Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-15
RESOLUTIONS OF WISCONSIN
nAlRNMEN.


The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted at the late meet
ing of the Wisconsin Dairmen's Asso-
citation at Watertown:
Resolved, That we favor modification in our
school laws and their administration as shall
secure the teaching of the elements Of agri.
culture in our common schools.
Resolved, That the Dairymcn of Wisconsin
MS represented in this meeting and by this as
ISOLATION, which for twcnty-cight years has
labored to make Wisconsin great dairy state
believe and declare
That olcomargarinc colorcd like butter is q
commercial fraud.
That oleomargarine underits own name and
| color is "A legitimate article of commerce,
3 That Congress has the constitutional pow
cr TO tax any business to the point of extinction
which it regards as prejudcial to the public
welfare.
4 That the great bulk of olcomargarnc col
orcd in imitation of yellow butter is consumed
ns and for butter, and that in its sale the final
purchaser is cheated, and the producer of an
honest product unfairly deprived of his light
| mate market.
s That we, as dairymcn, neither desire nor
ask class legislation; but we are certain of our
right TO ask and demand Of state and national
legislatures all constitutional restrictions upon
the traffic in u counterfeit food product which
must depend for its profits upon the deception
Of the public
q That we pledge our sympathy, our money
and our earnest political influence to the sup
port of the National Dairy Union in its efforts
TO secure the passage by Congress of the bill
now before the House of Representatives
known MS the circuit Bill, No, 37i7, which re-
duccs the tax on uncolorcd olcomargarinc from
two cents to one and onc-half cents per pound
and increases the tax ON olcomargarinc colorcd
in imitation and resemblance ofyclllow butter
to ten cents per pound and makes it, as an ar
ticlc of interstate commerce, subject to the
laws of the state into which it enters.
We ask this Legislation not simply because
we represent nn industry which has added
grcnt wealth to Wisconsin,; we ask it not sim
ply because 100000 men are keeping COWS in
this state and making honest butter and
cheese and ARE II power too great to be ignored
in either politics or business; but we nsll it
because il is right that hog butter should be
compelled to 20 into the market under its own
color and should not be allowed to steal the
color of butter, to pile mp the profits of oeomar.
gnrinc trust and cheat the men who till the
soil Of Wisconsin,
8 That the Wisconsin Dairymcn's Associa-
tion, speaking for the consumers of honest
butter. rs well ms the producers of the same,
both Of whom are defrnudcd by n counterfeit,
call upon all patriotic and law abiding citizens
in this state to support with earnest efforts
our State Dairy and Food Commissioner in
hiR rndenvor to suppress the unlawful sale of
II Chicago fraud which is striving TO break
down n Wisconsin industry.
. That we desire to call the attention Of the
people of the United Suites to the fact that
there exists in thrty-two states of this Union.
lnws restricting the snlc Of colorcd ocomarga-
rinc and that there also exists II conspiracy
on the part of the oleomargnrine trust to break
down these laws by every means in their
power, even to the extent of hiring merchants
to thus become law breakers: furthermore,
TINT this olcmnrgarinc combine is industri
ously spreading the false report that it's p Il
duet is II needed, cheap product for the poor.
and that the dnirymcn IRE ScliShly opposed
thereto. This statement we repudintc and
state openly that all we desire Is that laws
shall he enacted that will prevent the sale of n
cheap counterfeit to the poor ut nearly or
quite butter price