Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-24

every grange is visited and instructed
twice a year, is the most potent in
fluence, he said, in sustaining the in
terest in the organization.
Col. B. w. Kilgore Of North Caro-
lima, president Of the Association O
Agricultural Chemists spoke fol
the association, the members o.
which were in attendance in a body
Col. Kilgore said the basis of agricul'
tural practice is a thorough knowledge
of the soil, and the work of the asso.
citation is to promote this knowledge.
We are interested he said, in pure
food legislation and will aid any anc
all efforts in that direction. 1t was
through their efforts that experiment
tai stations were established in this
country and agricultural colleges
literally endowed.
Dr.. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist OF
the Agricultural Department, said
the grange had always been in favor
pure food legislation and has accom-.
plished a great deal in arousing pub
lie sentiment in that direction. There
is extensive a%dulteration he said, of
other articles of food as we'll as
dairy products. 1T is legitimate for
people to eat %adulterated food if
they desire to do so, but there should
be legislation that will make it impos-
sible to deceive the people and to en-
able them to know the composition of
all articles taken into the human
stomach. He referred to efforts NOW
being made to protect people in the
in the matter of meat, and closed
with an Endorsement of the work and
influence of the grange in securing
legislation for protection against
fraud and deception in food pro-
ducts.
George L. Flanders, assistant com.
missioner Of agriculture of New York,
spoke upon honest dairy products.
MI. Flanders said the first requisite
In the enactment of any law was a
strong public sentiment, and the
Grange is a good agency to develop
that sentiment. The yellow color of
pure butter is it's trademark. The
immense quantity of oleomagarine
made and sold is mainly consumed, he
said, in the belief it is pure butter.
T%hirty-three states, containing 80 per
cent. OF the people of the United
States, have enacted laws prohibit
ing the coloring Of initiation butter
to resemble pure butter. The legis-
lation sought is not to protect butter
makers, but to protect all the people
against the fraudulent sale and use of
initiation dairy products.
The anti-color law Of New York, is
vigorously enforced, he said, and a
similar law in thirty-two other states
would be enforced if sufficient funds
were appropriated for it, but even
then interstate commerce decisions
would come in, and so, the speaker
said, we come to Congress and ask for
national legislation along the same
line, allowing oleomargarine, when
sole. in it's natural color, to be sold
without restriction. The 10 cent tax
placed upon oleomargarine in the
Grout bill, when cleo is colored in
itation Of pure butter, is not for the
purpose of taxing oleomargarine out
existence, he said, but for the purpose
of taxing the fraud out of oleomar-
The national legislation for which
we are working, continued the speak
er, in regard to protection of state
trade marks upon cheese is in the same
line and for the purpose of prevent
ing fraud and for the protection Of in
in states and individuals.
DR.. Thomas Mcfarland Of Canada,
said the laws Of Canada prohibit the
manufacture and sale Of oleomargar.
Inc In any form, and consequently his
country has an unalloyed reputation
for dairy products in the markets of
the world, and the laws prohibit the
Of such substance into
territory. Any violation of
this law confiscates the product, If
discovered.
In speaking Of the meeting Of the
National Grange the Washington
Daily Star says, editorially.
'sThe National Grange meets at an
opportune time. The farmers of the
country have good reason to assemble
and to congratulate themselves upon
Two conditions-the prosperity now
prevalent, which they share In proper.
5'op, and the reaction from populism.