The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-02-15

buO SehJlennen say UOab the mo-
ment you color this article it becomes
fraud. How does it become fraud?
Is it fraud to put a little coloring
matter in the peas that are canned
in order to give them the bright
green appearance that makes them
attractive? Why, sir, every man
knows that the digestlbility of any
article that goes on your table depends
largely upon it appearance. Gentle
men here would deny oleomargerine
the right to be colored, even though
it is sold as colored oleomargerine.
"You have just as much right to 90
into the home of poor man and say
to him that he shall not use this met
al because it is a fraud on silver; the
plain iron fork or spoon is just as
wholesome, just as useful as the
plated one, and that he must either
buy the solid silver or go back to the
iron ware. That is identically SINH
lar in principle to this BILL which re-
fuses to the poor man the right tC
set upon his table substitute fol
butter which is attractive in appear
ance, which does not betray his pov.
erty to the neighbor that he ma,
have in to dinner with him, and give
his child to carry to school with hel
an article Of food that does not betray
her poverty to the sneers and scorn Of
the children of richer people.
"Let me call your attention to an.
other fact. believe that these Uni.
ted States are an indissoluble
union, not by reason of l'inship of the
people, not by reason Of love for that
glorious flag that hangs in its place
above your head, not even by the
blood Of millions of her heroic sons
shed on hundreds Of battle fields, bul
because of one little clause in the
constitution that prohibits one state
from legislatlng against the products
of another. Now, you are beginning
here today to legislate against the
products of some states for the benefit
of OF ers.
"You are beginning here to break
these iron bands that run from state
to state, carrying the commerce o.
one freely into the commerce of The
other. You are in this bill for The
first time, l believe, in the history O
the United States, recognizing tht
right of one section, if it has sufii
cient votes, to destroy the commerc,
of another section because it has no
sufficient votes
~ am here to represent the farme
as ! have known him | represen
the farmer who follows the plow i
early spring. represent the farme
who sits for fourteen long hours IN
der the July sun, riding the mower t
the monotonous music Of the vibrat
ing sickle. / represent the farme
who goes out in the cold days of earl
winter with chapped and bleedin
hands to pull the yellow corn frol
the stubborn stalk. | represent th
farmor who goes in storm and tenn
est to feed and care for the cattle uI
on whose lives he is practically d'
pendent for an existence. | Irepreser
the farmer who is today the hardes
worked and poorest paid man in theS
United States. ] represent the fa
mer whose day Of labor knows r
eight-hour limit, but begins with til
rising sun and ends too often lndt
the light Of the silyery moon. | kno
the hard. conditions under which /
lives and labors and the small remuI
Grafton he receives for his toll.
deny your right to take from him
single dollar Of his hard earned none
to give to the creamery and dail
man, who is today the most prospe
GUS individual who carries on any bu
mess connected with the soil of I'll
United States.
Sin the interest Of the true farne
in the interest of the farmer VII
farms the land and not the farmt
wuo farms the farmer; in the intere.
of the farmer who works with th
soil and not the farmer who worI
with the machinery in the creamer,
in his interest and in the interest {
20, 900, 900 Of people living today i
the cities Of he United States {
more than 1000 population, citiI
that can not depend upon the countI
butter but must depend upon til
cr amery and the cleomargerine fal
tory; aye, in the interest Of the /
, boring man, who is dependent on th