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Show State Dairy Unit Scores Oleo Members o the Utah Dairy Federation board of directors have announced their stand on I oleomargarine legislation with the statement, "since it is not butter, ' the dairy farmers insist that the j present laws which keep it from j being sold as butter be kept on j the books," Professor A. J. Mor-1 ris, federation secretary, reported j following a recent meeting of the j board. A statement, signed by Merrill N. Warnick, of Pleasant Grove, president of the federation, pointed point-ed out that dairy farmers are not to blame for wartime shortages of butter because they have maintained and increased '- production pro-duction far above what it was in prewar years. . "Dairy farmers have no quarrel with oleomargarine in its legitimate legiti-mate field no more than they have a quarrel with vegetable shortening, lard, or salad oil," the statement continued. "But when oleomargarine attempts at-tempts to muscle into the dairy industry by masquerading as butterthat but-terthat is where the' fight begins. be-gins. Oleo is not butter, no matter mat-ter how well its oils are deodorized deodor-ized and no matter how high it is needed with vitamins. "Since it is not butter, the dairy farmers insist that the present laws which keep it from being sold as butter be kept on the books. Dairy farmers believe that the present laws which curb the unrestricted sale of colored oleo as butter are a safeguard to the consumers that is why these laws were enacted. They also know that these laws are necessary neces-sary for the protection of the dairy industry because nothing but law can help to counteract fraud and deception," the statement state-ment concluded. The American Dairy association with which the Utah federation is affiliated, has pointed out that thf dairy industry wants to m; . America's demand for more butter and : that the industry, least ' of all, the farmer who has produced more milk than ever before, is not to blame for the present shortage. Butter production has been discouraged dis-couraged under policies now In effect and the loss in butter pro-. pro-. duction last year compared to normal years was greater than all -butter taken in 1944 for the armed forces and lend-lease, the ADA revealed. "Today the government controls con-trols farm production through prices. When they want more eggs, they raise the price on eggs, and to get more butter, the government could raise the returns re-turns to the producers of butter," but-ter," the, ADA said. The federation board also approved ap-proved trips to the national ADA convention in Chicago, March 7, . for Mr. Warnick, who is a mem. ber of the national executive committee, and Professor Morris. |
