Show Democrat Joi Joins s Republican t I In Iii Sponsoring New Bill iH To Ban Yellow Oleo Deception Washington D D. D C. C Representative C.-Representative August H. H Andresen Minnesota Republican Republican Re Re- r publican and Representative Walter K Granger Democrat from rom Utah have 1 joined forces to introduce similar bills banning yellow oleo deception These Congressional measures would prohibit the imitation of butter by the manufacture manufacture manu manu- P facture of artificially colored oleo but would remove all taxes and license fees on oleo itself Both Congressmen are members of the House Committee on j Agriculture J tI t- t I A f r rt t a 8 f. f r t y r t r Walter Valter K Granger Democrat Utah Dairy Goals Meet Democratic Pledge Pledger or r By y Walter K Granger Democrat Utah The new dairy policy toward oleo r is in harmony with the Democratic platform and the stated wishes of the I President The Democratic platform favored the removal of t taxes on oleomargarine oleomargarine oleomargarine oleo oleo- margarine but sai said nothing about al allowing allowing al- al I lowing lowing- the unrestricted d sale gale of the yellow product The Pr President Prisident has said only that he want wants th the taxes re re- re moved Leading dan dairy and farm organizations organizations organizations or or- favor the same action However the time is absolutely inopportune inopportune in inopportune in- in opportune for placing a u greater burden burden burden bur bur- den on dairy farmers Numerous bills have been introduced to permit unrestricted unrestricted unrestricted sale of oleomargarine colored yellow in imitation of butter Yet there is growing economic distress among the people who milk cows in inthe inthe the great dairy states Why anybody would want to do anything to make maker r their burden heavier I 1 am unable to understand o 8 oI I am speaking about the people in every congressional district in the country who build the county roads and maintain schools Hay flay is now 45 a ton and cottonseed cake fed to dairy cattle costs from 80 to a aton aton aton ton yet the oleo interests would make it still more difficult for these people to survive This could only result in scarcities and high prices for meat milk and other dairy products It would also bring to an end the historic soil historic soil conservation conservation con con- program practiced on every dairy farm fann without Government sub sub- sidy I In the Western States it has been I snowing intermittently since the first of January Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep are marooned and losses will be tremendous This is one of the most devastating and unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented blows at our livestock economy within the memory of man We cannot afford alford further to imperil our supplies of meat as well as our source of milk and other vital food products by striking at the dairy in in- in My bill is in complete harmony harmony harmony har har- mony it seems to me with the views of the President and the Democratic platform i 9 v j j 1 v i rj V f Ii Jr I. I Z j h f S I August H. H Andresen Republican r G Minnesota J fl Dairy Bill Lifts Taxes Bans Fraud I By y August II H. Andresen Republican Minnesota The new dairy policy is fair to consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers fair to retailers and distributors distributors I tors and fair to the oleo industry It also protects our vital dairy industry against complete loss of the crucial butter market to a product using deceptive deceptive deceptive de de- de- de coloration to gain economic advantage 4 i Under my bill any housewife can obtain all the oleomargarine she wants without the payment of any taxes whatever but the product must besold be besold besold sold for what it is and not as an imitator imitator imitator imi imi- of butter Oleomargarine manufacturers want the unrestricted right to sell oleo colored yellow to imitate but butter er and thus monopolize the table spread market With butter and dairy prices already declining declining- and pushing down dairymen's incomes this additional loss of a year would mean outright disaster to dairy farmers and their families and to small dairy plants and th their ir employees t f Farmers would be forced to slaughter J r ter millions of milk cows cows cows-an an economic economic economic eco eco- bo body y blow to consumers who 1 arc are dependent on dairy herds for 40 per cent of their beef and veal and all of their milk Decline in dairy cow numbers as a result of lost butter markets would be bo heaviest in states t depending most on butter as a source I of income For example there are 18 surplus producing milk states where IM sales of separated farm cream largely j destined for butter amount to 5 1 or d dmore more of total sales of milk in all forms Nearly 27 per cent of all milk produced in the country normally Is churned into butter x oJ 4 The dairy farmers of the nation who 4 t swung their political strength to Harry S. S Truman on November 2 2 I I thus assuring his election will be t poorly repaid if repeal of all restrictions 4 lions Hons on yellow oleomargarine is I foisted on them This threat to the rr 1 f existence of the dairy industry is sponsored and financed by only 28 oleomargarine manufacturers a who seek to remove all legislative restrictions restrictions f. f on the sale of oleomargarine t colored yellow in imitation of butter |