Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-06-05

than he was by those who were unit
ed in opposition to the oleo interests.
We finally gave up all hope of any
assistance from Plumley.
In reading Mr.. Plumley's letter
It, is very apparent to me as 1t is to
the other Directors Of the Union,
that he thinks it vastly wise to clock
all by himself" The ego Is so highly
developed hat 1t is impossible for
him to work with the acknowledged
friends Of the dairy industry. Your
own good judgment will tell you
whether such a representative il
worth as much to Vermont and
the rest of the country as he ought
to be. He says there were no facts
stated" in my editorial. The great
crucial fact that he would not work
with the National Dairy Union
which, covering the whole country
and the entire dairy interest, is, 1t
seems to me, the best judge of what
is best to do, was very clearly set
forth. He says he has not gone in
with any one to force the passage
of the Lever bill. Possibly this IL
true but the answer to that Is that
he did not go in with my one to de-
feat it.
Is it not a little queer that all the
representatives of the National
Dairy Union and many others who
were there working tooth and toe
nall with the Union should regard
Mr.. Plumley as a very poor aid to
them in this fight? Do full open
hearted soldiers In any fight usually
find themselves in such a doubt
inspiring position? Giving him the
benefit of all he says it is very evil
dent that the men who put the
Grout bill through to a finish, who
have stood on guard ever since to
defend the dairy industry from the
secret and dangerous assaults of the
thirty-five oleo makers, have no
hope of him. For that reason
they believe that he misrepresents
the straight forward and unequivo-
cal position that Vermont has always
taken in this fight. We are forced to
believe that they who are not with
US are against us and all the self
%laudatory sophfsms that Mr.. Plumley
can muster do not change that be-
lief.
1t Is enough to say that the
National Dairy Union received little
or no aid from him." 1t Is to their
efforts unaided by him that the
country was sufficiently aroused to
prevent the passage of the Lever
BILL"
The Lever bill is said to contain
substantially all the provisions de-
sired by the oleo interests and to
show how the National Dairy Union
and other representatives of dairy
interests regard it. | give a copy of
the protest" mentioned by Mr..
Plumley and read before the sub
committee, which shows some of the
parties and interests with whom 1t
is claimed Mr.. Plumley does not
work in harmony.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the COMMITTEES: We, the undersigned
representatives of different dairy
and agricultural interests of the
United States, hereby respectfully
present our views in relation to
House bill 1S493, which we have
carefully examined. We find that
there are many minor propositions
in the bill with which we agree and
some with which we disagree, but
there are three vital objections to
the measure as it stands and we
hereby call attention specifically to
them, to wit:
l. 1t is desired that section 1 OF
the act approved May 8, 1902, which
provides that the goods when going
into any State or Territory from an
other State or Territory shall imme-
diately become subject to the laws
of the State, be retained In the law
It seems to be somewhat Of a ques
ton whether your bill eliminates
that section. The doubt upon this
point creates a strong and valid OBJ
; lection to the bill.
2. The bill is further objected tt
: on the ground that the clause to cal
the one-half and 1 pound package
as original packages and the large
: package a shipping package, dis
s tinguishes between them in such
way as to make it possible, Ii no
e probable, for the courts to decid
0 that the smaller package becomes
by statutory enactment, the origina
r package, with all the rights of sue
q package, under the decisions of tn
courts.
3. A further objection to the bill
: Is that it omits all distinction be
tween goods that are in their nat
S ural, uncolored state and goods tina
e are in imitation or semblance OF but
ter.
e We stand for and shall advocate
bill which shall embody the follow
e ing fundamental principle, to wit:
q 1. That shall make it impossibl
for oleomargarine to be impose
upon either purchaser or consume
as and for butter, the product OF tn
q dairy, and as the best and only prae
e ticable means to this end we are Q
e the opinion that the statutes shout
not permit olemargarine to be manu-
d featured in semblance of butter Q
d any shade of yellow.
9 2. In view of the fact that thi
e tax is assumed to add to the price
d OF butter and o~lemargarine, we ar
e willing to concede the reduction Q
n all the taxes to a nominal sum, Pre-
- :5sn- &ho+ n hill ic paCC0d nr0hIht