Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 661 
•Y instance, the man who was called before you here to-day — I did not 
intend calling him, I thought if I called ]\Ir. Kidd and Mr. Stevenson, who 
;ive the orders and superintend the manufacture in the mill, I should have 
lone enough ; but my learned friend jumped up and said, there is a man who 
lUperintends up-stairs and takes care of the screening, Logdon, and Coggin 
|vho manages the sesame ; and so it became necessary for me to send for 
' hem both, and they have both been before you to-day. What was the effect 
i)f their testimony ? Is it true what Logdon says ? At all events my 
iriend did not shake him in his ci-oss-examination, and if it is true, what 
Mcomes of my friend's theory with reference to this cake having anything to do 
'vith the manufacture of ordinary cake ? It is all very well for my friend to 
iippeal to your prejudices on the side of the fanner, I do not appeal to any 
prejudices — I ask for justice on the side of the manufacturer, and simply 
;ay, Let the farmer have his rights, and let the manufacturer have his, but 
lio not stop this seed-crushing altogether by rendering it impossible for a man 
0 battle successfully with the load of prejudice that is heaped around him. My 
■earned friend, in passing, said, " Look at this ' Triangle Plain,' I am perfectly 
^tonished : I have actually heard it stated in open court that these manu- 
acturers mix these foreign elements, previously screened from the pure seed, 
.vith it." Yes, they do — they admit it — and I do not deny it. Mr. Kidd 
,old you that if he chose to hide it, he might have crushed it into a powder, 
ind all the microscopes in the kingdom could not have found it out. But 
ivhy should you assume these foreign matters are ])oisonous ? They are 
Vegetables ; they, more or less, yield that out of which the substance and 
l^wth of animal life come ; tliey do not contain all the oil or all the nitrogen 
of pure linseed, but that which is called the screenings of pure linseed is not 
iioison, and is not rubbish ; it is that for which the manufacturers have to 
3ay ; it is put away and is stored in bags, and is something which, after all, 
,ias in it some results which are useful, something which is productive in 
giving life and flesh, and aiding in the fattening and growth of animals. But, 
Gentlemen, we are not trying that question ; it is not a question of what the 
tnaterials of ordinary cake are. My friend throws it in in order that he may 
win upon your prejudices. I ask you to throw it out, because I appeal 
to yoiu: justice. Let us come to the question which is really in issue — the 
" Triangle Best " Linseed-cake, and see the precaut'ons taken in reference to the 
manufacture of it. It is proved to you now by Mr. Kidd, by Mr. Stevenson, 
and by Coggin, that the system they adopt is a system by which it is simply 
'impossible, unless the hand of Logdon opens the bag, or rather unless he 
allows the contents of the bag with his knowledge to be conveyed through the 
spout into the mill, it is impossible for this " Triangle Best" to be adulterated by 
putting the screenings into it. My friend said, " Have not you got a cupboard 
below-stairs into which these bas;s are put ?" " I have." " Cannot anybody go in 
there and open them V" " Yes, they can ; that is to say, a thief can go and do 
!it." But when he is asked, " Can any person adulterate that which is 
ibeing crushed ?" he answers, " No, it must go up in the elevator before it 
comes down through the spout." Therefore, my triend was making a false 
suggestion to you, utterly forgetful of that which had been proved in the 
course of the case. Gentlemen, I venture to say that you will agree with 
'.this : that Mr. Kidd and his witnesses upon this point are utterly uncontra- 
idicted. What is he that you should regard his evidence with any doubt '? He 
lis a gentleman who has for years carried on this trade in Hull, and who at 
1 least, as far as his dealings with Mr. Ayre go, shows that Mr. Ayre knew 
(exactly what he was buying. It is not the case of a manufacturer and 
broker, but the case of a manufacturer and merchant. Mr. Kidd make-s 
5s. per ton by the sale of this cake, Mr. Ayre makes 10s. ; the profits of the 
one are no test of the profits of the other; their interests are entirely distinct ; 
