The Portland daily press., 1895-03-15

up in The House. Mr.. knowlton of Portland.
called the attention of the House to the
| fact that tie judiciary committee would
! soon report bill.
! Mr.. Haines said the Judiciary committee
is divided on the question, and the matter
could not get out of tnat committee without
two re ports, part of the committee favor
| ing the sale of oleo. The matter might just
| as we'll be taken up now and decided.
Tho agricultural interests in this state
want the practical prohibition of the sale of
| oleomargarine. They may sell it If IL be
colored pink or blue, but not in imitation
| of butter. The plea that if the butter
makers color butter yellow tho oleo manu-
facturers nave right to color their product
| yellow is specious. He HAD not heard
petitions from the employees of the factories
or the wood choppers asking permission to
eat cotton seed oil, tallow and such. on
| their bread.
Mr.. Plummer of Dexter, aid he had had
! experience in the enforcement of the
U nlted States law, relating to oleomarga-
rlne- lie said the product was made in
imitation of, and was sold as butter, at a
higher price than could be had, did the con-
sumner know what he was purchasing. JAS
| between.the farmers of Maine and Swift
and Fairbanks of Chicago, he should favor
the farm ers every tine. q se5q
Mr.. Swedish of New Gloucester favored
the bill. &s6
Mr.. Ryerson of of Livermore spoke in
flavor of the DILL
I Mr.gAdams of Bowdo in, said oleomarga-
rinee q counterfeit. put up as such, and
sold as such. The United States law had
/ not worked effectualIy. Tlae dealer can
make but three or four cenlss pound. but
ION the ole omargarine, which it is known is
sold for butter, he makes ten or twelve
cents. 1t Is natural to sell the produce on
which the greatest profit is made. The
yellow color is the trade mark put on butter
by the COW, and 1t is the policy of this
House TO protect trademarks. Let oleomar
garine be sold but on its merits, not as u
coun terfeit of butter.
Mr.. Reynolds OF Brooks didn't want law
allowing the farmer 10 color the poor
| product of the COW, and not allow the man
utacturer The same privilege in coloring the
| product of the OK.
/ Mr.. Gilbert of Greene said, this bill was
substantially the law of Massachusetts,, that
| had been decided constitutional by the
| ULited States court. Precisely in this line
this legislature has prohibited the sale of
lined eggs for fresh EGGS.
/ Messrs. Parsons of Foxcroft and Bishop
of sangerville, spoke for tho bill. ze.,,,
On the vote TO adopt an amendment. the
yeas were feeble and the nays overwhellh-
4 ing, and the bill passed to DO engrossedss
THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
Mr.. league took from the table the bill
providing for t1e highway commission. His
motion waste sindefnitelynspostp one. He,
4 spoke ainst 1.-THE bill. which, created a new
office, and in his opinion, would be of no
earthly use. One man becomes appointed
commissioner needn't necessarily know
howio build roads better tha!n other people,,
Give me money and can build roads as
well as any other man. The trouble is we
haven't the money. If we should. build
Macodam roads in our Town it would take
half the valuation of the town to do it, Let
the town have some rights.
Mi. Haines of Wateryille said that several
years ago the state board CT trade took up
this matter. He didn't believe any move
ment had put the state ahead more than the
state board of trade. He referred TO the
changes made in the bill by the committee.
He didn't believe a thing presented to
| this legislature had been more misuuder-
stood than this bill. 1t provides simply for
an educational commission and doesn't
change our road laws in the least You sit
here as economists. but you havn't yet done
anything for economy. The cost of main
| tanning our roads, million dollars annual
| ly is the greatest burden of our tax payers
and we are wasting about a third of it .
! What is S500U to improve this condition to
educate our people in economical road
| building. We all know that many of our
methods in road tuilding are crude, in
effectual and expensive. The cause of the
4 depreciation of our farms is largely due to
i cur poor road s.ss dFoui te en- states of the
/ Union have already done something on this
4 line. " .atTew s6i 70 4}d
Mr.. Howe of Milo, said The towns year by
9year ara improving their roads. How much
lean this proposed law benefit them? If it
iscan't we d ont want it,. The question is
/ just this, ashaf II We come here and create an
4 other office costing the state $4,000, and be
] of n sort of USE. 80
Thesmotion TO indefinitely postpone was
4 then put and lried Il to As. A II the Port
Hand members, except Mr.. Whelden. WHO
did not vote. were recorded in the negative.
FIGHTING FOR GoRHAM.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for the
dormitory for the Gorham Normal school
may not be passed, but that will not be the
| fault of its friends and the contest over il
in he House tomorrow is likely to be ami
mated. Ex-Governor Robbie AMI PRINCIPAL
Corthell have been here explaining the
needs of the school. and Mr.. Roscoe G.
Harding and Prof. Hunt are also on the
ground presenting the views of those Cor.
ham people who do not want the dormitor,
rebuilt.
HOBSTERS AND FISH.
The American girl who said regarding the
corn crop that the Americans eat all they
can and can all they can't. might have
made that remark apply 10 the Washington
county Holsters. as provided for by the
/ Senate this afternoon. When the bill
| establishing len and one-ha1f inch lobster
law came before the Senate, Mr.. Nickerson
| explained that he had not signed either re-
ports Of the committee because he thought
that the canning interest in Washington
4 county should be looked after. He accord
inc w off al mo m n hot