The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-20
BUTTERINE MUST
Be CRUSHED OUT
The Dictum OF the National Dairy
Union ii Chicago.
WILL BE DONE BY POLITICS
Compact Viii Control 0ne Hillion Voters.
aad Fighting Capital OF One
Dollar Head
WILL BE DONE BY POLITICS

Chicago. June ia special TO the
Tlmes.Hsrald from For, Atkinson. WIS.
says;
"Buuerlnc must be lcglSiated out OF
use" 10 ,he dictun Of the National Dairy
Union. The successful night Of the new
anti. .but,erine Law in Illinois has inspired
the dairymen Of the West 10 crush the
butter substitute Industry. They are go
Ing into politics to do II. Right now the
creamery proprietors, the but,er-dealerS'
and the dairy farmers o. the big butter
producing s,ates-wisoonsln Illinois. In
diana. Iowa, Minnesota. Nebraska. KAN
sns. Michigan ana the Dakotas are being
drawn into eompac, nghiiag orsaniza'
ton Of not less than go.0oo and maybe
more than 10000 voters and yote-con-
,rollcrs. They are being pledged In writ
lng to work uneeaslngly for legislation
to prevent the colorins OF butter subsu-
tu,ca and to igh, the men in high places
who are anfriendly TO tbs interests Of the
duLrymen,
II necessary a fighting capital OF si.po.-
90 can be raised. d is believed. before the
managers OF these dairy states vote again.
/ These funds viii be- used to drive the
but,enne manufacturers from their
s,rongholds. and II N, Industry finds the
loopholes 10 state legislation. will move on
Washington,
W y Heard OF this city. former gov
ernor Of Wisconsin. and president OF the
National Dairy Union. is giving the move
mont an the benefit OF his organizing
ability Chas Y, knight OF Chicago
secretary OF the National Dairy Union,
and manager Of the anu-butteriuc Eight
In the Illinois legislature, j. secretary and
treasurer of the new movement. The Ma
uonal Dairy Union has nearly $1,000
lcrcamerics In the North Mississippi val
ley and around these the union is build
Ing up IT, lighting organization. Each
creamery has on an average loo patrons,
or 10000 in all The price paid by the
crcamcries TO the farmers for their milk
Is regulated by the price OF butter As
a distinction OF competition with butter
Inc raises the price OF milk. It Is expected
the 10000 farmers viii rally against the
buttcrlnc. The farmers who work up
their milk into butter In their own dairics
outnumher those who sch to creameries
They are expected 10 take an interest
In this movement The same view Is held
OF the farmers who ship milk to the
cities. their product being Influenced al
ways by the price Il brings at the cream
cries, Then there are the creamery OPP
I orators ana NNVll ellllloANtH anu NNN men
who handle butter in the big cities. the
/ commission men-all these are Interested
In one way and another In boosting but
ter and killing butterine This indicates
why the active spirits of the National
Dairy Union are figuring on a political
army OF lOOO.oO0 men or more. The cream
cries are doing the enlistSng Every
such institution through the butteI-pro-
ducing states of the West is being sup.
piled with enrolment blanks designed
by their farmer patrons. These pledge
! themselves as indicated to work for anti
butterlne legislation and to fight "the
men In high places who are mfrieudly to
the dairymen."
The signers also authorize the cream
cry manager to deduct SO cents a month
from their bills as contribution to the
campaign fund. This fund will In a
short time, It is thought. amount to si.OOO,-
eco.