Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-18
THE CIRCUIT BILL.

An Explanation of the Grout Bill by
Assistant State Dairy Commissioner
E. E. Huffman II p. .E:'tSa fgs.. .e%t5
." Prof. Kaufman of the state agricul-
tulal college, assistant state dairy com
missioner, in an article on the Grout
bill, says: ~: e F 7, ... n
An item has appeared in the Forum
and is going the rounds of some of the
state papers that the stock men in the
western part of the state are opposed to
the Grout oleomargerine bill because it
will decrease the price of beef cattle So
per head, -. r.. Fsssi sssse. SI1s IS f 1$s
There are SO many misstatements in
regard to- this bill that trust, Forum
readers will bear with me while en-
deavor to state some of the facts in the
case. &s'z ~: }zr'>4-5 ,'a.-i
4 First, the Grout bill was introduced
into the; house of representative by Mr..
Grout OF Vermont, for the purpose of
reg ulating the sale of oleomargerine as
such, and not to prevent its manufacture
and sale, as is sometimes claimed. The
butter producers of the country have
never tried to prohibit its use in any
way but when fraudulently sold as butter
The dairy interests believe the Gront
bill will do this more effectually than
any other proposed method and conse.
tquently have rallied to it's support, and
outside of few localities have the sup
port Of the farmers and stockmen of the
entire country. By this bill congress is
requested to tax oleomargerine 10 cents
per pound; when colored to resemble
butter; but when uncolored but Ii cent
per pound. "Oleo'' has been called the
poor mans butter. Then save him one
and a cents Oh every pound eaten, and
at the same time put it in on such a
basis that the man who wants butter
will know to a certainty that he is get
ting it. ,9&@ ,' 49,
Swift & Co., one of the leading man
ufactors of oleomargarine, were the first
to spring the decrease of So per head on
the beef cattle of the country if this bill
should become law and strange as it
may seem was swallowed verbatim ct
iteratim by many of the leading stock
men of the western states.
Let us investigate this statement. The
latest figures available are for the fiscal
Year ending June 80, 1899. According to
the report of the department of agri
culture, there were slaughtered at forty
five points under government inspection
100000 head of cattle in 1899. Enough
were slaughtered at outside points unin-
spected to bring the total up to s, 100000
head. The report made by the treasury
department last winter, stated that there
was used in the oleomargarine produced
in this country last year 24,491. .7e9
pounds of oleo oil which is said to be
made from beef fat. Divide the pounds
OF oil by the number of cattle slaughter
ed and we have fraction less that five
pounds of this beef fat from each ami
NAL.
The Standard Butterine Co., of Wash
ington, d. c., states in their prospectus
that the value of this oil is 915 cents a
pound. Five pounds at 91S cents a
pound would be. AK cents. When sold
as tallow this same beef fat would be
worth thirty cents, SO the loss would be
only l7A cents per head. Some little
difference between Tx cents; and 81.
Then wonder how many cattle men be,
heve for one instant the price of cattle
would decrease even l71a cents if the
Grout bill becomes law? 80 :a2 Z" d.
To the south the .'oleo' man saws the
Sopeoh oOCAA SAA AAAutSSA4 NOulu l6 TullSG
and brings forth the same kind of an
argument TO- get the support of the
southern farmer. Sss MI :
|. / am inclined to believe the stockmen
of North Dakota have been misquoted.
The creamery business west Of the Mis-
souri, river is the best in the state, seven
Ecreameries operating there the past sea
son and with the prospects Of six new
ones being erected in the spring, ii fact
the one at Richardson is already com.
5pleted. Six thousand cows will supply
those creameries and the owners Of
those cows surely have some rights ID
the matter $g3t !B LS4 53ss5 IS
by, there are lle. 600, 900 milk cows na,7 iii In
the United States. More than three
times as many as are slaughtered for
beef every year and yet the owners 81
those 5000 600 through the makers Of
butterine, want to say that the owners
of those 16, 900, 900 shall hot be spro-
tected from the sale of fraudulent
butter. Sss5. III
/ am pleased to say HAT North Da.
kota's senators, especially Senator Hans
brough, are heartily supporting the
Grout bill and standinn by the owners
Eof those Jig. 600. 600 hi iIk sstya