The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-10
Pennsylvania Senator Champion
Of Dairy Interests.
TO FOLLOW TARIFF VICTORY
Republican Leader of the keystone
state to Lead the Forces of the
Agricultural interests at the Next
Session of the National Congress.
Especial correspondence


Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. Z.
Reports from every section of the
state confirm the predictions that the
farmers of Pennsylvania would be
found standing Loyalty by the Repub-
lican party in the present state cam
paign.
In the framing of the tariff bill,
which was recently passed at Wash
ington, the interests of the farmers
and dairymen of the Keystone State
were carefully looked after by the Re-
publican representatives in congress,
and by also conserving the welfare of
the wage earners and capitalists iden-
tilted with great industrial concerns.
the same Republican representatives
promoted the general good.
The farmers thrive when their fel-
low countrymen are employed at re-
munerative wages, for the great army
of workers in the factories and mines
and in commercial life are the pur-
chasers of the products of the farms.
From every quarter comes the news
of revival of business and the relight-
ing of the fires of the coke ovens anF
the furnaces of great manufacturing
plants as the direct resul! OF the pas
sage of a Republican tariff bill.
To Lead Fight For Farmers.
Senator Penrose, who filled a most
important role as leading member OF
the United States senate's finance
committee in drafting the tariff act
had the hearty cooperation OF his col
league. the junior United States Senl-
tor George T. oliver, and every one of
the Republican members of the house
from Pennsylvania.
Now that the tariff issue has been
settled prominent factors among the
grangers and the dairymen of this
state have inaugurated movement
for national protection for the butter
makers against the sale of oleomar'
garine and other similar products in
imitation of butter.
AS he did in the tariff agitation,
Senator Penrose has come to the front
as the champion of the dairy interests
of his native state and the country at
large as well.
He has recognized the numerous de-
fects in federal statutes which govern
the manufacture and sale of oleomar-
garine, butterine, renovated or pro-
cess butter and adulterated butter and
he has agreed to cooperate with the
prominent leaders of the Grange,
Pure Butter Protective Association,
the National Dairy Union and kindred
agricultural organizations that wish
to see these evils corrected at the ses-
sion of the SiXty-tirst congress, which
convenes in December next.
To Draft a New Bill.
Senator Penrose has requested a
committee of the State Grange OF
Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania state
department of agriculture and the
Pure Butter Protective association of
Pennsylvania, with A. H. Woodward,
of Clearfield, and Assistant United
States Attorney Walter c. Douglas,
Jr. as attorneys, to prepare a bill
which Senator Penrose will introduce
as soon as congress shall reconvene,
Senator PenrOse says the defective
character of the national laws works
great injury to dairymen, farmers,
hn
posed measure is to be drafted with
the greatest care, and while it will
not prevent the legal manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine and other but
ter substitutes, it will certainly pre-
vent the sale of these products for
butter.
Farmers, dairymen and all fair
minded people do not object to the
manufacture and sale of oleomarga,
rine for what it is, but they do very
properly oppose the marketing of this
commodity as the genuine product OF
the cow.
Statistics from the Pennsylvania de-
partment of agriculture show that
about 80 per cent of oleomargarine
sold at retail is represented by the
venders to be pure butter.
Deception of this kind is a great
detriment to the dairyman, and it also
enables unscrupulous dealers to de
fraud consumers who are induced tC
pay a price for oleomargarine consid
erably in excess of its real market
value.
1t is held that the word knowingly
should be omitted from the oleomar
garine laws because in many cases II
has been found impossible to secure
convictions on account of inability tC
prove that the offender knowingly vic
lated the law. 1t Is also held that tn;
definition of oleomargarine should bC
20 changed that butter, with or with
out coloring matter, could not be useC
in it's manufacture, and that stamps
should be visible and record kept O
the serial numbers so that every pack