The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-20
The Passing Of Filled Cheese,

The report of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue for the year ending
June 30, 1897, contains some very in
teresting statements of facts relating to
the operation of the national filed
cheese law, which statements are full
Of encouragement to the friends of pure
food and honest government. At the
date of the report the law had been in
existence ten months. During that
time 1853 ,067 pounds of this cheese
was made from seven factories, all in
Illinois. The product was all retailed
in eight states, Illinois, Indiana, Louis
lana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey,
Virginia and West Virginia. This con-
dition of affairs is in marked contrast
with that which existed before hostile
legislation, both state and national, was
had against the fraud. At one time
230 factories in Wisconsin alone were
engaged in this work of destroying the
cheese industry of the state.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue states that no filled cheese as
exported last year. A very encourag-
ing fact is further shown to the effect
that we have exported $4,000 900
pounds nor of cheese in 1897 than in
1896. That result is largely due, we
believe, to the legislation against filled
cheese. For the first time in years the
foreign buyer can depend on the hon.
esty of our cheese product. 1t is a good
and encouraging result, n that should
bring great cheer to all lovers of honest
politics, honest government, honest
food and honest dealing everywhere.
We put the question in this way be-
cause the progress which filled cheese,
oleomargarine, and all kindred food
authorizations have made, has been con-
tributed to very largely nv p%urchasable
politicians.
For instance, only a few years ago
the chairmen of both the Republican
and Democratic parties in Wisconsin
were the paid lobbyists of the oleomar-
garine combine. They had a troop of
ssoanosters;' at their heels, both work
ing in harmony together to defeat all
legislation against the FRAUD.
The oleomargarine combine were bS-
hind the filled cheese fraud, for the
neutral oil used to make it was furnish
ed by the oleo manufacturers.
Every State has politicians of the
same stripe. They are a purchaseable
commodity, political merchants, who
buy and sell the confidence of honest
men behind them, to capitalists and
corporations, for the passage of laws in
their own selfish interest, or the sup
preston of those which are in the in
terest of the people. They control the
political machine, and 80 control even
hNDnnk vo~sotAforn ~hnn tho nnnp1n
trust for their defense. This fact has
been proved over and owe again in
every contest had before a State legis-
lature, or in Congress, to pass righteous
laws for the protection of honest pro-
ducers of food, and the consumer as
well.
These men conspire against the inter-
ests of agriculture everywhere. They
are the tools of whatever interest that
pays them well, and they get no pay
from the farmers. There has been,
and is yet, a lot of these venal politi-
clans, and the influence is constant for
the corruption and debauchment of
whatever political party they belong to.
This means the overthrow OF gooa c'ts'
zenship, the destruction G. a represent
alive form of government, and the final
debauchment of all branches of public
service. Such politicians will be found
everywhere leagued against the people.
Every victory we have o in the in
terest of pure food and the putting
down of food counterfeiting, has had
to meet their paid for opposition,
Therefore, we say that. the passage of
the national filed cheese law, and all
other kindred laws, is greatly in the in
terest of pure politics pure government,
as we'll as pure food.-Hoard's Dairy.
man.