The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-05
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of the Farm "a Few
Hints As to h Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Passage Of tho circuit BIN.

HIS pOSlCIOu as q means OF lmpeuAu6
the progress of the bill. He introduced
q substitute for the Circuit bill and
claimed that it would do the work.
Some Of the trimmers favored the sub
stitute, but when It came to a vote on
the substitute 1t was defeated by a
margin Of sixty-ive votes, the vote
standing 178 against and 113 for the
substitute. The bill as adopted pro-
vides for a tax Of 10s cents per pound
on colored oleomargarine and reduces
the tax on the uncolored article from
2 cents per pound to x cent per pound.
An amendment vas adopted to the Of
feet that the bill should. go into effect
July 1, 1901. The debate on the bill
was sharp and the excitement attend
ing it great. The oleomargarine inter-
;ests were present by their lobbyists
and exerting all the influence possible.
MI. Lorimer Of Chicago was one OF
the chief defenders Of the interests OF
the manufacturers Of oleomargarine.
He claimed that depriving the manu-
.f%acturers Of the right to color their
product to initiate butter was equiva-
lent to wiping out a great industry"
Mr. Circuit (vt.). the author of the
bill, declared the purpose Of the bill
was to suppress fraud in the sale OF
a food product by preventing the col
oring Of oleomargarine in imitation OF
butter. Over 100000, 900 pounds OF
'ol~eomargarine had been manufactured
and sold last year. That was about
one-ninth Of the total butter consump-
ton Of the United States.
do you not think that the enact
ment Of a substitute would prevent
fraud in the sale of oleomargarine?"
asked Mr.. Burke (Tex.).
81 do not" replied Mr.. circuit. 'The
public would have no more protection
than it has now"
MI. Grout produced figures to show
that oleomargarine cost less than 9
cents a pound and was worked of on
the public by the retailer at from Is to
80 cents a pound. He gave a practical
illustration Of the manner in which
oleomargarine ia sold by having
brought into the house a boxful of
packages which looked like butter.
Each vas wrapped In brown wrapping
paper. The packages o passed
around, and after they had been exam
ined Mr.. Circuit defed any one to tell
whether they contained butter or oleo-
margarine. Then he turned up a cor
ner Of the wrapping paper which had
been apparently .carelessly folded
down and displayed the printed sign
"Oleomargarine."
Dairy Notes
The different nations Of Europe, as
well as the different colonies Of Eng
land in Australasia, are paying more
attention than ver to the manufac-
ture of butter. Reports Of the worlds
supply Of butter last year show that
nations that were not previously
counted among the producers Of good
butter are now coming to the front.
We might call attention even to ST.
IBERIA as an Asiatic country in which
the development Of the dairy industry
has been described as almost mar
velous." Holland greatly increased
her production last year and the same
is true Of the North Of France. The
production In the Australasian coun-
tries was the heaviest ever known and
predictions r freely made that the
increase this year will be at least 20
per, cent over that Of last. Last year
more than $1,000 boxes Of butter were
sent from New Zealand and Australia
to England.
The passage last week Of the Grout
bill 10 encouraging news. II is GER
tain to operate to the interests Of both
the producers Of butter and the con-
sumers Of butter and oleomargarlne.
The producers Of butter will now be
able to sell their butter without hav-
Ing q spurious article placed before It.
On the other hand, the consumers Of
oleomargarine will be able to purchase
the article named ut q fair price In
stead Of at an exorbitant price. The
manufacture Of oleomargarine will not
be, discontinued. but the consumers
will simply get used to It minus the
color. The reduction Of the tax per
pound on the uncblored article5to one
fourth Of q cent Will doubtless stimu-
late the manufacture Of the uncolored
article and we have reason to believe
the present manufacturers will find
themselves again facing a. brisk COM
petition. For cooking purposes there
will certainly be q demand for oleo. q.