The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-10
8aifu~ Eagle
4 EIght ORGANIZED AGAINST chesterI Long.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

price Again, there thousands Oh consumers VINO p
fer the product for the reason
that the great bulk oleomargarine is made from the Sc
lected or Of fat animals in hne condo
while the creamery of milk can convert very
questionable quality of butter attractive Pro-
duct texture and color But neftner the
creamery or the packing house. the dis
eliminating taste turn out product which can equai
the country dairy or homemade just simple
sweet thick healthy So there is no contest
between the farmer and the the farmer and
the packing there is fight on between the
creamery fellows and the oeoargane fellows and natur-
ally enough
At the last session Of congress fellow Grout,
of the combine. introduced bill
which seeks to crush out fellow, and in
the name Of the truth the average farmer
is just as much interested oeomargarine fellow as
in the creamery man. He with their raw
material The oeoargarine enterprise fact adds mar
ket Value only fat but to his fat
steer and to his fat hog while only
helps out his old COW providing she is giving milk The
Grout bill seeks to tax oeomargarne ten cents
per pound which If product out of exist
ence would have to be paid by poor man, by the
laborer who cannot buy butter, the
creamery product either Chester L Long representing
other district knowing that every hog and steer
brings higher price for oleomar
garne made from these declared would not
support the un4nodifed; that he going
to cast vote which would dollars price
every off the price of
every hog while adding of the average
milk of decision combine
district trying to organize fight against him
made to convince the farmer that by
creamery against packing house. in fact the
farming district especially, vastly
money packer than from the creamery
truth farmers district a whole get more
money butter by themselves say nothing
they themselves consume, they the
creamery only that, the
it. if the oleomargarine produce
existence price hogs depre-
by much the interest of the creamery
man, price butter be enhanced in all
probability for the simple that the of
oeomargarine afford buy butter;
knocking out of the oleomargarne product would not in
crease perceptiby for either country butter
the product leaving loser
price hogs. When it comes to the
questions Of health and of food quality oleomargarne
just pure wholesome creamery product 1t
good, probably, gt-edged country !
butter good the creamery product
Aside questions right and wrong moral or
legal not see how Mr. Long could consent to sup
port measure the the creamery men, which
knocks farmer twice where it lifts him
but once because when old to furnish
milk for the creamery he wants an
oomargarne price her from the packing house man.
who for talow not permitted
make ten-cent oeomargarine
The bottom truth matter is Congressman Grout
represents lot northwestern creameries where they
do cattle hogs market and those Wis
consn dairy oleonargarine industry para
lyzed by prohbitve the cattle and hog
raising countries done The cat
tie Raisers association resolution of pro-
test to which they the bill in de-
stroying legal business and which paid government
two million Of dollars in year. and employed
thousands Of men, would price on an
of 50 Stock associa-
ton resolved to the adding would also
adversely affect the price s773s 82s
annually, lower the aggregate price both hogs and
cattle sold packers annually would be
pretty stiff bonus the creamery combine but
sn farming or cattle and hog interests
as whole
The creamery combine has issued famng(?? circular
against Long We do not know Democratic nom
inee Mr. Duva stands this He no doubt will
promise the combine anything he knows there
is possibility Of his election for Mr. Long he is
right in his position this question He has faculty
for turning the right side public questions Or
maybe. it sound judgment
NJ. Ions, in speech delivered at sedgwicl city. on
September 10 when this question raised referring to
the report Of Commissioner Wilson against the bill and
the declaration of Adams that purpose Of the bin
is to drive the oieomargane manufacturers out of bust
ness. said:
This being the purpose Of the legislation it only
necessary to consider the right wrong of such proceed
and the effect that have upon certain kinds Of