Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-22
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Commissioners Whitaker, 81 MaSsss
chusetts, Delivers IN Addressto
the Farmers Congress
sc.ae Interesting Facts About thsS
Dairy Interests in the United ~
States.
The 0leomargarine Traffic and It's
Legal Status The Outlook
Encouraging. Ri
Encouraging.
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| Colorado Springs, Col. Aug. PA
lroday's session of the farmers national
lcongress addresses were made ON n s9
3. Killebrew, OF Tennessee, and Dairy
ling by G. NJ. Whitaker. dairy com-
missioner of Massachusetts. He said In
|part: ~ = ss
THE dairyman is manufacturers:
and the ordinary laws Of business apply
Ito him as we'll as to the manufactures
of cloth or jack knives. The essentials
lin manufacturing are three: First. the "
technical, the knowing how; second, II II
|ecutive, the ability to produce at the
llowest cost; third commercial, the abil-
Iity to sell, and at a profit.
The annual value OF the dairy prod
sucts of the nation is in round figures
s5OO,0O0.0o0. In the forty years previous
Ito the census of 1890 population had tAr
lcreased ia per cent, but the number OF
Imilch cows had increased but 166 per
lcent. In the east, the old dairy center.
4 1.-THE increase in n1ilch cows was but 50
per cent, while in the north central de
lvision the increase was 700 per cent -
the Dakotas the increase in thirty yeATsR
was 1,050 per cent.
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creased more rapidly than the Increase
lin population. The census OF 1850 rec
: ported 81 pounds per capita, the CEN
! Isus of 1890, 1924 pounds. One-half of
I the butter production is in seven states. I
: The largest butter state is Iowa, maxi
j ing i10.4 per cent of the country's pro-
!. louction; next comes New York with 0.$
Z per cent and Pennsylvania third, with
II per cent. This large increase Of pros
5 duction shows the importance OF Sthes
. foreign outlet to prevent the surpluf
:, from un6uly depressing the home mar
: ket. Exports during the last ten year1s
l have f1uctuated between six million
pounds and thirty-one million pouuds
For the year ending June 30. 1899. thS
s lamount was twenty million pounda
The production of milk for con-
sumption is the second largest branch
of the industry, using the product o.
500, 900 COWS. The production OF salt
5 milk has received less attention THAI
its magnitude warrants. In Boston
IL with a population of three-quarters o.
million people, the wholesaleris
- brought into the city in the year 1881
=. 95. 100000 quarts. Estimating ths
amount from other sources at 250O000l
quarts we have 10000, 900 quarts. This;
farmers netted on an average at least
g 22la cents per quart, which makes the
lr !. business to them worth $1,000 900. In
a. I New York, with twice the population Of;
II Boston, figures based upon the amount
required to furnish, the sale of milk
n cream and condensed milk used IN the
~ city are placed at 5S4. .000. 600 quarts pei
r year. At 2l@ cents per quart thif
81 amounts to $l4,600,000. When We cons
IS sider the large number OF cities and
I. i, towns dependent upon the dairy milI
o. man we can partially realize the inns
re portance of this business.
40 There are two kinds OF oleomarga.
US rine. The first is the ideal, which is the
60 article of the laboratory, the study OF
q the Office, talked about by men who
q have no knowledge Of the actual bust.
d a. ness. The second is the common imi-
q tation butter found in stores, peddlers
y wagons and boarding houses TIL.
Us ideal oleoniarg arine is a mixture Of tai.
low, lard and cotton seed oil, all whole,
some food products against which LITTLE
can be said from the standpoint o.
IF. health. The yellow oleomargarine o
commerce has the above constituents
but is prepared to counterfeit butte
mr. and is sold frauduiently in majorit,
n of eases. 1t may be questionable legis
ms lation TO restrict the sale OF the frs
he creature of the magma ton. On tn
,rk other hand there is every reason TO
nd regulating or suppressing the sraut
ion which is rarely sold on its merits
the but which owes its com
40 mercial value to the skill of the couu
terfeiter. The most logical way to re
astiiet the sale Of this counterfeit 10 I
strike at the root Of the evil, to forbi
tic Introduction Of the element whic
sor fconstltltes the fraud. namely. the colo,
en- There is as much fooG value in whit
oIec;narsar.n SO In y@siow. Massachus
of e,;s has lsw wsieh prohibits the sal
an OK imitation or yellow hu.se-. connes
nor tic.t hes the sains. Siaststles OF the In
10 tertiat!onal reveaee Department show
ted tiiat tie consumption Of oieomargarin
ost pes capis in Ehode Island With no la,
,is SIS pounds. In Massachusetts tn
amour. ir only .f3 OF pound. and /
Coarasticut 10 as small ae .l5. Ever
to- thiag pesti5,s Shcu!6 he done to max
Der permanent this eEis,ation the constitl
no- ltionalisy of wniea wak affirmed by II
or majority of the s,sio.esfts court, and az
ak may some tiIne bt reversed Il is essel
'ar- tiai t.lst we should push section 1 OF Il
NJ. Grout bill, SO csl.ee, which .aK.es ole'
and margarine brough; into any ssate sui
nd ject 10 the laS1 oe that state. Az
/ to placing a heavy internal revenue ts
are upenit, while from the abstract stan,
! Of point 1 do not Ike the idea Of suppre
{ On sing a fraud By naakinG It a subje
hop Theoretically OF national revenue. und
heir our dual sy'stenl of government there
out- no other way of striking ii nation
we'd blow. Furthermore, The olemargari1
nan people can not legitin;a teiy complain.
ten this tax. A person seeklng equali
her. must so into court clea n-se ndsd. II 8
5 he. oleomargarine Interests appeal 70 81
me- people claiming that a 8 cent or 15 &C
arg tax would be equitable. we have q rig
With to inanire into their antecedants. and
we fiHd that they have fraud -talnt
Reputation they are debarred from
considerat ton
kers In conclusion the speaker said the @
MON look generally for dairying was prom
king ling especially, N rersria thA -