198 OLEOMARGARINE. 



Mr. SCHELL. If there is no one here who wants to get through and 

 get away I will be ready; yes. 



Senator HEITFELD. Did not Senator Proctor say that he had prom- 

 ised some time to some of Mr. Penrose's constituents to-morrow? 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Yes; they will be here to-morrow. 



Senator HEITFELD. Of course we will have to be guided by what 

 the chairman arranged for in the matter. The gentlemen who arc 

 ready to proceed had better be here to-morrow morning. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. I assume that these two gentlemen can be 

 heard to-morrow as well as the Pennsylvania people. 



Mr. SCHELL. Mr. Chairman, just one suggestion there. It seems to 

 me it would be fairer if the friends of this bill should get their case in, 

 and then we can reply. As it is, they put it in piecemeal. They have 

 the right to close, and we are talking in the air. The burden of proof 

 is on them, and they should make their case and then give us a chance 

 at it. 



.Senator HEITFELD. Some of your men are dilatory also, so we will 

 have to do the best we can. We find that some of those who desire to 

 appear before the committee can not be here until next week, and if 

 we do not have these dairymen to fill in, we will probably be without 

 work. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. The Chairman understands that Governor 

 Hoard and Mr. Knight desire to close their case, but in the meantime 

 you are asking each other questions back and forth, and taking up 

 time in that way; and it is not quite the fair thing. 



The committee stands adjourned now until half past ten to-morrow 

 morning. 



The committee, at 4.30 o'clock p.m., adjourned until Saturday, 

 January 5, 1901, at 10.30 a. m. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., Saturday, January 5, 1901. 



The committee met at 10. 30 a. m. 



Present: Senators Hansbrough (acting chairman), Foster, Money, 

 Heitfeld, and Dolliver. Also, Hon. W. D. Hoard, ex-governor of 

 Wisconsin, president of the National Dairy Union; C. Y. Knight, sec- 

 retary of the National Dairy Union; Hon. William M. Springer, Frank 

 M. Matthewson, Frank W. Tillinghast, Charles E. Schell, Francis W. 

 Lestrade, and others. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. You may proceed, Mr. Tillinghast. 



STATEMENT OF FRANK W. TILLINGHAST. 



Mr. TILLINGHAST. Before I begin my remarks, Mr. Chairman, I am 

 requested to read a short letter written to the committee by the Hol- 

 land Butterine Company, manufacturers of high-grade butterine, of 

 Pittsburg, Pa. , whose representative could not be present. It is very 

 short, and I will read it. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. You may have it printed without reading- 

 it, if you so desire. 



(The letter above referred to is as follows:) 



