Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-14
HOUSE FAvORS OLEO
Declines Amendment to Bar II
From Soldiers Home.
ALL QUESTION OF SMELL
Representative Anthony of Kansas
Objects to It, But Vote
Overrules Him.

Perhaps what the House of Represent
atives really needed today was a good
housewife or an expert cook, for the men,
bers got themselves embroiled In the grave
question Of whether or not a good cook
can produce a pan of rolls and use oleo-
margarine without getting the smell OF
beef fat all over the domicie
They even went as far as to introduce
resolutions, make speeches. and demand
tellers to decide that oleomargarine is
good enough for old soldiers. The debate
which preceded the march OF the vari-
GUS members up the middle aisle, as they
were counted off by Representatives Fitz-
gerald and Anthony. tellers. was much
like a wrangle. and so many men talked
at once that the official stenographer had
to signal for help. But the House showed
its favor for the product.
In the gallery about a hundred women
suddenly began to realize that legislation
In Congress has something to do with the
American people and the necessities OF
life after all, for every woman leaned
forward and 1t seemed that every woman
had something to say to the friends be-
side her on the subject OF butter or a
substitute.
Objects to Use of oleo.
1t all occurred when the tall and broad
shouldered Mr.. Anthony of Kansas OBJ
jected to the use of substitutes for but
ter In the national home for disabled VOL
unteers at Leavenworth in his state. He
said that the cooks out there use oleo-
margarine all the time and the place is
filed with the rancid smell of the prod
uct. He said that old men get a species
of Kansas seasickness from having IL
eat rolls made with oleo and introduced
an amendment to prohibit the sundrs
civil bill appropriations being used for
anything but fresh butter-the kind thai
Is sensitive to the butter board at Elgin.
LII.
Representative Fitzgerald OF Brooklyn
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee In charge of the sundry civil bill
and who has no large grazing areas In
his City OF Churches, objected to the fresh
butter proposition, and refused to say
why. Whereupon. Mr.. Anthony startel
off a five-minute Grafton in praise OF
country butter. In the course of this ar
gument he said that the prison fare al
the federal penitentiary at Leavenwortf
is in some instances superior 10 that
served to the soldiers who went to the
front in 1898. and who are now immureo
In the power OF oleomargarine cooks al
the national home In the same city.
Have you ever used cleo YOURSELF?
shouted representative Mann with voice
which was heard even above the terrific
hubbub that Representative Anthony's re-
marks had caused. The tall Kansas man
waved the Illinois statesman aside, but
Mr.. Mann persisted
IF YOU never used it yourself, how dc
you know SO much about 1t?
Mr.. slayden Defends oleo.
Representative johnson OF Kentucky
acting as chairman OF the comm. ttee on
the whole, overruled the amendment. bu,
the fight continued. and Representative
Siayden Of Texas. representing the broad
and grass-filled prairie over which the
long horned cattle roam before being
transformed into beef, suet and oleomar-
garine, tried to enter a vigorous defense
Of the product. which filled Mr.. Anthony
with disgust.
1T is an unjustified assault upon a
he said 1T is great thing for cooking
but 1t is Disseminated against by laws
framed for the special interest OF butter
manufacturers"
Representative Foster OF Illinois is q
physician as we'll as a resident of the
great butter centers, and he had a few
things to say about substitutes for butter
that made the hubbub worse than ever. :.
The trouble with oleomargarfne is, :
he expounded, that it's makers want
to have it look like fine fresh but
ter. They get lot of old cows that
are worn out and try to color up the
stuff from their fat"
Mann Causes Gleeful Outburst.
Where does the butter come from?"
shouted Representative Mann. TT
comes from the same old cows" The
laughter was OF the gleeful kind.
when the grass is green in the
spring." persisted DR.. Foster. you will
find that butter is richer than it is
in winter, when the cows are fed on
stable fare"
There was an uproar after this which
prevented any one from hearing, but
when the noise died away Representa-
tive Foster was heard saying:
You'll never ge, your oieomargarine as
good as butter-not If you use all the old
cows in the world.
Representative Sherley from the blue
grass Of Kentucky had a few things to
say about Legislation born of the greed
of dairymen," following which the House
voted in favor OF oleo-,J4 to Al.
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