The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-15

1 sale Of which may. by reason OF such
( adulteration, cheat the general public
into purchasing that which they may
not intend 10 buy. The constitution OF
/ the United states does not secure to
any one the privilege OF defrauding the
public The deception agaiusc which
the statute OF Massachusetts, is aimed
is an Offense against society. and the
] states are as competent to protect their
citizens against such offenses and
wrongs as they are 60 protect them
against crimes OF more serious char
acter. and this protection may be given
without violating any right secured by
the national constitution. and without
infringing the authority of the general
[ government.
Within the borders of the thirty
states mentioned above. which contain
over 60,0O0,000 inhabitants. oIeomargar-
inc COlored yellow cannot be lawfully
/ sold-the white only can be marketed
But according to the Seventeenth An
nUai Report of the Bureau Of An nal IN
dustry. 62,S00.000 pounds of oleomar-
garine were sold in those states in 1899.
and if the same ratio of increased sale
was Kept up as was maintained in the
production of OleOmargarine than S4.-
100000 pounds of oleomargarine were
sold in these states in 1900. and these
&,O00,000 pounds. if legally sold, must
have been unCOlOred. It seems to me
that this proves two things: First, that
uncolored oieomargaTine finds ready
sale, and, second. that as the CrOut bill
reduces the tax on uncolOTed OIeomar-
garine by IL cents per pound, the prof
its on the business is thereby increased
and correspondence the market for cleo
(beeD oil improved. and not destroyed,
as contenGed. 1t seems TO me that these
facts removes the very foundation upon
! which any argument against the Grout
/ bill from the standpoint of the cattle
men can be based.
The line of argument followed above
! applies also TO the hog fat used in OleO-
[ margarine, Of which it comprises 81
per cent. As for sheep, if the sworn
statements of the manufacturers is
worth anything. not one pound of sheep
fat is used in OleOmargarine.
I believe the interests of the beef
producers demand the passage of the
GrOut bill. If colored oleomargarine is
to have a free hand in the United
States. it will destroy the profits in the
dairy business; butter cannot be pro-
dUced for 10 cents per pound. Then the
5000, 600 to 1900, 900 dairy cows viii,
in a few years turn to the business Of
producing beef calves. Such cOmpeti-
ton viii knock as many dollars off the
price of cattle per 100 pounds as it is
claimed the Grout bill viii per head
The packers and the OleomaTgarine
manufacturers Will then laugh in their
sleeves, and the livestock producers
will awake to the fact that they have
acted the part of the cats paw for the
millionaire packers
But the bill is unconstitutional? But
the anti-colOr provision as regards Oleo-
margarine in the state laws has been
decided to be constitutional, and this
bill but supplements them If 1t is un-
constitutional. then the law which
places a different tax on tobacco &C
cOrding to the manner in which it is
prepared for sale is unconstitutional,
and so is the law that does the same
for alcoholic beverages, and also other
internal revenue laws.
But this is class legislation Well
what about the tariff on wool and
hides? Again the laws of thirty states,
representing 0,0OO.0 600 people, demand
that oleomargarine shall not be colOred
yellow if sold in their markets. It
seems to me that 50 600 900 is a pretty
large class. These SO, 00O, 00G people de-
n4and that the oleomargarine sold in
their markets shall be white. and not
colored yellow. The Grout bill aids and
simplifies this demand by taxing out the
color. +. b LlNFIELD,
Secretary Utah Dairymen's Associa-
ton.