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industry of the cow. We do not want to build up this butter business 

 upon the ruins of any other legitimate business, and least of all upon 

 the ruins of that business which is comprised in the making of meat 

 foods for the domestic and foreign markets. 



A gentleman came here the other day and said he represented the 

 labor organizations of a portion of the State of Pennsylvania, and he 

 said before this committee, claiming to represent the real interests of 

 labor, that he did not buy oleomargarine himself that he did not have 

 to; and he and his friend testified before this committee that when 

 those men went into the stores of Pennsylvania they invariably called 

 for butter and they got oleomargarine, and knew they were going to 

 get it. Why? Because he said they were ashamed to buy oleomarga- 

 rine under its own name. It is an astonishing proposition. What will 

 be the effect to the laboring men of this country of the passage of this 

 law? It will be that oleomargarine will be sold under its own color 

 and at an oleomargarine price. You go into the markets of Wisconsin, 

 you go into the markets anywhere, and you buy uncolored oleomarga- 

 rine and you get it at a reasonable oleomargarine price. There is no 

 more disgrace in buying oleomargarine under its own form and color 

 than there is for a member of Congress to go up here to this vaudeville 

 show and buy a 25- cent seat instead of a 50-cent seat. I have seen 

 them do it. There is no more disgrace in a woman's going into a store 

 and buying a calico dress than there is in buying a silk dress. It is 

 simply idle nonsense. Pass this bill and the laboring men of this coun- 

 try will get their substitute for butter at exactly what it is worth. 

 Permit oleomargarine to be sold uncolored, and these men claim they 

 have an actual right to it, given to them by the Almighty, and they 

 will be compelled in the majority of instances to pay a butter price 

 for it. 



Gentlemen, I do not want to crowd upon the time of the gentlemen 

 who are to follow me, but I want to read just a little, simply to enter 

 it in this testimony, with reference to the direct testimony which we 

 have brought. 



Senator ALLEN. Do you not think it would save time and do just as 

 well to file it and let it become part of the record ? 



Mr. ADAMS. Except this, Senator ; part of these letters are personal. 

 I am going to read extracts, and they will be very brief. 



I received a short time ago from the Vermont Dairymen's Association 

 the following resolution : 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Vermont Dairymen's Association, in our 

 thirty-first annual meeting assembled, do heartily approve of the Grout oleomarga- 

 rine bill now pending in Congress. 



Resolved, We believe it for the best interests of the producer of pure dairy foods, 

 as well as the consumer, that such a bill be enacted. 



Resolved, That the members of Congress from Vermont be asked to use every 

 legitimate effort in securing the passage of said bill. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent at once to each member of Con- 

 gress from Vermont. 



Here is a letter from the dairy commissioner of Michigan: 



STATE OF MICHIGAN, 

 DAIRY AND FOOD DEPARTMENT, 



Detroit, Mich., December 21, 1900. 

 Hon. H. C. ADAMS, Madison, Wis. 



DEAR MR. ADAMS: * * * If I can arrange some matters herein Michigan, I 

 shall try and leave sometime Wednesday, and shall reach Washington early OD 

 the morning of the 3d. I will do my best to bring this about, but, as I say, the 

 chances seem against it. Had I known a little while ago that you might desire my 

 testimony I should have held myself in readiness, but coming as unexpectedly as 



