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Mr. KEVILLE. Yes, 10 cents a pound I mean. As a matter of fact, 

 your organization simply knew that it was proposed to tax it when in 

 imitation of butter? 



Mr. HAKE. Yes, the framer of that bill knew that it was absolutely 

 impossible to make lard and sell it for butter. 



Mr. NEVILLE. Did Mr. Delatour and Mr. Tierney know this? 



Mr. HAKE. Yes, they knew it, and we have known that the committee 

 only meant to tax oleomargarine the 10 cents a pound when it was 

 colored in imitation of butter. 



Mr. NEVILLE. They knew that? 



Mr. HAKE. I should say they did. They are intelligent people, all of 

 them, and no doubt knew it. 



The letters of Mr. Woods, Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Treat, submitted by 

 Mr. Hake, are as follows : 



SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE, 



South Omaha, Nebr., April 7, 1900. 

 The NEBRASKA DELEGATION IN CONGRESS: 



Our National Legislature is now considering a measure contemplating the taxing 

 of oleo oils, oleomargarine, or butterine to the amount of 10 cents per pound. As 

 these products are manufactured from the oils extracted from the fats of cattle, 

 hogs, and sheep, the animal of right should be, and is, worth from $1 to $3 per head 

 more where the product ean be manufactured into a valuable article than when 

 used as ordinary tallow and lard. I believe the passage of such a measure would 

 be legislating in the interest of a very small minority and not in the interest of 

 the masses. 



Oleomargarine or butterine, being absolutely pure and wholesome, and furnished 

 tie consumer at about half the price of creamery butter, is a very desirable com- 

 modity for the laboring masses, and, in fact, all people of moderate means. As this 

 tax practically prohibits its manufacture, I desire to enter my earnest protest 

 against the passage of any such measure. Having been engaged in the live stock 

 industry all of my life, selling somewhere near 10,000 head annually, I ask your 

 cooperation in defeating House bill No. 6. 



F. M. WOODS, Auctioneer. 



To NEBRASKA DELEGATION IN CONGRESS: 



Congress is now considering a measure contemplating the taxing of oleo oils, oleo- 

 margarine, and butterine 10 cents per pound. 



As these products are manufactured from the oils extracted from the fats of cattle, 

 hogs, and sheep, the animal of right should be, and is, worth from $1 to $3 per head 

 more where the product can be manufactured into a valuable article than when 

 used as ordinary tallow and lard. 



I believe the passage of such a measure would be legislating in the interest of a 

 very small minority and not in the interest of the masses. 



Oleomargarine or butterine, being absolutely pure and wholesome, and furnished 

 the consumer at about half price of creamery butter, is a very desirable commodity 

 for the laboring classes, and, in fact, all people of frugal habits and moderate means, 

 and the tax practically prohibits its manufacture. 



I am engaged in producing, shipping, buying, and selling meat and fat-producing 

 animals, and am interested as much and more in their value than the dairyman can 

 possibly be in the product of the dairy. 



I therefore desire to enter my earnest protest against the passage of any such 

 measure, and ask your earnest cooperation in defeating House bill No. 6. 



GEO. HARVEY, 

 Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebr. 



APRIL 11, 1900. 



CHAPPELL, NEBR., April 10, 1900. 

 To NEBRASKA DELEGATION IN CONGRESS : 



Our National Legislature is now considering a measure contemplating the taxing 

 of oleo oils, oleomargarine, or butterine to the amount of 10 cents per pound. As 

 these products are manufactured from the oils extracted from the fats of cattle, hogs, 

 and sheep, the animal of right should be, and is, worth from $1 to $3 per head more 

 where the product can be manufactured into a valuable article than when used as 



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