Show fiftha r THE OUXXMAUGAUINi KILL The Olcomixrgarino hill as mnomlud e by tho Senate and agreed to by the House is now beloro the President < It d imposes a tax of two cents per pound U > on initiations of tmro butler and imposes heavy fines on nil dealers w house i ho-use oilier packages than those described iS I In tits bill for Site handling of the product pro-duct This 1rcsidctil has pent the bill to j t tbo AttorneyGeneral with n request for that officials legal opinion ns to Sits con Blitutionality of this tax sought to bo imposed I IL posed and doubtless ho will bo guided his action by the tenor of the Attorney irncnilB opinion That this tax is nil E i constitutional them can be no doubt MIn t s M-In twenty similar cases it has been HO I i2 declared Why not tax all adulterated I stuff sold ni bread milk beer sugar 01 I J woolen goods In cither of this foregoing forego-ing articles this glaring frauds arc much greater than in butter and no man has t 1 h e nought to tax them for the reason that Ibo puro and adulterated articles are yip handled by the name money Interests It yr + d If such was the cane in this butler mar 1 h1 mr ket wo should hear nothing of this bill i t ° which is in the fullest sense special t1 i h legislation It is wellknown to all i 4 j t housekeepers throughout tlio land n hzt that two lhirdn of the stuff Hold for pure butter in tho past ten years was yk ewli adulterated a fraud practised on con I t I Mimors To prove that this N i yet the ms ue let tho Government appoint butter It L r inspectors at the lime tho olcomargirino i t9 i s inspectors ore appointed whoso duty it i t shall bo to inspect i i butter as found in the t l i i l of ° + market and stamp it us mere m otherwise t r1 other-wise with tho nanio of UK dairy farm 4 from which it cumo and then It will hoe h ho-e to see tho true animus of this 0100 margarine tax It is simply n movo in uhSi the interest of adulterers of puro butter T as any compound not strictly manufac tnrcd from beef fats may bu sold as butter but-ter though far more unclean than olio ll tl margarine Tho bill is worse than special l legislation It is class legislation and for hj that reason unconstitutional and its approval 1 y r ap-proval by the President would cstabhsl n precedent for numerous cases which in ii Im + the cud would override tho demands of i I 3 the people and lead to serious politico i disruption Tho animated and length debates over the bill in both house lI 4I i proves how potent is this dairy interest II p + ti whet backed by a stiff lobby and also + = I Ei proves tho disgraceful fact that both houses l can bo actuated by mercenary I1 and selfish motives to thin exclusion of I rt r t the common welfare The DEMOCHAT ha p no doubt of the final defeat of tho bill 1 I and will regard it as an act of justice to i tho masses a matter of much more moment mo-ment than tho eo called dairy interests 01 thin country |