| Show protect the farmers there is not much that a state legislature can do for the protection of the farmer but one of our spanish fork subscribers calls attention to one injustice to the farmers of utah that could be remedied by th state legislature and it would be a pro lection to them in legitimate business he cays that ome time ago he took a trip to salt like city and other places to find a market for utah butter and visited a great many restaurants nd hotels where to his surprise he found they had no ue for utah butter lor table use they were all using oleomargarine margarine olio now mr editor he asks is abig fair to alie utah farmers shall a half a dozen eastern millionaires have the benefit of alie market that rightfully belongs t our own people our answer it of course that the farmers ought to bs protected in their trade specially in the home market the bat Legi latura attempted a law that has fallen short of mark our correspondent suggests that a law bo enacted to compel restaurants and hotels chero oleomargarine is used to have a large aien aign put up in a conspicuous place 19 used here he thinks that would be protection enough for the utah farmers the fact is that those who imitation butter usually do so under the belief that it is the genuine article undoubtedly if they were undeceived on that score they would call for tho genuine article the enquirer is in favor of some buch law it gouid be but dairying cair ying into enact alie federal statute which requires that oleomargarine shall not be abold under any other name than its ditl now if a local law should re quire that it should also be used under no other title it seems to us the law could go no farther if once the patrona of a hotel or restaurant were mada acquainted with the nature of the article they were using it would not take long for them to inquire into what oleomargarine is made of A citizen of provo inquired into it not long ago when on a visit to chicago and ha found that ill kinds of fat that could make oil was used in its among ather thing he de dares that a dead horse waa delivered at the factory during his visit oleomargarine if clie burp can be made as good as butter chemists have carefully studied the compounds of butter and have been able to excel even alie dairy in purity but the trouble is eliat in alie trado arciclo all kinds of frauds are possible and nobody knows what he ia eating when using oleomargarine at a hotel or restaurant and the trouble is as stated before he usually uses it under the belief that lie is using utah butter there is where the crime comes in he ought to be made to know that it is a humbug that it is perpetrated upon him and then if lie wanted it of course no law could well prevent him from using oleomargarine instead of butter it is the fraud which farmers ask to have eliminated ought to be allowed to correct a mistake if they have made one and not be to a libel amt when no intention was apparent to do any one an injury the last libel suit against the enquirer wib because it was stated that a man had gotten money by who had passed a firmed check the discrepancy was bol areat and the mistake was niad on the statement of an officer who carelessly erred and yet this piper sued for by a worthless character Is that right the edw to ba amended WE agree with the erss in alia statement that the governor and the other state officials have du tic enough to perform to engage all their time and attention without being burdened the liand ling of acre land grunt alie work can bo well done by a connnie sion such as is contemplated by boli thos bill there are plenty of honest and capable men alio would be willing to act as for a reasonable and only such should be elected THOSE icho leave occupied school lands for lol these many years without luvi aff to pay taxes on them ought not to ask that they be sold by alie state for alie price of government land per acre there ia no r justice in such petitions and the legislature is being flooded with them EDITOR kian of the idaho silver hammer is rather severe on bill glassman and charles crane bat it ia tinb as be says that their villainous attacks on senator cannon undoubtedly prevented col trumbo frem gelling a single vote A LITTLE cold weather just now may aae the fruit crop of this season warm weather just now will cause the buds to swell and frosts can then do greiff carnagy dar nagy let ui hope cool weather may continue a few days longer cura ought to be free the spaniards are a brutal race and ought to have no sway on the western hemisphere instead of the united states exercising itself over armenia it ought to begin near atheme and lend a helping hand to cuba RIVAL companies are just now fighting over the water power of cotton wood canyon provo canyon affords much better water power and if not soon utilized by the company that ave made surveys a fight may begin in aliis section IT seems to be a settled fact that russia liaa pined annja turkey the alliance is of course against great britain and it is goin to injure eliat country A great war may grow out of the complications THE enterprise of the ogdan standard in enlarging to a six column eight page capr is truly commendable and will no doubt be appreciated by the progressive people of the junction city low taxes and low salaries will do more to bring capital here than all the advertising of boomers let the salaries and taxes be kept down THE new york world keeps up its attack on utah which has now to ba the fly in the party ointment |
