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his interest to support the bill. These dairy people sent out commit- 

 tees in all the precincts and all this territory, and did all sorts of things 

 to try to defeat him. 



The same thing is true of Congressman Long. Any one not believ- 

 ing my statement can consult these three men and find that this was the 

 truth. 



All sorts of vile literature was sent out through the district, and I 

 arn told that it all emanated from Boss Knight, of Chicago. In fact, 

 most of the literature which Congressmen and Senators have been flooded 

 with emanated from one source. They are printed and the language 

 of each is the same. I understand that some postal cards have been 

 sent here which were originally sent out by Knight asking for the sig- 

 natures of four or five men in the neighborhood. That one party would 

 sign for four or five men, and these cards would be sent here to Con- 

 gressmen and Senators. 



We feel just this way: Whenever we have got to organize a political 

 association to defend our product, the Armour Packing Company, for 

 one, will go out of business. We can use our factory for some other 

 part of our business. 



I should like to read these resolutions 



The CHAIRMAN. Before doing so let me ask you a question: Can 

 this difference in the two grades of butterine be detected by the taste ? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



The CHAIRMAN. Readily? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. The better grades have, of course, more but- 

 ter flavor than the cheaper grades. 



Senator BATE. Because you put in more butter? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; butter and cream. 



The CHAIRMAN. I thought it was claimed that it could not be detected 

 from the best dairy butter anyway. 



Mr. MILLER. The best grades you can not tell from the best grades 

 of butter. 



The CHAIRMAN. You could ? 



Mr. MILLER. I could. But it would be very hard for anyone to 

 detect the difference between the lower grades and the good grades of 

 dairy butter. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. It requires a cultivated taste, does it not? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; for an inexperienced person it would be very 

 hard to distinguish the difference. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. So a low grade could be palmed off on an 

 inexperienced or tasteless person as a high grade? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes; it is very hard to distinguish between the two. 



The CHAIRMAN. What dp you say is the difference in price between 

 these two grades of butterine? 



Mr. MILLER. I simply mentioned one grade. I said we manufac- 

 tured one grade that costs us about 14 cents. 



The CHAIRMAN. That is the wholesale price? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Senator BATE. That is the lowest grade? 



The CHAIRMAN. It is a higher grade. 



Mr. MILLER. That is one of the highest grades we make. We have 

 a lower grade that costs a little less than that. 



The CHAIRMAN. How much less? 



Mr. MILLER. Well, a cent and a half to two cents. 



