Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-31

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OLEO LEGISLATION.
At this writing the Sixty-fifth con
gress has done nothing relating I"
oleomargarine legislation, though
there have been three bills introduced
by the oleomargarine interests. One
on April by Senator Mcclellan of
Tennessee, known as Senate Bill No.
294. The title of the bill is "A
bill to reduce the tax on oleomarga-
rine." This bill assesses q tax Of !
cent a pound to be paid by the manu-
facturer on every pound or part Of q
pound package of oleomargarine.
This bill would reduce the 10 cents
a pound tax on colored oleomargarine
to cent a pound, and increase the
tax on uncolored oleomargarine from
u of a cent pound to / cent a
pound. The bill has only one short
section and mentions no other
changes.
Congressman SABBATH, Of Missouri.
on April "a, introduced a bill, en-
titled: "A bill to change the name OF
oleomargarine to butterine, and to
change the rate of tax on butterine:
to protect the consumers, dealers, and
manufacturers of all kinds of butter
inc against fraud; and to afford the
bureau of internal revenue more EN-
cient means for the detection Of fraud
and the collection Of the revenue"
This bill contains IA sections, and
repeats the acts of August 2, 1886:
tie act Of October /, 1890, and the
act of May 9, 1902. It taxes all
oleomargarine, whether colored or
not, cent pound. It requires that
all butterine be put ur in ", /, Q, 8,
4, s and 10 pound bricks. prints, or
rolls, with the word butterine indent-
ed on the surface thereof, and that
the container shall also be stamped
with the word butterine. II permits
all stun previously known as oleo-
margarine (Which means any kind OF
grease) to be mixed together with
extracts, and certain mixtures, with
cream-butter, or with milk. In short.
this butterine can be made Of any
thing and then colored to look like
butter. It provides for a $500 manu-
facturer's tax, q $50 wholesalers tax
and So for q retailer. This bill has
the earmarks of the beef trust, its
object being not to cheaper the imi-
tation butter, but to make 1t possible
to get more money from the con-
sumner for an inferior product.
Congressman Aswell, Of Louisiana,
introduced q bill entitled: "A bill to
authorize agricultural colleges and
experiment stations to investigate and
to teach the science and art Of man
ufacturing and using oleomare9rfme.
and 10 exempt such colleges andptaS
lions from the imposition Of special
taxes and the payment Of taxes" He
intends to change the work of our
agricultural colleges from that OF
teaching soil conservation to that OF
conserving the fortunes Of the beef
trust. We understand that few OF
the agricultural colleges bit at this
sucker bait A better heading for
the bill would be: "A plan to de-
stroy American agriculture and the
conservation Of the soil. in order to
increase the price OF imitation food
products to the consumer. for the
benefit of the meat monopolists.
The a gricultural committee of thu
National Research Council, which !
understand lie an adjunct to the Ma
tional Defense Council, has q resolu-
ton asking that all restrictions be re-
moved from oleomargarine on ac-
count Of the scarcity Of powdered
SKINNED milk. How ridiculous this
reasoning, but it shows the activities
of the beef trust and its allies.
On account Of the war every kind
Of scheme is being devised at our ma
tional capitol to further the interests
of monopolies, under the pretext Of
conserving and increasing the food
supply, while in reality their ulti-
mate effect would be to do the re-
verse. We know 1t is a very busy
time for the farmers. but they should
keep their United States senators
and congressman informed that they
will not stand for any such legisla-
ton. Write at once, because some
thing is liable to turn up at any time,
in fact we understand it Is the inten-
ton of the Def trust to push their
oleo legislation at this session, and
may possibly try to add it to the rev.
enue bill. Prompt action is needed.
Write and wire.
WIN. T. Greasy, secretary National
Dairy Union.
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