Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-05
PALN OIL FOR OLED
Manufacturers Desire PERMITS
sion to Use it in Coloring
Their Product.
Claim Nutritive Value as Well
as Color-Dairymen Will
Oppose.
Democrats Not to Change Front
in Congressional Campaign
Washington News.

Washington News.
! Washington, Aug. Wonderful dis
coNerieS are being made in the manu-
f&cture of oleomargarine. dairymen
claim. The most remarkable nutritive
value OF palm OIL ii is charged. has been
;scertained. within a comparatively
few weeks, that is, since congress
passed the amended circuit bill imposing
4 tax OF 10 cents Il pound upon oleo
artificially colored in imitation of but
ter. Mr. Outcault, of Cincinnati, APP
peared before Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Yerkes yesterday and argued
at considerable length. as counsel for
the oleomargarine manufacturers, 10
prove that the recent discovery OF the
nutritive value of palm oil was not di-
rectly due to the fact that its use would
lmpart a coloring to the product.
Dairymen. it is claimed, have used
palm oil as coloring, and are now pro-
testing against its use by the oleo-
makers on the grounds that ii is a vio-
iation of the law, which imposes tax
OF only one-fourth cent a pound on oleo
that is not artificially colored. The
dairy people insist that the use OF palm
oil should subject oleo to u tax OF 10
cents a pound
Charles knight, of Chicago secretary
OF the Dairylnen's Association, is in
Washington and will appear before
Commissioner Yerkes to submit the
o;irymen's side of the controversy He
says the dairymen can not understand
low dairy manufacturers have for
years failed to recognize any nutritive
or other desirable property in palm oil.
ard now. after the passage of the oeo
act. suddenly find that palm oil, which
Will give Il coloring to their product. is
practically Indispensable, and must be
used to give the people AN article of
food they demand.
Democrats Not to Change Front.
Charges that the democratic con-
sressional campaign was at a standstill
because Senator Carmack and w. j.
Eryan had made the Philippine ques
ton the paramount issue. drew from
MIR. Carmacll last night a statement in
which he took the position that the
question would be Kept to
the front even If the democrats did not
elect a single member of congress. He
holds that the party would be deserving
Of contempt if it ran away from the
issue.
>--th of the Shoe Industry.
The census bureau has just issued n
showing the marvellous growth |
+l,a
United States. In 1865 one workman
2.225 hours to turn out 100
pairs of mems fine grade shoes, and his
labor cos. $556.24. BY machinery the
same work is now done in 800 hours
thirty eight minutes. and the cost of
abar has been reduced to S74.39. Mas |
;achusetts continues to lead the coun-
Try in shoe manufacture. In 1900 she |
iurned out Sill, $4,000 worth of pro-
lucts.
Illinois shows gratifying growth in
shoe making. She has gained in capi- |
al, in number of wage earners and |
wages paid and in value of products. !
IN capital invested the state ranks sixth |
With $5,351.4S In wages paid Illinois |
stands sixth, with $2,694,059. But the |
tate rangs eighth in the number of |
wage earners and seventh in the value I
If products. In 1900 Illinois turned out
worth of boots and shoes.
.gainst sS.756,s24 in 1890. The gain
ince 1880 represents S36222S2 in capt.
al, 3.493 in the number of wage earn
RS, and $S,251,S16 in the value of pro-
lucts.
Brockton. Mass, stands first among
American cities in the value of boot
nd shoe products, having turned out
19,S44,000 worth in 1900. Chicago ranks
inth. With a product valued at s5,723.-
&c. In 1890 Chicago stood fourth on
he list Her drop is as nothing COM
Jared with that of New York. In 1890
Sew York stood eighth in rank as a
obbling center. Now it is seventeenth,
anking just below Nashua, N. III.
Oppose the Tariff on Cattle.
Washington hotels are crowded with
elegates to the annual convention of
he National Associational of Retail
butchers and Meat Dealers. The dele
ates are almost to a man in favor of
the tariff on beef cattle,
ound. A proposition is also being con-
f the growing of beef cattle in the
asst. 1t has been suggested that the
ssociation should throw it's influence
n favor of a proposition to have the
everal states in which the growing
+ cattle has been abandoned offer a
ounty for the growing of beef cattle
Additions to the Pension Rolls.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware to-
ay said that legislation enacted by the
tst session of congress will result in at
EAST 10000 new pensioners. The num-
er of pensioners on July l of this year
vas 999,446. This shows a steady
rowth of the roll for a number of
ears. Commissioner Ware said tina.
MS growth was accounted Tor by the
onstant new pension legislation by /;
ongress.
DELAY INJURIES INDUSTRIES.