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nent we had in Congress. He spent more time lobbying against our 

 bill than even the acknowledged agent of the oleomargarine makers 

 Lorimer, of Chicago to whose tender mercies Wadsworth consigned 

 the Grout bill when it was referred to his committee, that it might be 

 smothered. 



"As to Wadsworth's bill, offered as a substitute for the Grout bill, 

 it is nothing more nor less than a deep-laid plan to break down com- 

 pletely all anticolor laws, including New York. His bill makes 

 1 -pound packages original packages so they can be sold under pro- 

 tection of the interstate-commerce laws by the retailer with a &48 

 license. Only wholesalers paying $480 can sell an original package 

 now, and they can't sell less than 10 pounds. While no oleomarga- 

 rine is made in his State, he has conceived a great affection for the 

 kind of oleomargarine that is an exact counterfeit of butter, forbidden 

 by New York, and which defrauds the public everywhere, and the 

 only kind we are seeking to suppress. 



"Wadsworth's friends in Congress were amazed at his attitude in 

 this matter. His conduct was unprecedented. No Congressman 

 representing a Northern agricultural district has ever been known to 

 take such an aggressive stand against the farmers of his district in 

 face of such floods of petitions, and no support whatever from his own 

 people in his position. 



"Wadsworth, with his bill, is the most dangerous enemy the dairy- 

 men have in the world. As chairman of the Agricultural Committee 

 he has certain prestige. If he is returned to Congress by the votes 

 of the farmers of his district, thereby winning their approval of his 

 course, it will be bad for us. His reelection, unless with a greatly 

 reduced majority, will be a victory for the stock yards and oleomarga- 

 rine fraud of Chicago, and a death knell to the farmer's influence in 

 Congress. 



"The National Dahy Union, however, is not in politics, and its 

 officers happen to be of the same political faith as Wadsworth. Our 

 organization is merely for the purpose of urging measures in protec- 

 tion of the farmer who keeps cows, and furnishing information to them 

 regarding the records of Congressmen upon such measures. 



"Kespectfully, yours, ..^ y KNIGHT5 



"Secretary National Dairy Union" 



The result of that election is a very emphatic protest against the 

 methods used to defeat him. He succeeded in being reelected at this 

 time by an increased majority of over 3,000 above the vote he received 

 two years ago, and had 8,000 majority in his district to return him to 

 the next Congress. 



Mr. KNIGHT. Judge Springer, do you know how far he ran behind 

 his ticket? 



Mr. SPRINGER. I do not. 



Mr. KNIGHT. I do. 



Mr. SPRINGER. He got votes enough, however, to give him a majority 

 of about 9,000 in his district. 



Mr. FLANDERS. The official returns of the State of New York have 

 not been printed, but the returns in the agricultural papers in the State 

 of New York show that he ran 2,000 behind. I will not state this as 

 a positive fact, because the official returns are riot in, but that is the 

 statement made and the general understanding among the people. 



Mr. SPRINGER. There were various circulars sent abroad in his 



