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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



called by different names may use annatto, or other harmless coloring to 

 make his goods more salable; and in the same act say& that another 

 manufacturer, producing the same article but called by another name,, 

 shall not use annatto or other coloring in his goods. This, in our opin- 

 ion, is an unfair and unjust discrimination in the act itself which is 

 not justified in law and' good morals, and is a violation of the individual 

 rights of a citizen, which invalidates the act." 



So you see his butter and oleomargarine are practically the same. If 

 the gentleman can tell me what particular animal is owned' on a farm that 

 gives cotton-seed oil and other greases, as well as butter fat and milk,, 

 why I guess he's right. I think there is no such animal. 



Prof. McLain: The first question to be decided' is the question of 

 good morals. To my thinking the first test in goodi moralsi is for a 

 man to tell the truth. Butter is made direct from the cream. Oleomar- 

 garine is made of three different compound elements, all of which are by- 

 products, lard, tallow, and cotton- seed oil. 



Mr. Eaton: I would like to ask the question along this line of de- 

 cision, if this legislation is here to stay as a permanent matter, on this 

 dairy question. The question has sometimes arisen in my own mind in 

 the difl[iculty of carrying the present Illinois law through, whether there: 

 is a valid ground. I wish we might hear from the Representative of the 

 National Dairy Union Whether they look on the form of law that we have 

 in Illinois today as one which is likely to come out successfully. There 

 must be a considerable difference between the law and its workings in, 

 Illinois and the same state of facts in Iowa. 



Iowa, we are told in the last report of the State Pure Food Commis- 

 sioner, had only one person in the State who was selling butterine or 

 oleomargarine. In Illinois we art not that fortunate. Our butter market 

 all goes to pieces because of the product of spurious butter in the markets. 

 I never saw a man who would ch oose a substitute for farm butter. If it 

 is consumed at all it is because of deception. We are following the right 

 line in Illinois and we ought to stick to it, and see it through regardless 

 of whom it hurts. If we are not right, we should not be wasting our time 



