Show BIGHT OVER GROUT BILL Commissioner ioner Faust Replies to Pres President President dent Stringer From present indications there will wil wilbe De be Mi a 8 hot bot time in the convention over the he Grout oleomargarine a ne bill It will wil willbe wilbe be le defended by all alt representatives of o oth tI th dairy interests and opposed ed by the cattle growers and the latter vill wil m probably win out by b a large majority State Stat Food and Dairy Commissioner Faust who is a delegate to the con convention yesterday made a vigorous statement t in reply to President Spring Springer er who attacked the Grout bill in yesterdays yes yesterdays es Herald Commissioner Faust Fausi said saidI 1 I was surprised on read reading In the statement in this mornings paper by b Mr John W VT Springer the president of the tw Livestock association in refer reference reference reference ence to the Grout bill imposing a tax tai on un oleomargarine Every assertion that he be made in reference to it is un untrue untrue true trat and 1 wish wi to set the public at I large right on the subject Mr Spring Springer er is it either misinformed on the sub bet or is 18 attempting to misinform the people peu and delegates tes in regard to the themer measure mer I iii the first brat place pla e he says that the dairy trust is trying to im ha pone none one nf of the greatest creates t frauds on the people that has ever been perpetrated This te in the Die time that I ever eer heard of a dairy trust tru t although I have been In close touch t uch with everything pertain pertaining ing lug to dairying in the States There is such uh a thing as a dairy union which to is trying to secure dairymen their rights and which is also trying to p a great fraud namely the selling of oleomargarine as a butter Oleomargarine is a counterfeit of creamery butter and of it itis ItIs is bought aid ard consumed without the purchaser or consumer knowing that it is not butter The dairymen do not object to oleomargarine being sold as an oleomargarine and all that is at attempted att attempted tempted t by br the Grout bill hill is 8 to pre prevent prevent prevent vent its it being sold as creamery butter But the bill proposes to put a tax of 10 cents per Jer pound on it when d ie In the semblance of butter and I seduces the present tax of 2 cents per perur ur d to of a cent per round when sold ROld uncolored There can an be no objection to this bv liv an man The Grout nil her does not attempt to take from the ther theor r fr or man as 8 he asserts the poor mans hUil t r but bue rather to make it cheaper lor br him bim When hen it is considered that of all the oleomargarine Is soW soki as an creamery butter and sold for fr the same satin price the assertion that it the poor man falls taUs very Lat fat Effect of the Bill if lf the effect of the Grout bill would 1 le e to tit ruin the oleomargarine rine Interests and lessen the price of sheep SS 5 5 cents per bead head hogs 50 cents per head and steers Ite SL per er head as he lie asserts arts hot may mav be some reason reaMOn for the cat cattle catl catLie Lie tle l convention ven Oft w a will convene next week taking some action against a the thea a e of oC this thin bill Mil but as a matter ot et tact tat it will not ruin the tn in interests nor wil will it take any such from the prices of ot the animals as ta stated slated d The cost of oleomargarine I as is testified by Mr Armour and as estimated e bv by the department of f agriculture of the state of New NewYork NewYork York is a fraction over 4 cents per pound There is thirty pounds of ot caul fat rat in tn a beef f and about five pounds of or the he fat of if the hog which is used in inthe Inthe the manufacture of ot oleo Estimating this tb at 4 cents cen s it would only make snake |