52 OLEOMARGARINE. 



State capitals for the purpose of wiping out the oleo side and fostering 

 its own, and on few occasions has it said a friendly word for oleomar- 

 garine. Public opinion, biased by this ex-parte work of the press, 

 falls into line, and casting upon it eyes of scorn, pins its faith upon 

 butter. No unprejudiced person can view our establishment and fail 

 to notice one absolute characteristic, cleanliness such cleanliness that 

 the far-famed Holland housewife is put to shame. No one can visit 

 the so-called dairies that dot the rural districts and fail to note that 

 cleanliness is not a characteristic. Were the oleomargarine manufac- 

 turers, the packers, the cattlemen, and the cotton-seed oil producers 

 animated by the same strong feeling of self-interest which seems to 

 permeate the very being of our farmer friends, and did we use our 

 influence with the press of the country, the masses would gain an 

 entirely different view. 



Warner Miller, of New York, who was the champion of the butter 

 interests when the tax of 2 cents a pound was put on butterine, some 

 time afterwards visited Chicago and was incidentally taken through 

 our butterine factory, which was then in operation. He had never 

 seen butterine made, but the New York dairymen had told him what 

 filthy, vile stuff it was. We took special pains to show him every 

 detail of its manufacture, and when he had comprehended it all, espe- 

 cially its purity and cleanliness of manufacture, he was introduced to 

 Mr. P. D. Armour. Senator Miller understood the general conspiracy 

 of which he was the deluded victim, and he confessed to Mr. Armour 

 that if he had known as much about butterine the year before he would 

 have fought such a measure instead of being its champion. 



Our product has been so maliciously misrepresented that man}^ who 

 are opposed to it now might also change their views upon close investi- 

 gation, as did Senator Miller. Butterine is pure, wholesome, and 

 economical; therefore we appeal to you in the name of justice, equity, 

 and right that you allow us to exist under the present law or under 

 one similar to the Wadsworth or substitute measure discussed in the 

 House. 



Just here I would like to call the attention of the committee to the 

 methods pursued by the so-called National Dairy Association. They 

 found it impossible to win by fair, honest competition. Therefore 

 they formed a political organization with Boss Knight, who dictated 

 the policy, and also dictated who should come to Congress. Anyone 

 who would not agree to vote for the Grout bill was boycotted, maligned, 

 and abused. All sorts of vile literature was sent out from Chicago by 

 Boss Knight into the district in which the candidate was located. Ask 

 Congressman Wadsworth, of New York, or Long, of Kansas, or 

 Cowherd, of Kansas City, something about this. 



I will say just here that Congressman Cowherd, from our district, 

 was the nominee on the Democratic side, and Brown on the Republican 

 side. 



About two weeks before the election a committee from the Produce 

 Exchange visited Mr. Cowherd and asked him how he stood on the 

 Grout bill. He said he was against it and would vote against it. They 

 also visited Mr. Brown, and Mr. Brown tacitly gave them to understand 

 that he would vote for the bill. Of course the friends of Mr. Cowherd 

 in Kansas City did not think it would be policy for him to favor this 

 bill, as there are six or eight packing houses located there, several of 

 them manufacturing butterine. Therefore he did not think it was in 



