Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-20
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Continued from page 2.)

that the farmers can buy good pure UNI
adultrated feeding stun IL he desires and
is willing to pay the price for it. There
needs this protection. there are other
things where a man can protect himself,
Let me illustrate. A man goes to the
STORE STORE ne as ,Us sor pound of the best
his home. Finds when he opens the pack
age to his great surprise that his coffee
is about three-quarters coffee and one
Does he steep 1t? No. He gathers up the
package returns to the store unloads his
mind at the time gently of course-of
dealer at once very. quietly makes the
exchange and gives him pound of the
best unadulterated coffee he turns on his
heel leaves the store with smiles on his
face, goes to his home, feels in a meas
ure satisfied with his purchase for he has
now get what he bought, and glad in the
fact that he could protect himself. But
how is it gentlemen with the farmer who
goes to the dealer for cow feeding stuff
can he protect himself. Let us see. Take
for instance Georgia cotton Seed He buys
which we will eall the price Of the very
best and We will admit that he gets the
best, he feels it and Is satisfied with the
result. He buys again of another party
or If YOU please of the same party; takes
ii home, he sees at once there is a diff
erence between the two lots and yet it is
impossible for him to tell which Is the
best or the poorest and no man can judge
the difference between the values Of the
two kinds without their being analysed.
Analysing has shown that their is great
difference in the feeding properties of
Georgia cotton seed in consequences of
adulteraton. Raising the value of the
best at s25 other qualities have often been
found the feeding value of which was not
more than $12. $40 and even$1S a ton
have no doubt but what a similar diner
ence exists in other cow feeding stuff.
Neither do l doubt the honesty of the
dealer who sold the poor cotton seed for
best quality for the very reason like the
farmer they didn't know nor couldn't tell.
But gentlemen the manufacturer knew
how much it was adulterated and it's
value. There is one other way that the
farmer can ascertain the value of this
feeding stuff and that is when his dairy
cows shrink in milk and flesh. But SUBJ
nit gentlemen. if this is not a costly way
TO ascertain. Now gentlemen. this is the
protection that the farmers OF our State
ask that we enact law SO that when
they buy COW feeding stuff they may
know by the brand what they are buy
ing and what they are paying for. As
remarked before, gentlemen. is there any
thing unreasonable in this request?
think you will join with me in saying
there is not. Now again, gentlemen, we
have in the past and also in this LegiSla-
ture enacted laws to protect our families
and ourselves from disease. Our State
has been wise in enacting laws and APP
propriating money to destroy tubercu-
loss from our herds; and why? Because
we do not want the people of our State
to use milk from diseased cows, whose
milk is full of the germs of disease. We
do not want to our children from the
use of such milk so prematurely to the
grave-gentlemen. we all agree that these
laws and appropriations are right and
Just. Now let us go step further We
all know that the feed that is given to
our dairy cows to a greater or less extent
affects the quality and purity of the milk.
And we further know that their feed may
be SO adulterated as to affect it very
much. make it impure and unit for use.
Therefore let us as representatives of the
people enact law that will enable our
farmers to know what they are buying
and | assure you that the most OF them
will buy and feed the best, and will
dispense to the people of our State milk
that is wholesome and pure. Gentlemen
in this body of representatives We have
according to the biographical sketches "a
farmers. And the rest of us outside of
the cities and large towns represent a
constituency largely made up of farmers.
As far as know the representative
farmers in this House are infavOr of this
bill We have heard read by our Speaker
from the desk petitions from farmers all
over the State asking for the passage of
this law. Gentlemen. shall we give heed
to their request? Yes let us enact this
BILL It can harm no one and let us study
its effects in all its phases for two years
and II it is not in every way satisfactory
feel assured that the farmers will be
as willing and as ready to have it re-
pealed as they are now anxious to have it
passed. Gentlemen, let us in justice to
our constituents. to all the people of the
good old State Of Maine and in Justice to
ourselves pass this bill
MI Young, of Hiram: l am interested
directly on both sides of this question.
am dealer in a small way and a con-
sumner OF commercial feeding stuff While
have but little faith in the benefit which
the farmers ar lh would derive from the pas
sage OF TINS Dill. l sincerely believe that
II IS the!r wish and desire to have it
passed. They say they are willing to pay
aGr tn s expense hat it will be to them
IT and anxious to have it, and because
they will feel, if this bill does not pass,
that they are badly used by this Legis-
drawn.
The question being on the motion of Mr..
rear OF Bangor, to Indefinitely postpone
the bill, a division being had the motion
was lost by vote of 80 for to 70 against.
(Applause.)
The bill was then read twice.
On motion of Mr.. Fernald OF Levant.
the rules We're suspended. the bill was
read third time and was passed to be
Bill relating to the traffic in dead human
Mr.. Day of Turner, offered an amend
nlent to insert after the word '.deceased''
IN tne 23rd line of section 2. the words
orsufnciently interested in to personally
Dear the expense of burial
The question being on the adoption of
the amendment the amendment was lost.
Mr.. Holmes of Addison, offered an
schools in the Bird line of section one.
the following, land all other Institutions
also add after the word State in the
3rd line of section one, the following,
which are in the opinion of the Governor
ana Council entitled to dead human
po1leS Tor the advancement of surgery.
me amendment was lost.
Mr.. O'Neil of Biddeford, offered an
amendment to section by striking out
al after the word kin" in the 23rd line
and adding the following 'or fraternal
beneficiary organization to which the de-
ceased may belong"
A division being had the amendment
was adopted by vote of so for to AZ
against.
The bill was read twice. and on motion
or Mr.. O'Neil of Biddeford, the rules were
suspended the bill was read a third time
., ana was passed to be engrossed, as
amended.
Motion to reconsider the vote passing
10 be enacted and engrossed bill relating
10 the charter of the city of Biddeford.
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton of Bidde-
lord. the motion was assigned for con-
sideraton for Wednesday morning of next
week.
On motion of Mr.. Kaler of Scarboro, re-
port of the committee on judiciary re-
porting ought to pass on bill relating to
physicians and surgeons employed in
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