Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-23
A REPUBLICAN ESTIMATE OF LOUDENSLAGE Err
TFrom the Camden Post Telegram. bicano of
LOUDENSL AGER VOTED DIRECTLY AGAINST
THE INTERESTS OF THE DA|RYMEN
He Was the Only Republican Congressman From New Jersey
Who Opposed the Grout Bill.
LINED UP WITH SUPPORTERS OF THE OLEO TRUST

stitution of the Wadsworth bill, which al
lows coloring and makes no reduction in
the two cent tax, which is neither required
for revenue, nor but small portion OF
which is necessary for the enforcement OF
the provisions of the present law. 1t is the
manufacturer who realizes the necessity OF
being able to place in the hands Of the re-
taller an article in such color and form as
will furnish him facilities with which to
palm it off as butter 1t is the manufac
turers who know that it is only the ability
to palm it off as butter to his guests that
induces the hotel, boarding-house or restau-
rant keeper to use their substitute for but
ter, where only the perpetrators of the fraud
benefit from the deception. 1t is the man
ufacturers who realize that the minute their
product goes upon the market in its true
color the big profits which have served as
an incentive for the retailer to handle it in
defiance of State laws will be thing OF the
| past. and that, instead of selling upon a
basis of butter with profit nee ssitated
through the perishable nature of this deli
cate product, oleomargarine will descend to
the plan of lard as result of the superior
keeping qualities of low grade fats.
1.-THE Wadsworth substitute gives col
ored oleomorgarine the protection OF the
Interstate commerce laws to come into a
State and be sold in one and two pound
! packages in absolute violation OF the laws
and will of the States. 1t furnishes no
protection whatever to the guest at the ho-
tel, restaurant or clearinghouse, and also
protects the retailer in the possession of an
article which he can upon convenient oc-
casion palm off as butter to unwary custo-
mers whom he knows not to be detectives or
officers.
"Instead of settling this question once
and for ALL as Congress should at this ses-
sion and thus quiet this conflict that has
been growing for years throughout the
country, the passage of the Wadsworth
substitute would simply place upon the
shelves of the grocers beyond the reach of
State laws, counterfeit butter, and reveal
Congress in the light of protecting makers
and sellers of oleomargarine instead OF
affording relief to the millions of producers
of butter Instead of settling the question,
it would simply aggravate the situation; it
| would be giving a stone where bread IS
asked.
''The House has twice rejected the
| Wadsworth substitute, once in the Fifty
sixth Congress, and on February IL last.
Our friends in the popular branch knew
the origin of the measure, and realized that
every apologist for oleomargarine favored it
and that it was pressed by the manufac-
turers to gain fresh advantage.
1.-THE fight in the House was not as to
whether or not further restrictions should
be placed on oleomargarine, but as to
whether the oleomargarine makers bill
known as the 'Wadsworth Substitute or
the majority bill of the committee known
as the New Grout bill' should be accepted.
s'In making up the following report the
opposition is given credit for all members
who did not vote or were not paired. Those
voting to recommit H. r. 9206 are here
classed against the bill, or against the
dairymen's measure, while those voting or
paired against recommittal are classed as
being for the bill, meaning for III. r.
9206."
Here follows in alphabetical order the
list of members from the various States
and their attitude upon the bill. When
New Jersey is reached, in Mr.. Knights
circular is found this entry e.
NEW JERSEY.
For the bill -
John J. Gardner, Atlantic City.
Benjamin F. Howell, New Brunswick.
Joshua S. Salmon, Boonton.
James F. Stewart, Paterson.
Richard Wayne Parker, Newark.
Charles N. Fowler, Elizabeth.
Against the bill
Henry C. Loudensager, Paulsboro.
Allen L. McDermott, Jersey City.
This substitute for which Mr.. Louden-
Slayer voted in Congress was none other
than the Wadsworth substitute mentioned
by Mr.. Knight in his circular. Are the
farmers and deirymen of the First New
Jersey District ready to overlook this blow
at one of their greatest products
A TRUE REPUBLICAN,.
Camden, N j., July Is, 1912.