Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-20
all the Wisconsin representatives in

congress:
Resolved. That the dairymen of Wisconsin
as represented in this meeting and by this as
soclatlon, which for twenty eight Years has
! believe and declare: O'
l. That oleomargarine colored like butter is
r. That oleomargarine under its own name
! ara color is a legitimate article of commerce.
! 8 That congress has the constitutional now
/ er 10 tax any business to the point of extinc-
J ltc welfare. " P'
4. That the. grc at bulk of oleomarea rine
| coIortd In imitation of yellow butter is con
| sumed as and for butter and that in IFS sale
| the hnal purchaser is cheated and the nro
/ Queer OF an honest product unfairly denriyed
! OF his legitimate market
.. mat we, as dairymen, neither desire nor
ask class legislation; but we are certain of n11
right to ask and demand of state and national
| legislatures all possible constitutional restrie
tions upon the traffic in counterfeit food ,lr
! duct which must depend for its nrofts 80,
the CeceptlOn of the public f
o. mat we pledge our sympathy. our money
and our earnest political influence to the e,1n
port of the National DaIrr union in ite afFortt
10 secure the passage by congress of the hill
now oeI ore the house of Representatives known
as tIe U0uI Dill, which reduces the tax on
uhCoIOfed oleomargarlne from cents to ONE
nall OF cent per pound and increases the ta,
on oieomargarine colored in Imitation and
li s-ioIance ol yellow butter to 10 cents pound
ana makes 1t an article of inter-state com,
which it enters. ''0 in'o
l. We ask this legislation not simnIv bacorsa
we represent an industry which has added
great wealth to Wisconsin, we ask if NOT sin1
ply because 2O0,fO0 men are keeping cows in
this state and making honest butter and cheese
ana are q p0Wt too great to be lightly ignored
IN either politics or business but we ASK If he
cause 1t IS right that hog butter should be
compelled to go into the market nnCer ite o,,1,o
color, and should not be allowed to steal ths
color of butter to pile up the profits of the
o!tfe7olnargarlne e!f7 trust and cheat the men who
Till the soil of Wisconsin,
8. That the Wiscons:n n Dairymen g sssocia
t1on, speaking Tor the consumers of honest
butter, as we'll as the producers of the same
bofh OF whom are defrauded by a counterfeit
calls upon all patriotic and laW-abidiDg citi-
zens in this state to support with earnest ef
forts our state dairy and food commissioner in
ms endeavor to suppress the unlawful sale of
a Chicago fraud which is striving to break
down Wisconsin industry
y. That we desire to call the attention of
the people OF the United States to the fact
that there exists in thirty-two states of this
union, laws restricting the sale of colored oleo-
margarine, and that there also exists a con
splracy on the part OF the oleomargarine trust
to break down these laws by every means in
their power, even TO the extent of hiring mer-
chants to thus become law breakers, Further
more. that this oleomargarine combine are in
dustrlously spreading the false report that
their product is needed cheap food for the
poor. and that the dairymen are selfshly op-
posed thereto This statement we repudiate
and state openly that all we desire is that laws
shalt be enacted that will prevent the sale of
cheap counterfeit to the poor, at nearly. or
quite, butter price.
The topics discussed at the after
noon session were Judging the Dairy
Cow, by Prof. Carlyle, of the Agri-
cultural college, Madison, and ..Shall
the Dairyman Have an Apple Or
chard p by A. j. Philips, of West
Salem. Prof. Carlyle illustrated his
discourse by drawings and paintings.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Adams
at this session gave strong address
on the oleomargarine question. his
sentiments being expressed in the res
olutions adopted.
Election of Officers
At the executive session held Fri
day noon the association elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, G. P. Goodrich, Fort Atkin-
son; secretary, G. w. Burchard, Fort
Atkinson; treasurer. H. K. E1oomis.
Sheboygan Falls; reporter, Mrs. R. H.