Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-13

like butter. and by that means deceive
and cheat the general public into pur-
chasing that which they may not intend to
tuy." This is all the friends and support
ers f the bill reported by the majority Of
the committee have ever asked or do now
ask.
The minority of the committee state that
the advocates of the legislation proposed
by II. r. )2O6 do ret hesitate to eylare
that 1t is their wish and expectation that
the passage of that Till will eliminate
CleoTargarine from the market as a food
product. and in sutstantiation thereof
quote a statement as having been made By
Mr.. II. c. Adams, pure food commissioner
OF tie State of Wisconsin. as follows
"There is no use Leating about the bush
in this matt r. We want to PASS this law
and drive the oleomargarins manufacture
ers out of the business"
MIR. Adams is a gentleman Of recognized
ability and needs no defense from me.
still. | can not but feel that the minority
of the committee have treated Mr.. Adams
unfairly in Incorporating into their report
the quotation have just read in view IT
the statement made by him before the
committee Monday, January IS 1902. and
which was geographically taken and re
Inrtcd. Let me lead rom what he then
said
AT the 'ast Sc; sion OF Congress
apueared before the committee in no
half Of the Giout bill. There was no
stcnog rapher present. My remarks on
ttat occasion were mislrderstc cd.
Some gentlemen on the committee
understood me to say that II was our
deliberate Durrosc to crush this bust
ness Of manufacturing oleOinargarinc
Il want to saw toyou gentlemen that
any repre- sentative CT the dairy in'vr.
ens or If other interests that taxes
this position here or Gryp hero else is
occupying. an absolutely indcfensiblc
rosition in nv judcment, end ne intrll-
CONT or fai.-minded rtl rescntativc nf
that inter. - can aflc I'd to take any
sJ;h position"
Ne ore has atv object il n TO the manu-
farturc and sale cf olnonarParne in Il
natural state Ut COZ diticn, but tire c1nten-
ton is. and with reason, too. that It
should not he made ir imitation of butter.
colored in imitation Of butter. and sold for
butter.
The renort of the commissioner of inter.
nal revenue shows that oleomargarine was
MANUFACTURED in but II of the United
States during the last fiscal vcar and that
the production amounted to lO4 y43 S-6
rounds. Withdrawn end tax Maid on 1Ol. :
43o.717 pounds. g E07. 1873 rounds were with
drawn for exucrt. T2o 937 rounds were re-
M, ming in ,ha factory June 30. ,e02.
Under tho proisicns of the majority mill
II uncolored Ills entire prcduction would
nav a fax Of hut t.sr 40 q as against g.
09s ST. 70 unds. the rres, Mt rate ~ taxatl N
at . cents par mound n s,v,rg to the man
ufacturer Of Il sSs 5,7 AZ in tho wav of tax
alton on n ;,rc duction canal to that of la 81
Wear.
If is claimed by some manufacturers of
oloonarrarino that ~ 10y is ir,nosod
uron the colored article Ia the ext.ot ,,ro
vided in the ma ioritv hilIit practically pro-
" crinnIe tho indusarv and drive then our
of business while othor ~ tne morufnc.
tuners VII, auu6ar.d hcforo tho co,,,,it .
rec brIi~vn they can work nm an exceIlont
ard nra+it,bl, businoss u,,h mo rpcoInr,5
If IL is tha moor ,ntn's" Luttcr as his
toen oerrestlv c,aircod b,, ,bo frior5s RI
oieo,,,o,a.,.i,In thnrn ho ~ L,,,i,t
about the latter nronc sition II was
ebowp tbat In DerrarL with a nonuIatin,
of b,,t . on Oo0 thav a,nualIv Consume
ever q 40 oOO nounds Of olecmarrarine. and
reorI, ali Of I, IL NOT IN. sutirn produc
t,or /. uncolorad ard mat thov annually
.,nnr, sq- ooo ono wor,b 81 b,tter into
Craat Rritair alone rho anount Of nlao-
n,araar5ra evnnrtnd from, there was ROT
f,,rnisbad ,he cour,,tt.e If upcolor,d
oioor,oroar; r, oa,, 10 rrodtabI,, nroau.ad
e., poI - ,,i. 49, ~ Il, nj,
rnun,r, y,,tb oil o,,r ,nvo,ti,a oo,i,ts and
,,',',o,.ad ,,,a,hrds for ~ adan,tln ~ la
lor-s n wing mac binCry LET oleomaruarinp
=. o,so,,',,,,o ,-ina s,i,i nd h,,tor w., G,,ter
s,u 49, aach MOI, he enld far ,ha, a.
rfaii, Is r. g. rov, ala IN Gov .t5nr,nio
$3.50, t. ,,, T., 80, a,,. 90 ''N'N
NJ, ho,,oraLIn ,antIan,a, ero,,, ,,.,, MI
Crns,..rar, ia ~, hn ms ..mv, ~,
nror,isin ,,y onros.d r. t,'is lrgis,,,in, ana
~ au ,.,adrsS ,a,r,SIatto,, ho''n,,n =, is 80,
~ 80 &c., i,to 49, So, ~,
800 ,,,n1s~ro 10 n,rn,it ~ to,in,,
el."s S.. ~ Nh.
power ~ ."e S for r ',i.t..
$50, ~ 10 ,-sos for tha n,,rnnsa - A.,
.tnuS, - 'e 80 i,d,strv ana hv cnrs',
cusnoa building nm another industry
puenee on,ius up jSn,,,,' ,,sts,,, =,
Nv 80 ~, - ,,,,,s,a,ia1 - co.
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