The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-23

We notice that the Chicago daily
papers. almost without exception, are
making comments entirely unfricndly
TO the nsT oleomargarlne law passed
~ the legislature OF Illinois. The
papeys not only criticse II severely. but
trump 40 charges that have no truti
10 them. In the first place they claim
that the law Is entirely Ia the interests
OF the farmers. which Is not so. The
consumer IN the city ~ benefited to q
very great extent by the law that
compels olcomargarine to be sold for
what It IL. The consumer Is now com
PEELED to pay butter prices for a cod
coction Of different kinds OF grease
Any ono Of those ingredients sell ON
the market and at retail for much less
than 10 cents per pound. In fact the
ing Is only about I cents plus 2 cents
revenue. making cents altogether.
Now ten cents ~ good price for sucl
a compound. and now that It will have
to be sold for what II g.. fancy prices
for butterlne VIII no longer prevuii
The city laborer that wants 10 eat but
tcrino can got II In IT, pure state and
for low price. II he objects 70 hay
ing Il white he eau for q few cent
buy enough butter color to tint a great
many pounds OF the stun to suit him
self. Hut we know that the dear
laborcr IN not interested lie has to
pay butter prices now for olco aud
would generally prefer the butter. TO-
he thinks he Is buying butter. The
willing eater OF olco would rather pay
10 cents a pound for white butterinc
than 20 cents a pound for yellow hut
terlne The poor people In the large
cities eat II for economy's sake. and
10 cents per pound extra ia rather high
to pay Tor butter coloring matter 10
buttorlne.
Then. the papers say that the Law
ruins great Industry and throws
many mea out of employment Let Ne
zee. Olco costs cents per pound to
manufacture. that including labor and
materials But materials only repre-
sent the labor Of other men, 30 that
really tho whole cost represents labor
IN some form. Butter costs the farmer
OH the way from cents por pound
lundor the very best OF conditions and
with tho most profitable OF cows to
80 cents under uniayorablc circum-
stances. Some butter costs much more
than that II Is safe to assume that
average butter costs at least ~ cents
per pound. which means that II cents
worth Of labor Ia employed In making
butter. Il will therefore be seen that
Il takes three times as many laborcrs
to make a million pounds OF butter AS
Il does - make like amount OF but
terlne. Therefore II good many men
are throw n ont Of employment by the
closing IT butterlno factories II will
give employment to three times rs
many msn. ON farms and In creamerles,
But whst becomes Of the money saved
In the manufacture OF butterine over
butter? DO the wealthy manufacture
ers distribute II among their workmen
In some form or other7 Not ut all
The aayihg In cost OF manufacture goes
to help swell the fortunes that are be.
coming " Nh'hhA' " Ah' h'hhAAes
Another point they attempt TO make
IL that the farmers that now supply
fat from beef. pork Or cotton seed will
lose narke' f.r tax much OF their
product IT, i8 sreat reasoning
Every cents nrtn Of tho stun they
sell stops the sale OF ten cents worth
OF buttor by the farmers, Even n the
same men that are furnishing the fats
do not furnish butter yet they are hurt
indirectly by the salea they make 60
the. oleo manufacturers. BY killing Of
the sale OF millions OF pounds Of butter
they force dalrymcn to abandon dairy
Ing and 80 into stock raising or cotton
growing. ana thus raise up additional
competitors to themselves and help
force down their own market.
There are ether things that might
be said In favor OF the law and against
allowing men to get rich by perpetual
ing fraud ON the people. but we reserve
them to another time. Every farmer
should use his fun influence 10
strengthen these laws. and to enact
tham In states that now have no anu.
color laws.