1906. 
THE RURAL 
9i7 
NEW-YORKER. 
LETTERS TO JERSEY STATESMEN. 
One of our readers in New Jersey writes us the follow¬ 
ing letter : 
“By the enclosed letter you will see that I have placed 
mvseif in a dilemma by sending our Senator-elect a good 
portion of the last R. N.-Y. Can you suggest a good man 
tor more than one) not too closely tied to the large cor¬ 
porations? Also, will you please tell me which ‘oleo’ bill 
he voted for and its main features. I suppose it was the 
hill which places a tax of Id cents on colored oleo. Am I 
correct in this? Recently I received a credit for some sub¬ 
scriptions, which I kept no record of, hut I am willing to 
call it square if you will kindly answer the above question 
and let me have two copies of last week's paper, giving 
criticisms of Dryden etc., so that 1 can send them to our 
Assemblymen-elect. I do most sincerely congratulate you 
on the position you took in the New Y’ork tight against 
Wadsworth.’,’ H< T - 
Here follows the letter he refers to. received from his 
member of the Legislature. We do not give the name of 
this legislator, as we do not wish to he unfair to anyone. 
This man. who represents a county containing many farm¬ 
ers, is one of the leading members of the Legislature: 
“Your favor of the 17th inst.. with enclosed clipping 
from The R. N.-Y.. was duly received. Con you tell me 
what the character of the oleo bill, to which you refer 
to, is? While there appears to be quite a sentiment against 
Mr Dryden at the present time, there does not appear to he 
any other candidate in the lield with the possible exception 
of (lovernor Stokes, whom I judge cannot, for constitu¬ 
tional reasons, he elected to that position. Have you anv 
Other candidate to suggest?” 
The following reply is made to him. and it may he sent 
to any member of the Senate or Assembly. We shall wel¬ 
come any reply or argument showing why any New Jersey 
farmer should support Mr. Dryden: 
Dear Sir :—One of our readers has sent me the enclosed 
letter from you. I take the liberty of replying to it as 
follows: Y’ou may ask what business I have to address 
you in this way. ' I am a citizen of New Jersey and in¬ 
terested in seeing our State properly represented in the 
Senate. The It. N.-Y. has a large circulation among New 
Jersey farmers. Mr. Dryden's oleo record and the future 
dangers arising from it are of more importance to these 
farmers than any other National legislation now in sight. 
These farmers have no way of expressing their wishes on 
this question except through the agricultural papers. 
The “oleo hill” to which I refer was known as the Grout 
hill Its chief feature was a tax of 10 cents a pound on 
colored oleo. Briefly stated, oleomargarine is an imitation 
or counterfoit butter, composed chiefly of such fats as lard, 
beef fat and cotton oil. A small quantity of genuine butter 
is used with these cheaper fats, and the mixture is colored 
so as to give a good imitation of pure butter. Before the 
passage of the Grout bill large quantities of oleo were made 
and sold fraudulently as butter. It cost to make not far 
from half as much as pure butter, but much of it was sold 
at butter prices. The etTect of this fraudulent business was 
to depress the price of butter, and with it all lines or 
dairv farming. It also threatened Indirectly other lines of 
agriculture. Farmers felt that a crisis had come, and they 
organized for a tight. After much discussion it was decided 
that the only way to compel the oleo dealers to treat the 
public honestly was to put a tax of 10 cents a pound upon 
colored oleo, which competed with pure butter. This was 
the feature of the Grout hill, and it led to one of the 
most hitter industrial struggles known in this country. 
Congressman Wadsworth, as chairman of the House Agri¬ 
cultural Committee, held this legislation up as long as he 
could, hut it was finally forced over his head and went to 
the Senate. There, after beared debate, it was passed. The 
opposition came cl)!oflv from the southern States. Only 
half a dozen Senators from the North voted against it. Mr. 
Dryden being among them. The bill was signed by the 
President, and has since been upheld by the Supreme Court. 
It may safelv be said that this legislation saved the dairy 
Industry at the North. The meat packers or beef trust 
are the chief backers of oleo. since it is composed largely 
of by-products from their tracking houses. Mr. Dryden knew 
just what lie was doing when he placed himself on record, 
openly and defiantly, against the best interests of the 
farmers of New Jersey. He never would have dared to 
oppose in like manner the best interests of the silk men of 
Paterson, the pottery or glass makers of Smith Jersey or 
cither of tlie great railroads which run through the State. 
lie thought, he could safely vote to ruin an industry larger 
than these because he thonght it a business of unorganized 
individuals. 
Mr. Wadsworth thought the same thing. His district 
gave him 13,000 majority two years ago. The party ma¬ 
chine renominated him. A campaign was organized against 
him, largely by the agricultural papers. The issue turned 
upon his oieo record. With no political machine and with 
little money those who fought Wadsworth succeeded in 
beating him by r>,000 votes. 
I simply tel! you this that you may know how deeply 
farmers are interested. The oieo people are organizing for 
an effort to remove this 10-cent tax. Mr. Dryden. by bis 
record, stands as their friend and the issue is so drawn 
that he cannot claim to be the friend of farmers. We shall 
do our best to organize a campaign in New Jersey just as 
was done in Wadsworth's district. You may rest assured 
that the farmers of New Jersey will understand this ques¬ 
tion. I call your attention to the fact that Mr. Dryden s 
only support must come from what are known as the agri¬ 
cultural counties. Have you really ever heard in all your 
life a greater case of politica 1 “nerve” than for Mr. Dryden 
with his oleo record to ask any farmer to support hunt 
If. in the face of these facts, your party sees fit to send 
Mr. Drvden back to the Senate no power on earth can 
carry the State for von next year. I put this to vou 
straight. If you will’ take the trouble to talk witli any 
farmer, who owns cows, vou will find that T tell you ttie 
truth. Go to the Grange, which is prominent in your 
town! 
You say there is no candidate. Governor Stokes can he 
elected, for the T'nited States Senate is the judge of the 
qualifications of its own members. But if you gentlemen 
think he is not eligible it is simply up to you to find some 
vian who is—or olso close up your party shop for good. 
Do you mean to tell us that there are no strong and 
capable men in New Jersey, or has the fear of Mi - . Dryden 
driven them all into hiding? Years ago New Jersey was 
represented in the Senate by strong and capable men, who 
were an honor to the State. Since the railroads and cor¬ 
porations have secured control we have had only tongueless 
money bags, slick politicians and railroad lawyers. This 
will continue to he until men like you acquire the mural 
courage needed to give us what we should have —A MA\ ! 
You will pardon me for talking to you in this way, hut 
I want to make it clear to you that New Jersey farmers 
have just cause for complaint and that you will find that 
they mean business. There are few things more awkward 
than the kick of an angry cow, and yet a battering ram 
is like the pat of a child in comparison to it. 
H. W. COLLINGWOOD. 
Editor of The Rural New-Yorker. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Gigantic Union Pacific land frauds in Wy¬ 
oming are laid to connivance by officials of the interior 
Department at Washington in direct charges made by Arte- 
mus .1. Smith, a Colorado mine dealer, who says patents 
worth millions were issued in spite of protests and oners 
of proof of fraud made by him years ago. . . . Eigh¬ 
teen known to be drowned and possibly a dozen others was 
the record, November 22, of the worst storm that has swept 
the Lakes in years. The barge Athens sank in Lake Erie, 
and Capt. Markle, of Milwaukee, and his crew of six men 
are lost. The steamer Resolute, bound for Toronto, foun¬ 
dered and six of her crew perished when her lifeboat was 
swamped. Off the new breakwater at the entrance of Hol¬ 
land Harbor, Mich., four men were swept into the lake and 
drowned. The steamer Panama, with its crew of twenty 
men, went ashore near Ontonagon. The crew landed and 
made their way for ten miles toward Ontonagon drenched 
to the skin in freezing cold. . . . The National Grange at its 
meeting November 23 declared in favor of tariff revision in 
the case of protected articles, which are sold cheaper abroad 
than at home. It. also declared in favor of a graduated 
income tax. . . . T he Canadian postal authorities want to 
withdraw from the convention existing between the United 
States and Canada in regard to second-class matter. The 
Canadian Government is unwilling to continue delivering 
at news rates tons of American publications that would not 
be entitled to tlie second-class privileges if they were pub¬ 
lished in Canada. It Is also charged that Canada would 
be better without many of these and that a strict adher¬ 
ence to the definition of second-class matter in the United 
States would before this have resulted in many publications 
not being admitted to the malls on the saint oasis as bona 
tide newspapers and magazines. A new convention will no 
doubt be negotiated -with Uncle Sam to accomplish what the 
postal authorities are aiming at. . . . The Fireproof 
Safety Wick Works, Super-Asbestos Building, Brooklyn. 
N. Y., its officers and agents, as such, and A. J. Knight 
have been excluded from the use of the mails by order of 
Postmaster-General Cortelyou. Knight was the manage.r 
of the firm named and it was charged that his business was 
conducted in violation of the fraud provisions of the postal 
laws He advertised in “want” columns for agents, who 
were guaranteed good pay if they would take up the work 
of selling super-asbestos wicks for lamps, giving “ a light 
equal to electricity.” When the agent to be wrote to 
Knight applying for a job he received a reply requesting 
him to remit Si for an agency certificate, when stock would 
be supplied. Then the company would forward a consign¬ 
ment of wicks ('. O. D. ’Flio postal inspector who investi¬ 
gated the case reported that Knight's scheme was designed 
to defraud, and that under the name of A. J. Chevalier he 
was prosecuted in Ohio some time ago for conducting simi¬ 
lar operations. 
SAN FRANCISCO—The California Promotion Committee 
has issued a statement contradicting the reports of the 
misuse of relief funds. They say that out of more than 
.$(5,000,000 contributed only two sums went astray; one a 
package of currency containing $1,085, from Searchlight, 
sent through the Bank and Trust Company of Los Angeles 
by express, and the other package of $200, sent by mail 
from Baltimore. . . . Further charges against Mayor 
Schmitz, which connect him with the protection of infamous 
resorts, were made November 23. On Ids arrival in New 
York, returning from Europe, Mayor Schmitz declared that 
all the charges against him were the work of political 
enemies, and that the indictments were merely an incident 
of the same nature. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The annual meeting of the Ohio 
State Horticultural Society will be held at Columbus, O., 
the week of January 15, 1007. An interesting programme 
is being prepared, and will be mailed to all members as 
soon as printed. Anybody else who is interested can obtain 
a copy upon application to the secretary, W. W. Farns¬ 
worth, Waterville, O. 
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Ontario Agri¬ 
cultural and Experimental Union will be held at the Agri¬ 
cultural College, Guelph, Onf., December 10-12. In 100(5. 
co-operative experiments were conducted on upwards of 
4,500 farms throughout Ontario in the departments of 
Agriculture. Horticulture, Forestry, Poultry Raising, and 
Agricultural Chemistry. The number of co-operative ex¬ 
periments in the Department, of Agriculture alone for the 
21 years from 1886 to 1006 has reached 41,034. 
The Ontario Provincial Winter Fair will be held, in 
Guelph on December 10 to 14 inclusive. Reports received 
would indiente that the exhibits of beef and dairy cattle, 
sheep, swine, poultry and seeds will be larger and better 
than ever before. 
The Animal Husbandry Department of the Iowa State 
College will offer its seventh Winter Short Course in Stock 
Judging, commencing December 31, 1006, and continuing 
until January 12, 1907. Special attention will be given to 
the study of live-stock judging, pertaining to the various 
market classes of horses, cattle, sheep and swine. For this 
purpose the international prize-winning animals belonging 
to the college will be used. In addition the best represen¬ 
tatives of the United States have been secured. Special 
work will also be given along the line of feeding animals 
for beef, milk, pork and mutton production. The Division 
of Veterinary. Science will give a complete set of lectures, 
pertaining to the methods of combating the most prevalent 
diseases among horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Courses in 
Grain Judging. Horticulture, Dairying and Domestic Science 
will he given at the same time. An entrance fee of $3 will 
be charged to residents of Iowa, and $5 for those from 
other States, which entitles each person to take either the 
Grain Judging or the Horticultural course In addition to 
the Stock Judging work. Special advanced classes will be 
held for those who have attended In previous years. For 
further information address the Animal Husbandry Depart¬ 
ment, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. 
The twelfth annual meeting of the Vermont Horticultural 
Society was held at Burlington December 5-6. 
We are told that central Oregon is “the biggest stretch 
of country without a railroad left In the United States, 
bottled up by the ‘dog in the manger’ policy of the Harri- 
man lines. Nearly 300 miles square without a railroad.” 
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