The Globe-republican., 1899-02-16
TaE OLEeMARGARlNE BILL.

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sentatives, and now some unwise PEG
pie are predicting a loss to the Re
publican party in consequence. A
Legislative report says:
"The creamerymen who have been
pushing this kind Of legislation in
the house Ut representatives claimed
that all they desired was to prevent
oleomargarine being colored like
butter, but here comes bill to pre-
vent its manufacture and sale, and
incidentally one which if enacted
into law would throw thousands Of
men ard women ont Of employment
and leave extensive enterprises IN
Kansas City. Kas., with decaying
buildings and motionless machin-
cry"
Here is a proposition to destroy
one industry at the expense OF an
other.
The butter makers need no such
Legislation. Any one with the keen
taste and sweet smell of the average
butter eater can tell the difference
between oleomargarine and butter;
and besides there is a United States
law regulating the sale of oleomar-
garine.
All that the Republican party may
lose on account of such action of its
members in the legislature, will not
materially affect the result in the
next election.
An esteemed subscriber calls our
attention to the action of the Repub-
lican House, aud we judge he desires
us to make objections to such legis-
lative conduct. He writes that he
has ga big job on hand to keep us
right" (meaning, perhaps. that he
must remind us that We should jolt
the Republicans.) We are glad that
some ono is so thoughtful as our
friend, as we desire to be except
right" We remember few months
ago that the same friend protested in
IA letter to us against the passage in
Congress of pension bill for ex con
federates. The letter was received
during our absence. Through neg
lect and oversight the letter never
appeared in print. In the meantime
the sentiment Of the ex- confederates
themselves settled the thing, they
having in their councils voted against
the passage of such a law, and the
bill having been Withdrawn we sup
pose the matter is ended. We be-
lievcd it would end just as it did,
and we were saved much ado about
nothing. We kept our temper and
remained silent. We believe that all
things come to those who wait; and
that is why we have SO much patti
ence.
OF the cleomargarine butter ques-
ton the Hutchinson News says:
"The oleomargarine butter ques-
ton is about the biggest and funniest
one before this session of the legisla-
ture. The latest development in the
controversary is the measure that
passed the senate Thursday. 1t pro-
vides that each package shall be Is
belied ''pure creamery butter"
worked over butter" "butterine or
"oleomargarine." The new classifi-
cation "worked over butter" means
farmer butter bought by creameries,
colored, worked over and usually
sold as creamery butter. The bill
further provides that every hotel or
restaurant shall post notice on each
table stating the kind Of butter or
substitute used. The bill is not ia
vored by the creamery men very
much and is generally considered too
harsh and too far reaching to en-
force"
The Kansas City Packer has an
article on the oleomargarine bill de- |
feated in the Kansas Legislature, from |!
which We make the following ex-
tract:
The opposition to the bill came
rom stockmen and from the larger
cities of the state. The strongest |
light and the strength that was cred |
ted with killing the bill was from the |