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SOUTH VS.. THE NORTH.

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SOUTH VS.. THE NORTH.
TilIman catechises Senator DoIliver
on Oleo.
Washington, March 81
| The speech of Senator Dolliver, which
is generally conceded to have been the
most vigorous, eloquent and potent ad
dress upon the subject of the oleo mea
sure and the ablest defense of the COW
ever made in congress, is still the tall
of Washington.
1t will be a matter of general public
interest to review some of the rough
and-tumble, heart-to-heart passages a
arms between Senator Dolliver ant
some of the weightiest men upon the
democratic side in the senate, notably
Senators Tillman and Money, each O
whom took occasion to interpose ques
tons that might be calculated to con
fuse one less strongly fortified with
fact and readiness of speech than the
junior senator from Iowa. 1t will be
observed that in these colloquies Sena
tor Dolliver emerged with the best end
VI lllt 6dCu llu1G' IC WdS DIT
tackled
In the course of his remarks Senator
Dolliver produced bona fide sign TAX
en- from the front of one of the grocery
stores in Chicago, which he exhibited
in the senate chamber, with these OBJ
servationS:
II have here the sign of one of the
leading oleo grocery houses in Chicago
which was presented in evidence be
fore the committee: Try our best Ell
gin butter; five pounds for dollar.
The gentleman who secured the sign
asked for butter and got oleo.
The other day, in order to satisfy
myself as to whether this business was
still going on, caused to be purchased
in Chicago of very famous butter
dealer there. who never had a pound
of real butter in his place, a little pack
age of butter, and | have it here unop
ened. (Here the package was exhib
tied to the senate.) Everybody in the
senate will remember what the provi
sions of the oleo law of 1886 are as to
the marketing of this product. l de.
sire to call the attention of the senate
to the skill with which the law is null
lifted.
Il will unwrap the package and tell
you in advance that it is marked in
plain letters, 'oleomargarine.' | would
be willing to contribute something to
the happiness of any senator in this
chamber who will in five minutes dis
cover the mark upon the package. In
order to have the business well and
faithfully attended to | will ask my
friend from South Carolina which has
the most stringent laws upon the sub,
Ject of any state in the Union, to try
to find the mark 'oleomargarine' which
the law of 1886 requires to be written
upon the covering of that package.
Hands the package to Senator Till
man.
Senator lillman.-"This is the wrap
per in which the grocer gave it to
you?"
Senator Dolliver-"EX but the
law of 1886 requires this mark to be
made upon the wrapper. 1t will en-
gage any mans ingenuity to discover
1t, although if he knows exactly how
that business is practiced in the city
of Chicago, and removes all the folds
around the imitation butter, he might,
before nightfall find the word "oleo.
margarine printed in dim letters on
the package"
Senator Tillman-"Does the senator
leave the package on my desk because
he WHAT'S me to get introduced to this
article?"
Senator Dolliver-"I hope to intro
duce the senator to the genuine goods
before | am through"
Senator Tillman-'I wish to say to
the senator that couple of years ago
was in the town of Elgin and they
gave me oleomargarine at the hotel
table. l recognized it. This is Sup
posed to be the leading dairy market
of the vest
Senator Dolliver-"The senator will
remember, this retail grocer who never
had a pound Of butter in his great es-
tablishment, advertised in his Win
dows New Elgin butter
Senator Tillman-"Why did you not
try him?'
Senator Dolliver-"He has been in
the courts half the time in the last five
years, but never got in without finding
at his side the attorneys of the cleo
manufacturers and their representa-
tives ready to sign his bail bonds. |
see by the Chicago papers of yesterday
that he is in court again. along with
about fifteen or twenty other slippery
gentlemen there"
Senator Tillman-"Will the senator
be ready when he sees white article
In the market to declare that it is oleo-
margarine"
Senator Dolliver-"That will certain
ly make 1t easier to locate"
-.
ator know that during eight months Of
the year you cannot get yellow but,
ter?"
Senator Dolliver-"Like my friend
| ought to know something about but.
ter. Out in our part of the country,
where COWS are fed on nutritious food.
We manage to get up a little color all
the year around"
Senator Tillman--sVery 1ittla how