The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
Argument of the Oleo Men.

| "''N' "A''SH VIC ave SOIllo radical leg
islation in the interest of pure foods.
Argument of the Oleo Men.
The N. Y. Produce Review thus COM
ments on the recent pure food investi-
cations in Chicago:
The testimony of oleomargarine
dealer Broadwell before the senate
rial pure food committee, as reported
IN another column, is amusing to say
the least. So far the evidence brought
out by the investigation shows con-
cluslvely that the oleomargarine laws
are being wilfully and continuously
violated In Illinois, and the efforts of
the law breakers to explain the facts
OF illegal sale as presented before the
committee by Secretary knight, of
National Dairy Union, are ludicrously
lmpotent According to Mr.. Broad
wells testimony the consuming public
OF Chicago all want oleomargarine
rather than butter, but are afraid to
ask for it-so the oleo people give
them oleo when they ask for butter.
According to one account of Mr..
Broadwell's testimony some of his
customers get oleomargarine when
they ask for butter with "wink''-
just as man in a prohibition town
gets stick" in his ginger ale. Speak
ing of the efforts of the oleo dealers
to guard the public from getting what
they don't want Mr.. Broadwell says,
they think they don't want oleomar-
garlne and call for butter;" and fur
ther' when asked why people don't
ask Tor olemargarine if they really
want It, he answers that thew don't
want to come in and ask for it before =
lot OF people, because it is considered
social degradation. Thereferoe the
oleo man reasons as follows: Oleo is
better than butter; therefore every
body wants oleo rather than butter.
but it is degrading to ask for oleo so
people ask for butter when they want
oleo; therefore we give them oleo
whether they ask for it or not!
We trust that the evident amusement
with which this class of logic was re-
celved by the committee is an indica-
ton that the real truth was per
celved beneath the mask of nonsense.
The First Food.
For the first ten days chicks are fed
exclusively on rolled oats and fine grit,
and chick size charcoal is always kept
before them says a writer in Reliable
Poultry Journal l have said for the
trst ten days. and yet l do not mean
to have this construed literally. I have
carried some chicks three weeks on
this diet, and others but five days.
Their general condition and the season
of the year are, of course, considered
With the early chicks-those that are
Matched before spring is sufficiently ad-
vanced to bring green food and ami
NAL food from the ground--we gradu-
ally introduce some form Of meat food
once a day. and also little by little,
introduce the other grains, viz:
Cracked wheat, cracked corn, ETC., af-
ter about ten days. We also give them
once day sifted broken cracker
crumbs slightly mostened with whole
or SKINNED milk, to which we add a
small quantity of chick size grit and
S1iICN oILC CAdl COdl, CICdSlIlS DOlQ at
the first sign of bowel trouble. We feed
every two hours what they will eat up
quick and clean for the first two or
three weeks, after that we gradually
drop to three times day, but leave
box of grain where they can always
get at it. AS soon as we can we SOW
Spanish onions in each yard, fencing
off the ground sOwn until the blades
are three or four inches high. l know
of nothing that equals these onion tops
for inducing growth, and nothing that
the chicks fly at with more relish.
The Disappearing Horse.-On no less
authority than that of Col. Albert J..
Pope the statement is made that at no
distant time cart or carriage drawn
by horses or other animals will be a
curiosity in the cities of the world.
and in most of the rural districts as
we'll. Col. Pope foreshadows the reign
of electricity as the power for horse
less vehicles, and shows that a motor
carriage, while it may cost more than
the ordinary carriage, costs far less for
it's care and keeping, can be recharged
with electric power at small expense
on the shortest notice, and will do as
much work as a vehicle drawn by two
or four horses. Col. Pope predicts the
speedy supremacy of the horseless car
riage, and the change will be gladly
welcomed not only by those who ap-
preciate the economy of the new power.
but also by all who favor the greater
cleanliness of our streets.-Leslie's
Weekly. Whoever wrote the
above had long look into the future.
This generation need not be alarmed
about losing the horse.-Ed. F. R.
Green Cut Bone.-Nothing else is so
valuable as feed for egg production
as green cut bone. Those who feel
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