OLEOMABGARINE. 743 



The CHAIRMAN. Who is Mr. S. P. Delatour? What is his occupation! 



Mr. HAKE. He is a grower of stock and is outside of the agricultural 

 districts. They raise very little crops in his di strict raise some corn and 

 some alfalfa, but he is practically a range man. 



Mr. NEVILLE. He is one of the brand commissioners of the State of 

 Nebraska. 



Mr. HAKE. This letter of Mr. Tierney and those of the others go to 

 show who they are. Here is a letter from Mr. T. B. Hord : 



CENTRAL CITY, NEBR., April 7, 1900. 

 The REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OP NEBRASKA, 



The Senate and the House of Congress, Washington, D. C. 



GENTLEMEN : Being largely interested in the production and maturing of cattle, 

 hogs, and sheep in the State of Nebraska, I feel it to be a great injustice to not only 

 myself but to producers at large to have the present oleomargarine bill now pend- 

 ing in Congress; if passed, would positively prohibit the manufacture of oleomarga- 

 rine or butterine, for which the butter fats of the cattle, hogs, and sheep is used. 



Last year I matured and disposed of 17,000 cattle, 12,000 hogs, and 12,000 sheep. 

 It means $2 a head on each head of cattle matured, 50 cents on each hog, and 25 cents 

 on each sheep, amounting to $43,000. We are practically feeding the same numbers 

 this year. 



Such a reduction last year would have shown a loss in our business and this year 

 a much greater one, and we sincerely hope that you will use your best endeavors to 

 defeat said bill. 



Very respectfully, yours, T. B. HORD. 



T. B. Hord is a grower of cattle on the ranges and a feeder in the 

 agricultural districts. He moves them down from the ranges and feeds 

 them on corn and prepares them for the market. 



Mr. DAHLE. Eegardiug the way he expresses it there, do you regard 

 it as a fair statement as to the amount of difference it would make on 

 the value of hogs, cattle, and sheep ? That does not agree with your 

 claim, as I understand it. 



Mr. HAKE. Practically it does on cattle. 



Mr. DAHLE. It does on cattle? 



Mr. HAKE. That question 



Mr. DAHLE. How about hogs? 



Mr. HAKE. Twenty cents; of course 



Mr. DAHLE. You figure about 20 cents? 



Mr. HAKE. Yes, sir. He has estimated 50 cents. 



Mr. DAHLE. How about sheep? 



Mr. HAKE. Sheep hardly enter into the business that he does. Of 

 course he does not understand much about that. 



Mr. DAHLE. He does not understand it? 



Mr. HAKE. This letter is gotten up and written by himself, you 

 understand. 



Mr. DAHLE. Does it appear that he does understand it from that? 



Mr. HAKE. He understands that the fat out of a certain animal, and 

 to a certain amount, and of a certain variety goes into these oleo oils, 

 and he takes it that the sheep, knowing them to be tallow producers 

 the same as the cattle, that the tallow of these sheep would enter into 

 it the same. 



Mr. DAHLE. But it does show that he does not know anything about it? 



Mr. HAKE. I do not think that he fully understands that. 



Mr. DAHLE. He does not understand that fully? 



Mr. HAKE. I think it shows a larger estimate than the absolute facts 

 would warrant. 



The CHAIRMAN. I would suggest that there are two or three of these 

 gentlemen, and we had better let them be heard and then ask them 

 questions. 



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