Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-17

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convlnrod ,bot ~ aroot ir,arnst ina
.Judce Snringer T., ad7,ooat,nn is tha IN h.
tcrest of the mnnufacturara or o,eomar-
garino. There Is bardiv an argument nre
scented nv anvbod,, T., fa,or 80 tho srh-
stitute bill that has NOT first been pre-
sontod nv I,,dgo snr,nga, ma he is a verv
able man
Rut now In tho d,souss,o, of Tho oues
ton in this body the honorahIe senator
from Kansas mir. Harris, has liftsd the
cloud and he boe Iot In a 1ood ~ sunshine
upon the conditions In n speech made
the other morning in tho Sonate-a speech
that was SO fair and candid and strong
and convincing that T wish every ,nemt err
of this body might have listened To 1.-THE
senator from Kansas used this language:
As to tho interests of the ,.,ttIemen be-
ing hurt in any nossibie way do not for
n moment concern INV self The evidence
Is absolutely conclusive that. even if we
should absolutely stop the consumption of
olcomargarinc in this country. the effect
upon the cattle industry of the country
would be absolutely inappreciable
As has been shown. we slaughter about
II, on. ooO head of cattle in this country, and
the total amount Of the value of the pro-
duct of oleomargarinc which Is utilized in
this country Is only about s275OOOo s.
that there will be from % cents to 80 cents
per steer and every cattleman knows that
that would be absolutely inappreciable.
The senator from Kansas further said:
The great packing interests control, as
have said. the price of cattle in this
country, and-I do not say it with any de-
sire to reflect upon them-consdering the
opportunities that they have had tn "
have acted with wonderful fairness and
moderation. They have the power, they
are members of all the great livestock
exchanges of the country, and they con-
troll practically all the great cattle asso-
Citations everywhere. The commission
men ere pra ctically all subordinated to tho
wishes and interests of the great packing
houses Cattle are sent to the great stock
yards of this country to be sold, and the
seller meets but four or five buyers, repre-
senting these great establishments. Ev-
cry commission merchant knows that UNI
less he Is on good terms with the great
packing houses his business Is liable TO
suffer, and consequently 1t Is an easy mat
ter for the livestock exchanges 10 pass
any kind of resolution that may De sup
posed 20 be in the interest OF these great
establishments.
And these are the establishments that
turn out the oleo oil that is made INTO
oleomargarine. Now, ] want to read FUR
Their from the speech OF the senator from
Kansas. He said:
The cattlemen of the West are great
big hearted. broad souled set or men; they
live in the open; their lungs are filled with
rure air, and their veins are filled with
good. warm. red blood. / denounce and
deny az cattleman that the owners OF
tho great cattle ranges and farms of the
country are in any way whatever in SYM
rathy with this false pretense that is be-
Ing made use of by part only OF the
manufacturers and dealers In oleoma gar
inc that is offered for sale throughout the
country
To-day the senator from Colorado (Mr.
Patterson has introduced memorial from
the cattlemen of his State in which they
make the charge against the proprietors
Of the creamcries of this country that tho
measure we are supporting Is the measure
of thc creamery proprietors. and that they
constitute a great trust controlling tina
particular Industry of the country Let :
see how that is. l find from the statement
that mas been furnished us that the whole
amount of butter produced in this count, y
in 1880 was 1,500 000 pounds, and only
2o0,ooo,0o pounds were made in creameries
in other words, the butter industry of the
country was so far controlled by indvid-
ual producers that only 70 per cent of all
that manufactured came from the ere m
cries of the country, which, it Is claimed,
have formed a trust.
It is an interesting fact in connection
with the discussion of process butter that
only threo-fourths of per cent of all the
butter IN the United States is of the pro-
cess variety.
Mr. President, | want to ask another
question. Has the general public made
any demand for the substitute bill. or is
the general public in favor of the bill now
pending. reported by the committee? The
nearest approach to anything that has in
dicated to me that the general public
wal is the substitute bill was in the ques-
tior that was put by the nator from
Texas (Mr. Cubersom to the senator from
Kansas tMr. fiarrs), when he was speak
ing the other day, when the senator from
Texas said:
Mr.. Culberson. ] call the attention
of the senator from Kansas to the tes-
t'mcny Of commissioner of internal
Revenue Wilson before the Senate
committee on agriculture and forestry
last year, in which he said that the
demand that oleomargarine be c1lorCd
came from the purchasers of oleomar-
Earine and the retail dealers-the users
of the article, the plain lahoring p o.
pie Of The country. call the atten-
tion of the senator to that statement.
Well | have looked Mt the testimony Civ
en- by Commissioner Wilson. which will be
found on page $50 of this book. in which
he saws:
The incentive which brings about this
violation of the law is not limited. in
my Judgment. simply to the desire for
gain upon the part of the retail deal n
who is selling oleoma rgarne TIL re
are other sides to the question. TIE
private family. the hoarding-house PRO
priCtor tho hCtSl pionreto, IN mo- VA