Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-02-24

consist simply of all refuse butter gath
cred together. worked over and put on
the market oftentimes as pure butter,
and the uncleanness of which Is impOs.
sible to describe. 1t has therefore be-
come an impossibillty toproduce enough
pure butter for the needs of the people
but OLEOMARGAItINE has met this
need. its production being limited only
by the demand.
Third. Because of It's commercial
value ana immense benefit to labor and
capital, farmers ana stock-raisers.
More than Is million dollars are In.
vested In It's manufacture. giving em-
plOymcnt to many thousand men, and
IL IL estimated that II to 20 million dol.
lars IL invested In the wholesale ana
retail trade. furnishing employment to
thousands more. The stock-raisers are
directly benefited by the Increase In
the value Of steer at least 81 by the
OleO OIL required and 20 cents addi-
tlOnal value of the hog by the neutral
lard obtained, and as large quantities
Of milk ana cream are required In the
manufacture Of OLEOMARGARINE.
thus increasing the price of these com.
mO'llties, the farmers are certainly the
gaincrs.. and only those who are mis-.
guided by the Dairy jobbers are op-
posed to the manufacture ana sale of
OLEOMARGARINE. 1t IL also u
source of great revenue to the Govern
incnt. nearly 10 million dollars having
been received upon the tax of two
cents per pound, and for the licenses
required from manufacturers, whole
salcrs and retailers during the thirteen
years under the Federal regulations.
Through the entirely selfish interests
of the Dairy people, various State laws
have been passed regulating against
the manufacture, sale ana use Of
OLEOMARGARINE. but In nearly
all cases such laws have not been fully
sustained by decisions Of the Supreme
Court, aud as the people have decided
that they will have OLEOMARGAR-
INE, as IL shown by their consuming
over S3 million pounds during the lis.
cal year ending June 30, 1900, 1t IL
again evident that the will Of the peO-
pie will eventually prove more power.
full than any class legislation, and that
the State laws must be changed from
prOhibitive to regulatlve, as are the
United States Government laws now
In force, and which ae necessary, In
order that honest ana pure goods may
at oil times be produced ana sold
strictly for what they are and on their
own merits. One Of these State laws
IL that prohibiting the sale Of OLEO,
MARGARINE when cOlOred to initiate
butter. and when fully investigated
proves to he the most foolish piece OF
legislation on record In the premises
II was not until OLEOMARGARINE
had commenced to be manufactured
that there was any uniformity In the
cOlOring Of butter, and therefore the
butter formerly came from the farm
ers' wives with little, II any, artificial
c0lOring matter, thus making many
varied hues, according to the season OF
the year. But now the retail grocer
can order his butter from any section
of the country with reasonable sure
| ty that he will receive goods OF the
proper color. OLEOAiARGARINE has
brought this change about, and no Il
It not u fact that BUTTER Is COL
ORED TO INITIATE OLEOMAR
CARNEY" This entirely harmless
butter-cOlOr Is necessary In both butter
and OIEOMARGARINE, In order thu,
the eye may be pleased, ana from thai
the palate, thus aiding digestion, which
should he the object of all food legisla
ton. A bill II now before Congress
put In by the Dairy interests, aiming
ut taxation of OLEOMARGARINE sc
cOlored 10 cents per pound, which, II
passed, would entirely destroy the In
dustry, rs such tax would be prOhibi
tive. No reasonable person, however
suppOses for u moment that such u law
can be passed. People demand OLEO
MARGARINE. and they will have 1t
what Is good and pure has always tri
umphed. So will OLEOMAAGARINE
The public are becoming SO educated
to It's use that they not only call for i
at their retailers. but insist on hayin,
1t, knowing that they will then get N
article uniform In quality ana flavor
which they cannot be sure Of when call
ing for butter, the standard for whicl
lhencef0rth must necessarily be "PURI
AS OLEOMARGARINE." To utterl!
destroy the commerce In such an artl
Gle of necessity for the people woult
be to commit an Offense against on
Constitution, which was enacted TO
the express purpose of protecting tn
Just demands, rights and privileges o
the American people.