XXIV OLEOMARGARINE AND OTHER IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



Resolutions against oleomargarine tax offered at meeting of cotton-oil mill super- 

 intendents: 



"CHARLESTON, S. C., July 6. 



"Cotton-oil superintendents from South Carolina and North Carolina met yester- 

 day at the Calhoun Hotel for the purpose of organizing the cotton-oil mill superin- 

 tendents' association ; 



' 'After the constitution and by-laws were read and adopted, the following resolu- 

 tions were offered by A. A. Haynes: 



" 'Resolved, That this association, representing millions of dollars of invested capital 

 in the South, strongly protest against national class legislation which aims directly at 

 the destruction of competition in the manufacture and sale of wholesome and health- 

 ful articles of food. 



" 'Resolved, That we protest strenuously against the passage by Congress of the 

 Grout oleomargarine bill, which proposes to tax oleomargarine 10 cents per pound, 

 and thus to drive it from the market. 



" 'Resolved, That this association implores Congress not to destroy an industry 

 which now uses nearly 10,000,000 pounds of the best grade of cotton-seed oil annu- 

 ally, and thus kill that quantity of pur most profitable output. 



" 'Resolved, That we urge the legislatures of South Carolina and of other Southern 

 States to remove from their statute books the antioleomargarine legislation thereon, 

 because such acts are only in the interest of the renovated and process butter facto- 

 ries of the North and Northwest, and against the hog fats, beef fats, and cotton-seed- 

 oil products grown on our Southern farms. 



" ' Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the National Provisioner, of 

 New York and Chicago, the indomitable champion of the cotton-oil interests, for 

 publication, and that the members of this association proceed to secure, if possible, 

 the repeal of the obnoxious State laws above referred to. 



' ' 'Resolved, That this association will do what it can to cause the defeat of the 

 Grout antioleomargarine bill in Congress during the coming session.' " 



Mr. John C. McCoy presented the following resolutions: 



THE KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE, 



Kansas City, Mo., February 8, 1900. 



The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the board 

 of directors of the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange at a regular meeting held Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1900: 



"Whereas certain bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives of 

 the United States looking for the enactment of a law, by way of taxation, whereby 

 the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine will be ruined; 

 and 



"Whereas such bills, if passed and allowed to become laws, will build up one 

 industry at the expense of tearing down and ruining another, the logical effect of 

 which will be the granting of a monopoly to the industry sought to be benefited; and 



"Whereas the destruction of the oleomargarine industry will reduce the value of 

 cattle and hogs to the farmers and raisers thereof, as well as work a hardship upon 

 millions of poor people who are unable to pay the fancy prices asked for butter: 

 Therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, of Kansas City, Mo., earnestly 

 protest against the enactment of the law proposed relating to oleomargarine; and be 

 it further 



Resolved, That the board of directors of this exchange be requested to memorialize 

 the Congress of the United States against the passage of a law or laws inimical to the 

 live-stock industry, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the honorable the 

 Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States." 

 Respectfully, yours, 



W. S. PI ANN AH, President. 



Mr. William H. Thompson, president National Live Stock Exchange, 

 Chicago, 111., said: 



In round numbers there are 75,000,000 people in this country. I believe a reason- 

 able estimate of the number of Indians and children under a butter-eating age to be 

 25,000,000, which would leave a population of 50,000,000 outside of these classes 

 \vho are consumers of butter. 



Of this 50,000,000 people at least one-half are able to buy the best butter manu- 

 factured, irrespective of price, while the other 25,000,000 are a class of people whom 

 the butterine manufacturers aim to reach and benefit, and are a class of our citizens 



