ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 143 



Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1901, 7:30 p. m. 



President in; the chair. Convention called to order. 

 Reading by Miss Bauman. Responded to an encore. 

 Colored specialties. Responded to an encore. 

 Song by Miss Sherer. Responded to an encore. 



ADDRESS. 



MR. W. S. MOORE, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I think it would hardly be proper to call my remarks an address, as I 

 have prepared nothing for this occasion. I was asked to present the 

 status of the Grout Bill, which is before Congress, to restrict the sale of 

 colored oleomargarine. 



I had hoped there would be some thing definite that I could report, 

 but I don't. know as I can give you anything more than a short revision 

 of what has been done. 



As you know, about two years ago, an effort wasi begun under the 

 leadership of the National Dairy Union, to put through Congress a bill 

 which would tax oleomargarine, when made in semblance of butter, tea 

 cents a pound. In other words, when made fraudulently to be taxed, 

 but when left in its natural color and sold for what it really is, the tax 

 which is now two cents was to be reduced to one-fourth of a cent a 

 pound. 



Naturally, an undertaking of this, kind met with the strongest op- 

 position from those who had their millions invested in making oleomar- 

 garine. There were only sixteen interested in this business in the United 

 States, and the profits of this oleomargarine had been so great that they 



