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of every animal that they now own and every animal that should be 

 raised hereafter. 



" It is but just that the rights and privileges of the producers of cat- 

 tle and hogs should be duly considered and respected as well as should 

 the desire of a certain class whose only object and purpose in legisla- 

 tion of this kind is to decrease the supply of butter substitutes, thereby 

 increasing the demand for butter and the price thereof. 



" Oleomargarine, as now manufactured, is just as wholesome as but- 

 ter, and many chemists have declared it to be even more so. It is sur- 

 rounded by the numerous/ safeguards which Congress has seen fit to 

 provide, and it is a cheap] pure, and wholesome substitute for butter. 

 Its cheapness in price allows it to become a substitute for expensive 

 butter, and it is used by millions of poor people in the United States 

 who are unable to pay the price demanded for creamery product. 



" Oleomargarine has by experience proven to be just what a great 

 majority of the people in this country want, and in the name of the pro- 

 ducers of cattle and of hogs we do solemnly protest against the enact- 

 ment of legislation calculated to cheapen the price of cattle and hogs, 

 ruin the manufacture of oleomargarine, and deprive countless thousands 

 of poor people from the use of a cheap but wholesome, nutritious, and 

 acceptable article of food. 



"E. M. CLENDENING, Secretary. 



" MARCH 8, 1900." 



Are there any further questions that any Senator would like to 

 ask me ? 



Mr. SCHELL. You spoke a moment ago of a resolution in favor of 

 the dairy interests emanating from the same source. 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Mr. SCHELL. Is that true of these resolutions which you are offering ? 



Mr. MILLER. No, sir; they were spontaneous. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. Nonpolitical ? 



Senator BATE. How is that? I did not get your question. 



Mr. SCHELL. I asked whether the same rule applied to these resolu- 

 tions that Mr. Miller had said applied to the resolutions emanating in 

 favor of dairy interests, all from one source. He said no, that they 

 are from different sources and are voluntary. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. Congressman Tawney, in a speech in the 

 House, said very positively that the most strenuous efforts were made 

 in his district to defeat him on account of the fact that he was a friend 

 of the Grout bill. 



Mr. MILLER. I will say that I am thoroughly familiar with all that 

 has gone on among butterine manufacturers, and there never was an 

 effort of any description exerted in Mr. Tawney's district to defeat 

 him. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. It is simply a question of veracity between 

 Mr. Tawney and yourself. 



Mr. MILLER. I do not think we have a friend located in Mr. Tawney's 

 district. There never was a letter written that I know of, or any 

 influence brought to bear upon a man in opposing him. 



Senator BATE. There was in other districts, I suppose? 



Mr. MILLER. None whatever. We have no political organization to 

 try to elect members to Congress who are in favor of our interests 

 none whatever. 



