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RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING OLEOMARGARINE. 



Whereas the tax on colored oleomargarine, in the imitation of butter, is for 

 the purpose of protecting the dairymen against the fraudulent sale of this 

 article as butter ; and whereas the present tax of % cent per pound on uucol- 

 ored oleomargarine works no hardship on the consumers; and whereas the 

 price of butter has not increased in proportion to the price of other food 

 products; and whereas the State and National Departments of Agriculture 

 have been and are spending thousands of dollars in the upbuilding of the 

 dairy industry in this State and other Southern States ; and believing that the 

 repeal of the present tax of 10 cents per pound on colored oleomargarine will 

 stop all progress in dairy industry and undermine the very foundation of our 

 agricultural system, viz., soil fertility : therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we ask the North Carolina members in the Congress to use 

 their influence and their votes in retaining the present tax on colored oleo- 

 margarine. 



Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each of 

 these members. 



TRAVELING LIBRARIES. 



Believing that the interests of the rural sections of North Carolina will be 

 greatly benefited by the operation of a system of traveling libraries through- 

 out the State, it is hereby 



Resolved, That the State Farmers' Convention approve of the efforts made to 

 secure such a system, and that it use its influence to secure from the next 

 Legislature an adequate appi-opriation to purchase, equip, and begin the 

 operation of such a system. 



