The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-03-04
STAND BY THE COW.
Extract from speech ~ an Illinois coz
FRESHMAN


Extract from sg+ceh - an Illinois Con-
gresham
Mr.. Chairman i desire 10 say : ia
so-is on this greasy subject. I an a
friend - the cow I am friend 10 he
Somaa that mliks TIE CO.'S / aa 4 trsen.
- the man that stands ~ AMI watches
his Ntfe while -. us,.as the eov. for ia
sh. lot mis- aclautcl & lose to 81. Inc
woman rhura the f1amsur cream a~,iI
the butter Coneth t-sc rho ucr fresh
b-tterH.lS. and lose go Sos tho busy
housewife Na'loN tht butter about in her
hands into saaQ-ly rolls. lo1e - see
the butter COME and ta,a 7 love 20 make
the butter ~ Memory goes back To tho
haplE times when the COWS came home.
ami - the less haIay times Whcn I rad
10 make them come home Any man Who
has b,en raised Nth a cow uill never
lose his friendship for her. nor * back
upon her. nor upon her hack. Whsn aa-
Verslty strlkes her business. The gentle
man from Virginia Mr. Lamb paid she
Virginia co.'s 4 beautiful aud eloquent
tribute. but let me say TO him that tho
Virginia cow cannot bv compared with
the ttg st COWS 81 the MIS- sstppi Val
Icy and beyond. I am v,l aware that
Virginia IS entitled TO the proud d.stlnc-
llon ol having hffh tie mot bFE OF lTEE-
idcnts.' but she was not the mother o,
the COW. The Mi>sissippt Valley COW Is a
marvel % voader ana the ride OF every
home. She never goes dry She Is KIND
and gentle and has such a maternal az
lection that She often ticks the mixer
instead OF her calf. II / fail 20 vote for
this bill / shall feel that I cannot go homo
and ever again look an honest COW IN the
face. The COWS in my country arc Demo
cratic COWS. They give Democratic milk.
which accounts for the everlasting big
Democratic malor!tits IN my district.
They are not yet aware, sir. that there
is such a thing as cleo in any part OF
their anatomy. WIZ. sir. even our hogs
saAfI hIlunoo am u 400 auL snnqs NJ
lunLS pInoa at u MsuY sou IuJa1esd sgl
IL 'iIodououI Lslluq -Mo9-uuU lpoIS L dp
5u!pIlnq 10 NLoM NpsaI5 aul o. o!nqlIluo,
spIg. III HsBoJS Ll9ql lrQl pauIRsl lou aApV
in Arcadian simplicity. She d~welleth
amid green pastures and looketh dubi-
ously at the Republican politician as ne
passeth by on his mission To hooioo the
honest voter. Frolicsomc calves gallop
about with tails erect, rejoicing in the
fullness OF Democratic freedom that is
theirs. The COW is contcnted and happy.
out in my district. in her benevolent
work Of giving milk for young Demo
Gratis. Little does this patient COW know
that the honest product Of her tell is be
ing countcrfcitcd so successfully by cum
ming men that the butter eater knoweth
not any more what he eateth when he
buttereth his bread. The wholesome
| food product" called olcomargarine you
say is such a fine counterfeit Of genuine
butter. such a delicious substitute, that
the honest son OF toll cannot tell whether
he is eating pure butter or this fraudu-
lent compound Of hog lard. steer fat and
cotton seed grease. To such perfection
has swindling come at last under Repub-
lican rule and misrulc. Why should
YOU not be as earnestly and eloquently
advocating an honest thing for the hon
est workingman as you are earnestly and
| elOuuently advocating this substitute.
this compound of mysterious fats. for
him? | tell you the honest son OF toll
honest labor. the best and not the poor
est, the genuine and not counterfeit. We
should take off our hats to these honest
sons of toll, for We are here by their
votes. by their kind permission. They
| expect us to give an honest vote for an
honest measure. This bill is an honest
measure TO protect an honest industry.
Gentlemen let us stand by the honest
COW and verify we shall have an abund-
apcc Of genuine butter Tor our bread
| aud milk for our babies-and the carth
and the fullncss thereof shall be ours.
Loud appIausc.)