OLEOMARGARINE AND OTHER IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS. XXIII 



"The principal conclusions follow: When properly prepared, margarin differs but 

 little from natural butter in chemical and physical properties. On an average 93.5 

 to 96 per cent of fat was assimilated when margarin was consumed and 94 to 96 per 

 cent when butter formed part of the diet. The moderate use of margarin did not 

 cause any disturbance of the digestive tract." 



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This is a resolution passed by the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange: 



"Whereas a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives known as 

 House bill 6, providing for an amendment of 'An act denning butter, also imposing 

 a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of 

 oleomargarine;' and 



"Whereas such a bill, if enacted, is calculated to build up and restore one industry 

 at the expense of another by means of uncalled-for and unjust taxation; and 



"Whereas the destruction of the oleomargarine industry would greatly impair the 

 market value of beef cattle, and would thereby deprive the producer of a large amount 

 of revenue: Therefore, be it 



"Resolved, That the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange of Sioux City, Iowa, emphat- 

 ically protests against the enactment of the law proposed in House bill No. 6. 



"Witness the signatures of the president and secretary of said exchange and the 

 official seal thereof affixed at Sioux City, Iowa, December 28, 1899. 



"J. H. NASOX, President 

 "WM. MAGIVNY, Secretary." 



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These are resolutions passed by the Texas Cotton-Seed Crushers' Association: 



"DEAR SIR: At a meeting of the Cotton-Seed Crushers' Association, held in Dallas 

 on Tuesday, November 14, 1899, T. P. Sullivan, of Jefferson; R. K. Erwin, of Waxa- 

 hachie; W. R. Moore, of Ardmore, Ind. T., and Robert Gibson, secretary, of Dallas, 

 were appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meet- 

 ing on the matters discussed. The resolutions as submitted were unanimously 

 adopted, and are as follows: 



"MARION SANSOM, Chairman: 



' ' The undersigned committee appointed by you beg leave to submit the following 

 preamble and resolutions: 



"Whereas the line of industrial business represented by this association is coexten- 

 sive with the entire area of the cotton-cultivated zone of our Southern States and, in 

 conjunction with cotton in its various uses, represents the wealth of the South; and 



' ' Whereas Texas represents over 30 per cent of the cotton and cotton seed annually 

 produced in the United States, any embargo placed by legislation on the growth and 

 development of our industry is detrimental to the vast interests committed to our care. 

 It is therefore of most vital necessity that all avenues leading to the sale and con- 

 sumption of our cotton-oil products should be free and unrestricted, and inasmuch as 

 cotton oil is used to a large extent in the manufacture of butterine, which is a most 

 wholesome and healthful substitute for butter; and 



"Whereas a tax at present exists of 2 cents per pound on the manufacture of this 

 most healthful article of food, and that it is contemplated to introduce at the next 

 session of Congress an increased tax of 10 cents per pound on same: It is, therefore, 



"Resolved, That this association enter its protest against the existing tax of 2 cents 

 per pound on butterine and ask for its abrogation and repeal, and against the intro- 

 duction or adoption of any future tax on same as an article of food, as it directly 

 affects our great industry both at home and on the continent of Europe, where a 

 cheap and wholesome article of food, such as butterine, is appreciated. 



' ' Resolved, That we believe the imposition of a special tax of this nature is class legis- 

 lation and should be combatted by all the means at our command, and that our Sen- 

 ators and Representatives in Congress are hereby requested to give us all the neces- 

 sary aid in this behalf ; and it is further 



' ' Resolved, That the secretary of this association transmit a copy of these resolutions 

 to each cotton-oil mill in the South, with the request that they interest their Senators 

 and Representatives therein, and also to our Senators and Representatives in Con- 

 gress from Texas. 



"T. P. SULLIVAN, Chairman, Jefferson, Tex. 



"R. K. ERWIN, Waxahachie, Tex. 



"W. R. MOORE, Ardmore, Ind. T. 



" ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary, Dallas, Tex." 



