The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
OLEO MUST BE OLEO
And Not Palm Itself Of as Real
Butter,
IS THE TENOR OF THE DAIRY BILL.

A Kansas City, Kansas. Lobby Will
Try to Prevent the Bill Of the Kan
sas Dafrymen from Going Through.
The packing interests of Kansas City,
Kansas, are alarmed at the anti-oleomar-
garine legislation which has already
been introduced in the legislature, and
the prospects are there will be large
lobby here to fight it. The Kansas Guy
people feel that it is blow directed at
their industries and members of the Wyan-
dotte delegation, though they say they
haven't looked into all the proposed laws
yet are prepared to oppose anything IN
the line of special Legislation which Is
calculated to cripple their manufactures.
THE fact is, said Mr Haines OF Wyan-
dotte, "the dairy people are crying before
they are hurt. Down where people know
what it is they have no objection to using
butterine. l use it in my family and feed
ii to nv wife and children. We have lots
of people down in our county; we have
large interests that give employment to
large numbers of working men, and we
don't think it would be right to enact
law which would work them injury. Ii
these people couldn't get butterine they
wouldn't have anything to put on their
biscuits; they couldn't afford to use
creamery DuLlGIa IL 0OCoh I oCCA " liz
that there is need of any restrictions; the
United States law on the subject is
enough"
Then you think that a law such as
the one favored by the Dairy association
and requiring simply that restaurants
and hotels using butterine to placard it
would injure your manufacturer"
Yes, it would hurt them for quite a
time. 1t would take a long while to ed
ucate away the prejudice of the people
in the interior and in that time great
harm might be worked. What we are
particularly DESTROYS of guarding against
is driving all the factories over the line
into Missouri A hostile law would easily
do this. We want to keep all our peo-
pie and all our manufactures at home"
Judge w. B. Sutton, who introduced
the Dairy association bill, believes it is a
very proper measure. "The underlying
principles of the bill are just these"
said he. at provides that all substitutes
for butter be distinguished by some
other color than the ordinary yellow of
butter. The dairy association suggested
pink, but they can color it black
that substitutes for butter be sold
and used as such and prohibits
nothing. If people want to use oleo, let
them use it, but let them at the same
time not do it under the impression that
it is butter. There are bills prohibiting
the sale of oleomargarine, but the com
mittee will kill those, for people have a
right'to manufacture it if they want to-
The bill further provides for uni
form method Of testing milk sold to
creameries, according to the amount of
fatty substance in it, which is the real
measure of its worth At present the man
whose cows give the greatest per cent of
water have the best=of it. There is now
no incentive for the farmer to Gull his
cows, keep out the best butter makers
and send these to the block, which are al
the best only substitutes for the pump
handle"
"The bill prevents the sale of SKINNED
milk and milk from which the strippings
have been kept back, doesn't it?"
Eyes, it prohibits the sale of such milk
except as such, and that's right, isn't it
That is to protect the people in towr
against the milkman with irrigation ten
, denotes The bill l think is satisfactory
10 the dairy interests and the farming
people at large"
What star shines so bright as the lustrt
about DR.. Prices Baking PowderH IT.
fame ia fairly won