The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-04


else who had it to buy, but the gentle
man would not think of voting against
such a bill. In past years wheat has
failed, corn has failed, the price of hogs
has gone down, and then the farmers of
Kansas began to diversity their indus
tries and to start creameries- Now this
house refuses even to consider a meas
ure for their protect1On,-not to prohlp-
1t other products from coming into COM
petition with theirs, but to prohibit i'm
itatiOn of their products being placed
on the market as their own products:
Oleomargarine is colored so that it will
look like butter, and its manufacturers
want 1t to be consumed on the merits
of BUTTER
Mr.. Fairchild of Kingman said: ''The
stockmen of this state are interested in
this question well as the creamery
men. If this bill should pass it would
lower the price of fat cattle and great
l ly injure the cattle interests of the
state. The farmers of this bill did not
dare come out and try to prohibit the
manufacture of oleomargarine outright
but they have presented bill which
prohibits it Indirectly just the same.
They do not dare to try to take away
the vested rights of the property but
they try to destroy the market for their
products"
Mr.. Brooke took the floor in support
of the measure. "It has been stated
here" he said, "that this bill would
bring down the price of fat cattle. 1t
has also been argued that it would be a
bad thing for poor people because it
would raise the price of butter.
need protection pro @ ppit in this matter, I would
like to ask which would be better for
for the middle class. neither the creamery
man nor the poor man who eats oleomar-
garine. 1 know that if oleomargarine is
Sold on its own merits and, not on the
merits of butter butter will go up and
the farmers of Kansas will be the ones
Mr.. Dawes of Leavenworth, who had OPP
posed the question coming before the
house
ton will not prevail. The majority of the
| from the farms of Kansas. and they have
said that the bill was 50 bad that it 2ught ut
strike down this great industry. We are
| but we are not willing to nave one InduS,
| try struck down at the behest of another" 3"
| applause from the agricultural commit
Mr.. Wheatley of Cherokee said: cit has
been stated that the United States com
| this law does not protect the man who
and restaurants and IS compeIled TO eat
| OleOmargarine unknOwingly- L don't see
when there are a hundred petitions in this
( house signed by 10000 farmers of Kansas
| man says it will work an injustice 10 poor
| people. but it does not prohibit the manu-
rie'1 PIE want It to eat t they stil have that
| privilege and it will be cheaper than
Representative Babb favored printing the
| bill in order that it might have due con-
creamery isat 1tic5 man in wichita. stating that
| butter was also adulterated and that a
| bill ought to be passed to prohibit that.
| A roll call demanded and the mo-
| ton defeated by a vote of 35 to 81.
| Gentlemen voting in the affirmativ
| were:
| Messrs. Abrams, Ackerman. Adams of
| Butler. Adams of Sedgwick, Babb. Bow
| man. Brooke. Burkholder, Conrad, De-
| Bard, Edmonds. Finley, Giessler, Giles
| pie, GOdShalk, HaSkinS. Heberling. Hen
| ley, Keifer, Loomis, Moore, McClaren,
| Rees of Anderson. Rodgers, Scott of Elk.
| Smith of Rocks, Spurlock, Stanley. Swine
| hart, Ward, Wheatley, Willis. Wise.
| Gentlemen voting in the negative were:
| Messrs- Bailey, Beezley. Benefiel, Biddle,
| Bogenrief. Campbell, CouIson, Crosby,
| Dawes. Edwards. Elder, Elwood, Fair
| child, Fogle, Ford, Francis. Goodno, Graf
| tan, Gregory, Hallet, Harper Harris, Hay
| den, Heeney, Hoag. Irving, Jaquins, John
| ston. King, Kutz. Lawson, Longley,. Mar
| Pogue. Poison, Prather, Rees of ottawa.
| maker. Shoup, Smith of Brown, Stephen
| son. Sweet, Tenny, Thorp, Tulloss. Whee-
| Ter, Wiley, Wright of Lyon, Wright of
| Morton and Mr.. Speaker Osborn.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were:
| MeSSrs. Anderson of Greenwood, Ander-
| son of Sedgwick, Baker, Bigham, Brad
| bury, Carle, Coy, Flannelly, Fuller Ga
| briel. Hef1ey Hogue, Lawrence, Marks
| Medill. Mendenhall. Millar Osborn of
| Douglas, OurSler, RaVenScraft, Reeder
| Reid, Remington, Richardson, Rhinehart
| Seaton, Shelley, Short Snyder, Starr,
| Welch, woodward, Wright of Barton.