1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
749 
JAMES W. WADSWORTH AND “OLEO.” 
A man is known by the company that keeps after 
him. Few if any dairymen of any prominence are 
“endorsing" Mr. Wadsworth or calling f him “friend.” 
On the other hand the oleo men are doing what they 
can to send him back to Congress. 
How can you prove such a statement? 
I lie American Meat Trade Journal is a weekly pub¬ 
lished in New York. Tt is the organ of the butchers 
and meat dealers, and violently in favor of a law that 
will take the entire tax off oleo. It appears that the 
master butchers of this city held a meeting on Sep¬ 
tember G, and endorsed the renomination and reelection 
of Mon. James W. Wadsworth, “the friend of oleo.” 
'I he Meat Trade Journal says this action “is thoroughly 
active with significance”: 
One is apt to inquire what interest a butcher located in 
the extreme southeastern district of our State can have 
in a member of Congress who represents a district In the 
northwest. It is a question easily answered. The mas¬ 
ter butchers of the lower regions are men who are devoted 
to their organization. There is nothing that may occur 
within the National Legislature or their State Legisla¬ 
ture but what they are thoroughly familiar with. They 
meet frequently, the measures are gone into, ably discussed, 
and those of our legislators who by action have proven 
their fidelity to the meat interest are commended and as¬ 
sisted in the paths of higher political preferment. 
The Hon. James W. Wadsworth as lay member and ns 
chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives, has proven himself as one who has In 
every particular given satisfaction to the master butchers. 
He has been untiring in his devotion to the meat inter¬ 
ests. And for that reason they desire his re-election, 
knowing that as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture 
he will be in a position to be helpful in the passage of 
the hills that the organization contemplates having intro¬ 
duced. And he will also be in a position, through his in- 
lluence and experience of defeating measures that are 
aimed against the well-being of the master butcher. 
In another part of the paper we find the following: 
The History of a Crime. 
When Victor Hugo, in 1877, wrote his world famous 
historical novel entitled “The History of a Crime,” he 
little thought the title would be used as the caption of an 
article on oleomargarine. In the preparation of this sub¬ 
ject we have sought far and wide to secure a caption that 
would arrest the attention of our readers, particularly those 
who are devoted to the butcher business or engaged in farm 
pursuits. 
While of course we cannot feel that there is a fair com¬ 
parison as between the upsetting of a republic over night 
with the establishing of au empire in the morning as against 
the imposltibn of the 10c. tax upon oleomargarine, still we 
feel that our people were outraged, and the amendment 
to the law was only obtained through misrepresentation 
and the use of the “Big Stick.” 
"The History of a Crime” as it relates to the - meat and 
the livestock interests dates from the Congressional session 
commencing December 6, 1901. That was the date of the 
introduction of the bill whose enactment has worked havoc 
to an interest that our lawmakers and government should 
have protected rather than have destroyed. Up to the time 
of the enactment of the amendment there was a tax upon 
oleomargarine of two cents per pound. Why there should 
at any time have been a tax upon this product none but 
those connected with .the dairy lobby at Washington have 
been .able to explain. However, there was a tax, and the 
lobby’s explanation heretofore has been that the oleo com¬ 
modity did very materially interfere with the sale of 
butter, and they deemed the then tax as insufficient and 
hastened to propose an additional tax oil 8 cents per pound, 
or 10 cents per pound in all. Just think of it! They had 
the gall to propose a prohibitory tax and a big club to 
force its passage through the House, the Senate and to be 
signed by the President. 
I hen follows a rehash of the old arguments in favor 
of bogus butter, and we are told that efforts will be 
made during the next Congress to “right the wrong” 
by repealing the oleo law and removing the tax on 
bogus butter. In order to do this the oleo men feel 
that they must have their friends on guard, and the 
Meat Trade Journal adds this significant advice: 
Butchers and fanners, do not hesitate to take up the 
cudgel and tight this tight. Elect those to the hall of 
Congress who have stood by this question as we have 
attempted to portray it. One member in particular is 
entitled to the fruit and strength of your influence, and 
we refer to Hon. James W. IVadsivorth, member of 
Congress from the Thirty-fourth Congressional District. 
That puts the label on Mr. Wadsworth so that he can¬ 
not pull it off. What do the farmers and dairymen of 
his district think about. Jt? They fought hard for the 
anti-oleo law. Just think of them voting to send bask 
to Congress the man upon whom these butchers rely 
to repeal the law? What can a farmer be thinking of 
to do such a thing? Are they men? Mr. Wadsworth 
thinks they are m ice ? _ 
WAR ON ASPARAGUS RUST 
We have called attention to the Massachusetts Asparagus 
Growers’ Association before now. It is a worthy society 
which hopes to discover new and better methods of fighting 
Asparagus rust, or to find varieties that are little subject to 
the disease. Thomas Hollis, Concord. Mass., is secretary, 
and it would seem as if every asparagus grower in the coun¬ 
try ought to become a member. In the circular sent by the 
secretary the following statement about the rust is made: 
“Rust is caused by a parasitic fungus—a microscopic plant 
that grows upon another plant. The minute particles of the 
fungus are called spores. The spores are blown about by 
the wind, strike the asparagus plant, penetrate the skin, 
send out filaments or roots, feed upon the sap of the aspara¬ 
gus plant, grow and multiply, and finally, bursting the skin 
of tlie asparagus, send innumerable new spores on their 
mission of destruction. This process takes 15 to 20 days, 
and is repeated as often as a spore finds lodgment in an 
asparagus plant. The loss of sap by the asparagus plant 
weakens the roots, often killing them. As a consequence 
the next season’s crop is reduced. Three kinds of rust 
alTect aspaiagus—Spring rust, Summer (or Red) rust, and 
Winter lor Black) rust. We have to deal principally with 
Red rust. It has been found that Red rust spores live only 
a few weeks when dry. Moisture sets them growing, and 
unless they are on the plant when they germinate they 
soon die. While beds are being cut in May and June, all Red 
rust spores on those beds are probably being destroyed by 
germination and cultivation. If all small stalks within the 
beds are cut, and all wild asparagus growing around the 
field is kept cut, and no old, unused beds are allowed to ex¬ 
ist in the neighborhood of the cutting beds, no spores can be¬ 
gin to form their colonies until after cutting has ceased, 
and consequently the bed will not be so liable to be seriously 
affected. Clean cutting on beds in use and war upon all wild 
plants and beds that are past their usefulness, whether 
your own or your neighbor's, are believed to be effective 
means of delaying the appearance of rust. Thorough culti¬ 
vation is most important in Spring, Summer and Fall. Why 
is it helpful to cultivate frequently? Because weeds are 
destroyed, moisture is conserved, and, most important of all, 
rust spores on the ground are killed by being constantly 
brought in contact with dew and rain, which under proper 
conditions of temperature cause them to germinate before 
they reach a lodgment on an asparagus plant, thus destroy¬ 
ing them where they lie. Young beds which are not being 
cut are of course affected early and form excellent breeding 
ground for the spores. If a rust-resistant plant can be dis¬ 
covered this part of the situation can be controlled. Mean¬ 
time any methods that may be discovered of holding the 
rust in check on the young beds will be mailed to members 
of this Association.’]_ 
The plum crop in British Columbia is reported to have 
suffered severely from heavy rains September 6-7. It is 
said that farmers were offered $15 to $20 a ton for the 
fruit a week before, but they held off for higher quota¬ 
tions. and now find much of the fruit valueless. 
We are in the midst of our peach harvest. Catawba 
Island will put out over 150,000 bushels this year; crop 
is first-class and prices are above the average, “fancy” 
bringing $2.50 and $3 a bushel. We have established the 
auction method of disposing of the loads as they come in, 
and it proves satisfactory. We need a peach to ripen 
just after the Elberta and before the Smock, a yellow 
peach, for wliite-fleslied peaches do not sell well in this 
market. . j. w. G. 
Catawba Island. O. 
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