Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-07-09
WAR cN ALL svrreR,Ne.
National Dairy Unicn Intend. 4,
Drive 1t from the r.a,,

National Dairy Unicn Intends 10
Drive 1t from the I.aad.
o:tse:ne must be leg:s.atcSl out Of
the UE.teL States" il the t:ict,,m of the
National Dairy Urion. The successful
hight for the new anti-butte-:ne law in Ii;
.e!s has Inspired the t..,rymcn of the en-
tire Ncst to crush and utterly ann:hi!atc
the batter substitute industry. They are
! so:as into politics to Go it.
Mssnt Eaw rs :s:s.:s..:.:sry proprie.ors. the
.s na''.r :. cesss''s AID the Ga;:y farmers of
I ne big butter producing Sti.es-N:scoa-
sin. in,.o:s. Ind.ala, Iowa, Al:nndssS;aa,
Nebraska, Kansas. Michigan ard the Da-
kotas-are being drawn into compact
.snt.ng Urcnni2atiCp of not less than ;DO.-
VHV' ana maybe more tlian 1.OtN.O0O vot-
ers and vote controllers. They are being
i'ieused IN writ:rg TO work increasingly for
LEGISLATION that will prevent the coloriny
OF M;tter substitutes and "to fight the men
N nigh PAGES who are unfriel,ily to the
Interests of the dairymeu."
I,ronises of money contributions go
With the Pledge. \ campaign fund which
would delight the heart of a professional
politician is already in sight If netps-
sary, Il lighting capital of S1.O00.OOO can
he raised, it is believed. before the Legs-
latures of these dairy States meet again.
This fund viii be used TO drive the Int
ferrt manufacturers from their few rr.
naming s.ronsihnl,is. and ii the industry
then find loopholes in State lvs:s.:l;ion,
the organization will move on Washing
ton.
w. u. Hoard. former Governor of Wis
co,is.n. and president of the National
Dairy Union, is giving the movement all
me benefit of his organizing ability and
political acnmen. Charles y. Knight of
Ch!ciE". secretary of the National Dairy
i'on and manager of rhe ant;-butteriIra
hight in the Illinois l4egisiature. is, sccre.
tary aud treasurer of the new movement.
The dairylnen have already done much
10 restrict the manufacture of butter sub
suttfeS. colore,l to resemble. the genuine
dairy article. Laws prohibiting the col-
or'ls OF such substitutes are now in force
IN illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota. iowa.
Nebrask;, Michigan. Ohio, PeMisylvania
and New York. But there are two Suites
IN particular which have no such laws
ana which are favorahly situated with
respect to the packing centcrs and the
sources of raw material for the manuf:lc-
tEre OF butterine-ln,liana and Kansas.
Since tho market for the co.ored article
is unrestricted. except in these few West
ern States which have legis.;,ted on the
subject, enough buttcrine can be made in
lhoaana and KANSAS to cut Il big figure in
the butter trade of the country. The
d;lirymcn expect, therefore. that the but
teriile makers will make /; hard fight to
retain their standing in Indians, and Kan
sas. and even to have ree@cintled the anti
~
States. Hence the broad scope of the
da;rymon's movement to complete the an
Initiation of their enemy.
The National Dairy Union is building
UP its fighting organization around the
creameries. There are nearly 1000 of
these in the north Mississippi valley. Each
creamery has OH an average 100 farmer
patrons. or 100000 in all. The price paid
by the creameries to these farmers for
their milk is regulated Ivy the price of
butter. The extinction Of competitioa
with butterinc raises the price Of 'tutis.
a;.ll a assss2s =; a:R;;s /, Is!!ags !4st g!l
these i,M.'ngy i;li l.sts ale e..pslted TO be
eager for enlistment in last rally against
5lffteriNe.
The farmers who work up their milk
into buttes il, their own dail.ies outnumber
Those WHO sel 10 crefllleEeS. They are
expected to take an Interest in this move
inr.rt. The same view is held of the tor.n-
ers WHO ship milk to the cities. the price of
1ile:r prcd,c. being influenced always by
the price it will bring at the crcameries.
Then there are the creamery operators
aud their employees. and the men who
handle butter in the big cities. the COM
mission mell-;ll these are interested in
one way and another i'll boosting butter
aud killing butterine. This indicates why
the active spirits of the National Dairy
mon are figuring on IL political army of
l.oOOOW men or more. The movement
is being given the widest publicity through
the dairy press. "Butterine must be leg.
is.ated out of the country is the war cry.