half millions
| pounds of oleomargarine. The Armour
| Swift and Reid Bros establishments
where from II. 000, 900 to 15,O0o,o09 pounds
of oleomargarine are made yearly, are
! across the state line in Kansas city
! Kan, while the ST Louis manuiac'
| tories are across the river in Illinois.
MANAGER JONES TALKS.
| General Manager Jones of the Dole
establishment in Kansas City was IN,
terviewed in regard to the matter anc
said that if the law became operative
the company would certainly be forced
to suspend the operation OF its CLEO
margarine department and the busi
ness heretofore done in Kansas CltN
will be transferred to Wichita, where
the company has plant.
cit may become worse than that,
Mr.. Jones said. There is a poSsiblit!
} that we will transfer our entire plan