Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-09
oleomargarine and senators.

oIeomargarine and Senators.
1t is unique spectacle when tn
measure Of craftsmanship in senate
rial contest Is oleomarearine or bogu
g butter Nobody but Gen. Grout woul
ds force it to such a plane 1t is in lin
r with his particular brand, and b.
j. gloats over the opportunity to measur,
Il according to that standard. RepubH
Fl cans are asked to turn their attention
from too critical study of his eight.
!. cen years record in the House, but to
remember thatC ongressmanG rout is the
parent Of a bill which has not passed,
which bad votes enough to pass last
session, but somehow cot separated
from its author and lost in the shuttle
and is now stranded. high and dry
somewhere, with the wide future be-
fore it. But whatever its fate, Yer
mont Republicans, and farmers espe-
ciaily, are invited to give Gen, Grout.
credit for bis good intentions and to
vote accordingly in the impending
struggle
This. OF itself, is quite proper from
the Grout standpoint, if that faction Is
correct in its estimate of what. and |
what only, our people expect in a sena-
tor of the United States. But not con-
tent with having mounted the General
triumphant on At pedestal of bogus but
ter. they turn and a,sail GOV. billing
ham as a champion of the detested
oleo, and therefore an enemy to the
Vermont farmer They base this
charge on his opposition, while a mem b.,
Der of the Vermont House OF 1884, to Il
certain bin introduced by one Parker {
Of Cambridge This particular bin +
was evidently one of the species Of q
crude measures dumped bieunially on :
the general assembly, which, based on "A
some actual need OF legislation. over ],
shoot the mark SO far as to defeat their n
OWN purpose This bill proposed "a >
10000 license fee tor the manutact- n
ire of oleo, $4,000 fee for the whole Fl
aler, a 81 900 fee for the retailer. and :,
5 cents a pound tax, whether offered a,
IS q substitute for butter or as cleo. q,
)eeming the bill an unwise one, Mr.. "a,
had the manhood and eour- II,
sc to speak and vote against it. lie al
that it was practically pro- a.
ibitive of the manufacture and sale of r.
leo in any shape whatever, and as br
lch measures had been held rs un- nr
in other states he tore er
tw that its passage would in all prob fl
Dility be but the precursor to its re- su
ction by the courts, when there would Il,
ave been no legislation lett in force ma
gainst substitute butter. Mr.. Dilliug-
am might have avoided the necessity m,
now explaining his course by sitting 40
lietly in his seat or giving his assent ed
legislation he considered ill-advised IN
Id in the end disastrous to the very for
ass that it was intended to favor. but On
Ich is not his quality We can imag- do,
e what his leading opponent would Oh
We done at this time and how he nrs
)uld have whitfield another notch on She
, tally stick as the farmers friend the
e true guardian Of the sons of toll tina
r. Dillingham; stated at the time the fer,
ounds Of his opposition to the Parker not
j; it is no afterthought. By oppos- we
? it he did an actual service to the s,r
irymen, which most Of them will ap- and
eciate. TO-
But the Parker bin passed the House. tbe
peculiar bills sometimes do. and REQ
en it reached the Senate was held onl,
by the committee on agriculture. the
imposed wholly of farmers. Mean adv
lie, a bin calculated to deal with con
omargarine effectively, one that ofic
uld stand all tests and hold its place at p
the statute books. was introduced in n
the House from the general commit bre.
. 1t was opposed by Mr.. Parker of serv
nbridge, the man who now criticises -
81. Dillingham;, aud was ordered to ~
On motion Of Mr.. Douglass Of H.,
liting, chairman of the committee ~ ~
agriculture, who evidently saw its ~.
rit, it was taken up and passed. ~,
e Grout papers allege that sDilling- nm.
a did not speak in favor of this bin. -
the official report shows that he did. - -
much for his friendship for oIeo. -, -
Senate committee on agriculture -
her
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 80.