72 OLEOMARGARINE. 



of the association, deals almost exclusively in the live-stock industry. 

 As an association it desires to enter its emphatic protest against the 

 enactment of House bill No. 6, which was introduced in the House of 

 Representatives December 4, 1899, by Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, pro- 

 viding for an amendment of 'An act denning butter, also imposing a 

 tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and expor- 

 tation of oleomargarine.' That this measure, if passed, will build up 

 one industry at the expense of tearing down and ruining another 

 industry and will in effect amount to the giving of a monopoly to the 

 industry sought to be benefited by such legislation. That the bill 

 above referred to, if it become a law, will reduce the value, to the 

 farmers and raisers of cattle, an average of $4 per head and a corre- 

 sponding decrease in the value of hogs. 



"The use of the fat of 'beef,' as well as the use of thousands of gal- 

 lons of milk daily, and the other fats used in making oleomargarine, 

 not only increases the value of every beef animal, but every milch cow 

 and every hog, and acts as an encouragement to the owner and raiser 

 of cattle and -hogs to improve his herd and raise the grade of his live 

 stock so that they will carry more of this animal fat, and will in the 

 end raise the standard and the grade of cattle and hogs throughout 

 the entire United States. The farmers and cattle raisers of the United 

 States are directly interested in such legislation as depreciates the 

 value 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 

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

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

 legislation 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 of this country want, and in the name of the 

 producers of catt]e and of hogs we do solemnly protest against the 

 enactment of legislation calculated to cheapen the price of cattle and 

 hogs, ruin the manufacture of oleomargarine, and deprive countless 

 thousands of poor people of the use of a cheap but wholesome, nutri- 

 tious, and acceptable article of food. 



"BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 



KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE, 

 "By W. S. HANNAH, President. 



"Attest: 



"11. P. WOODBURY, Secretary" 



ORDER OF PROCEDURE. 



The CHAIRMAN. Who is ready to proceed to-morrow morning? 



Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Chairman, if you will allow me just a moment, 

 I will not take any of your time. I desire to be heard extensively on 

 this subject. I came quite a long distance for that purpose, and as 



