North Park union., 1901-01-11
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
National Live Stock Association Of
The United States, at Salt Lake
City, Utah, January l4th to 18th
1901.


executive committee, Knutsford, Ho-
tel.
Tuesday, January 15-Call to or
der. Prayer by Bishop Orson F.
Whitney, Salt Lake. Addresses of
welcome by Gov. of Utah, Hon. Hiber
NJ. Wells, and George Backle, prcsi-
dent of city council.
Response, Hon. R. M. Allen of
Nebraska. Grand reception Tuesday
night by the governor and ladies of
Salt Lake, ut the Knutsford Hotel.
Wednesday, January 16-Wednes-
day will be devoted to papers and
addresses on various subjects, and
resolutions on the Grout Bill as fol
lows:
Question introduced by address from
Col. John f. Hobbs, Editor Nation
al Provisioner, New York City, N
Y, author of the following resolu.
tion:-
Whereas oleomargerine-sometimes
called butterine-is made entirely
from products of the live stock and
cotton farm, being composed solely
of percentages of the finest oil of
the caul fat of the steer, a rich neu.
tral oil from the leaf lard of the
hog, pastueriZcd cream Of the dairy
COW, and '!butter oil " the finest pro-
duct of the selected cotton seed, and
Whereas the above farm grown in
gradients have been combined in
the above edible condiment, which
is the virtual equivalent of creamery
butter, and cheaper article of food
for the poorer classes Of our people,
and
Whereas the chief food experts and
chemists of the world have publicly
pronounced oleomargerine to be
perfectly pure, clean, nutritious and
wholesome Us an article of diet,
and
Whereas oleomargerine alone takes
the above grade of oils mentioned
and the manufacture Of il enhances
the price Of these specially made
products Of the farm, and, therefore,
enhances the market value Of .he
beeves, hogs and seed from which
the raw substances are taken, and
Whereas anything which will cripple
or destroy the market for oleomar-
gerine will inflict distinct and un-
just injury to the live stock and cot
ton growing interests Of this country,
and
Whereas, an organized effort is now
being made to kill the oleomarger-
inc industry through measure be-
fore Congress. known as the Grout
Bill, by taxing colored olcomarger-
inc ten cents per poun1-the great
bulk of dairy butter being artiticially
colored;-
That we, The National Live
Stock Association of the United
States, now in convention assembled,
strongly protest against the passage
of this bill and against such pernici-
GUS class Legislation because of its
un-American principles and because
of the discrimination it gives to the
dairy COW as against the hog, the
beef steer and cotton planting indus
try of this country.
Resolved, That copy of the above
preamble and resolutions be sent to
each Senator in Congress and that
the members of this association use
every effort to defeat the Grout Bill.
or any other measure which will
tend to iniure or destroy the olco-
margarine industry.
"The buttered side Of the ques-
tion," Hon. d. W. Wilson, editor
Elgin Dairy Report, Elgin, Ill. Ad-
iress; Establishing Breeds of Cat
tie, or In-Breeding," Hon. Abram
Renick, Sycamore, Ky.
Wednesday evening, convention
in the famous Mormon Taber-
nacle by the greatest choir on the
trained voices.
Thursday, January 17-Various
papers, addresses, and special order
Of business-Report of special com.
mittee on Land Leasing, appointed
by order of Third Annual Convention,
held at Fort Worth, Texas, followed
BY discussion: