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THE NEWSAND OBSERVER TUESDAY &ORNING. JANUARY 2. 1917, 1 f Th) New and Observer KTWS AND OS8TBVEB PUBLISH. DID COUP ANT joeKrars DAKIKLfl omn VXVB AltS OMKBTO BUILD 1! (3 Us-U Wat Ifurtta Btreat Dapartmant , pasartimmt Department , ..til ..111 rail Associated Prese Report BUBbCbIFTION PRICE : Parmbi In Mimk Cm Tear BT.A Bis Mentha M M Terae Month 11.71 Dm Month M One Waak I .1 Kataiwi at tk PontnflU-a at lUMrk. fart Carolina, a eecond-cUue matter. Alt unturned communications will ba tajectad. No manuscript will ba re. tmiil anhat acaompanlcd by poatase. c MORNING TONIC STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC. Since the day that Mr. Daaiels ke tint Secretary ef tba Nary I bare keen the editor af Tba New aad Observer and respeasible far ail Ito edtterUI rxpraaaloai. Not en time, , at May aVnm of times, haa, tkl paper dlscaasee aatlanal topics.,, , AttempU kara tiara uif ta fix rrapeaalblUty a pen the Secretary of the Navy far tha utterances ef The Neva and Observer, la writ, tar upon national topic as wall aa other topira I hsv koaa aatiraly responsible for tha policy of tkla paper The attempt aow ta criticise him far what tha papar aaya la no aura justified thaa It wld ka JaatlAable to criticize Secretary Daalala for aay other editorial la The New a ad Observer. Tha paper disraaats freely and fnlly pabllc aaeetions without suggeatioa ar iatlmatloa ef Mr. Danlela. EDWARD E. BRITTOY; . Editor Tha Newa and Observer. CViett) Tf but tlie thousandth rmrt of tha true wisdom set ilown in Look ant printed page were hot-ileil and acted upon by mankind, this old world would - be paradise. UN CLE WALT MASON H. C. OK PATER. The men who make the white print paper are trying out a get-rich caper. '. Na pent-p I tica contracta theat, aad ' - . aa aaaa atatate eounterarta them. Tbay ! view Ya Prlnter'a protest nearly, and : r..;.; keep aa ratal ng prices hourly. At aaaa . ., .they aead the price up" higher, aad ' laagh ta ecara the frensied buyer; aad la tha aalema midaight watchea, they '. raiae tha price a few more notches. There s aa reaaoa for thle plaadcr, for ' deeeUag pricea ap Ilka thaader, aare J that tha paper aharka are greedy, aad . are laeth to atrip the needy. From vary aactlaa of tke nation come cries . f grief aad agltatioa, from publishers ant kladred colonels, who say they aiuat 'aaapea'aT their journals, and take la aaahlag (ar a llvln", unless relief to . thaai la givea. The paper makers hear tha raarlag, aad see the flood of briny ' pee ring the storm of wrath aroand theat thkkeaa aad raise the price, to heat tha dickens. Before the finish of : ' - thie wlntejr t"".. '" behold, metkinka. Simrj ftkiuV V''or fck-!- . f " wr aad chortle, hra,Wr near the gloomy eeapheaee portal, and draw a free and ; - tiling ration provided by a weeping aation. ' Hope it wait a happy one Don't let your resolution r into the discard todav. Joy! Tomorrow we have tho legisla tive with na ! The song of the of lice seeker : "I Am A Candidate." Tha friUtesmeu are gathering in Ral - eigh. i' Today give the second to the motion that this be a Happy Nc Year. It appear! to be " on line card -that raaeho Villa propose to make thia a Hoppy New Veitr for ne V.---(raasaT- . Ko, F.iuline, the Congressional "pork .barrel" does not contain tho results of A hog killuig lima. ' There still lie- a heavy wear and tear na the button holes in the lnbhiet of the Saleigh hotels . today. rioajie of the oiks jnt huntoil m aat year's lost New Year's lteaolutic 'hnd adopted them again. " "Peace hath her victories'1 but (he tloea not seem to be winning them over - la Europe. " Wo take tt that around tha-HtaU Capitol the present view is that "The alarjrs the thing." . if- '. It la evidcnt.that over in Kurope be: for peace is so mo of tho . belliger Bta think that things will hare to go 'ta pieces. If the people of Baleigh can't get rid af that ramshacklo old market house baildlng any other way why not ask tha Legislator to take a hand in the garnet ' Ton may talk about "Ring out the mM, ring in tha sew" all you please. Dirt aa Leap Tear ehaaeea are gone till IA30 what the "girls want to know is whether gold rings for an engagement! But perhapa with the price of eggs a tha high gear the c.hiekea crop thia pring may ba larger. Editor "Jeetss'' Cowan, of " tha Wilmington Dispatch, tha erpert . oa 'Wrightsvtllo Beach .ehkkenf la invited to furnish a fore- ' Cast " -" Breeding places for fliea aad aiostii . toefl ara those old atables oa South Salisbury ptreet. .'It .is aaid that the baildbig bats beea eoademned for sany montba. 'Why doa't tha City Com mUaionera get A aiove oa and have thing remedied before; another euev tner and tha menaoe of tha flies a reality! '' -(' y There'f "Pete" aad Henry aad GaUa-tia, Each hoping that he will take a-seat-U Tba Chair af tha Speaker. ' Ko who trill win! . O. K. FOR THE STATE. The (icneral Assenibly of 1917, which convenes tomorrow, will enter upon it duties .finding the (Unto in eicelleat condition, its affaire having been man aged with fidelity and ability by the men who hare been put in charge of the conduct of the government and of the varioua institution which boloug to th BUte. Thia is the usual story in North Caro lina .when a Democratic" General As sembly gathera following two or four years of Democratic control of the State, for under the direction of that party those who have been put Into position have been men who have had the ability and the energy to conduct the matter entrueted to them i b as 16 win eoiti- mendation (or the etcellenee of tha work done. The financial affair of the State are in fine shape, there being now a surplus on hand, whilo there are other fund to come in before there ia a final ac counting. In A large, degree the various institutions have lived well within their means, while there has been a steady Improvement in tha class of work dona in them. Tho flute's Prison, which in the days of Republican control was a burden upon the taxpayer, ia now a money making institution, th report showing that there has been My,000 rlenred in the past year. Kflieieney hu marked tho Democratic record of administration in the Mate aad in the Nation, and that record has been endorsed" LTtha'l0p1t "th polls. It is because the Democratic party of North Carolina has been true to the people that it ha remained in power since 1900, and just so long a it follows this course we may feel as sured that North Carolina is going to remain in the Democratic column. In contrast with it the Republican party is in a pitiable condition. The session of tho General Assembly which begin tomorrow i eipocted to measure up to a high water mark of surviro to the people. There will be measures of the progressive kind before it, and there is7 the confident feeling that it will go forward in ' legislation which will prove of increased value to the people. . It owe such legislation to them because of the continued con fidence they have put in the. Democratic party, and we have no doubt but that thetr expectation will be realiwd. Democracy has continued to grow in North Carolina and In the General As sembly of 1917 it ha tho power to add to the strength f ihat party by A wise use of the power which haa been put In it hands. r A.N ABSENTEE VOTING LAW. I m i That in ail fairness to the voter there should be an absentee . vote law should not need argument, for the justice of this i manifest on it face. Every elti ten who desires to vote should be given the opportunity, a matter which is not 3ifflirlt't-lduW''r-w- w. The absence from" home of th Ka tional Guardsmen on tho border at th time of the election for President is November sharply directed attention U the need f'r a law by which absentees from the State could vote. Home few SUtes already had the machinery for (tich voting, and in one other Bute at least the matter waa held aa so urgent that there waa a special session held to provide a means by which the absent militia might Vote. North Carolina need such a law, aa that will take care of all case la which by reason of business the voter is forced to le away from hi home on electioa day. For year there haa been A feeling that there ought ta ba sons provision for saving large expeaae of travel to cltiaea of the fftaU tempor arily absent from it who dealra to vote, caused them to return hoasa for that special cause. Ia, other-worda Tot ing ought to be made easy for tha quali fied voter, and opportunity aught to be given for every qualified voter in aad out of th But to east "his voia. ; rT trust that the General Assembly which eoaveaaa tomorrow will no Aanead the electioa law a ta provide far th absentee rota. It wilt come a a beoi to many traveling men, aad vo all ansa whom atree of etreuBiataneee takes from .their home ea election ' day. Th law passed should ba oa that ap plies 'to all elaaae of elections, aad h eaa ba so framed a aot to be a laa thai will eaua great expensa.ta the State or county or city. It should be a It without red tape of the perplexing kind, in thai can be readily under stood and obeyed. Ws bold that iach a plan for nbaen tea voting is the da of tba qualified voter, aad, wa feel eertaia that the pas sage of a haw to provide far this will meet the approval af tha people of the fWaU. JTITICX fOR THE 6 CARD. 1 Th public 1 not ffolag to be swept off its feet by th Adverse eritieism of tha National Guard by offieera ef the ragular army, for in all parte af tha country there is recognition that th men who form what may be termed ear citizen soldiery are patriotic, that they desire to serve thalr country, that they have maintained for long years military OTK-aaltatioa ander circumstance which called for personal anerifioe, aad in many case for financial losses. Voice to the general feeling that there is too levere criticism of th Na tional Guard Is beiag given by th newspapers throughout the country, and the men from the various Htates who have done aervle on the Mexican bor dvrrau feel that they have friends in all sections who ara Aot going to hear them condemned without raising a voice in oppoaittoa. It ta realised that under new condition justice i aot being done the National Guard by a wboieaale con deraaatkm of It Na aa expected tha military organisations of the Bute to beta tha trim of th companies cf the regular army, for tho members of these hat served years with the Ufa of a sol dier aa their regular occupation. With National Guardsmen service has been a matUr of patriotism. . Given time, wa believe that the Na tional Guard eoald measure ap to all the requirement made of it, aad wo agree with tha New York World which ays: "Regular army officers are dis posed to be too hasty ia proclaiming ths National Guard system an utter failure," that paper savin farther t The . National Guard regimeata that were seat to the Mexican bor der lat Bummer were, the product of the Diek act, which was about to he superseded by the sew Hay law. Yet ia active service m tha field the New York regiment won high praise, as Major General O'Ryaa testifies, from officers of tba regu lar army for their profieieaey. This Htsta had maintained a liberal policy toward the National Guard. . It officer aad me were drawn from the profesaion and business, many of them exceptionally trained and in enjoyment of high, salaries in civil life. It was inevitable when they were mustered into the Federal sorvicc that they should make n good showing for intelli gence and adaptability. They were not tho kind of volunteer that usually ar attracted to tha rearuit lui office af tfie United 6Ut army. They were rather of th rbvis of mu whose work at Platta tmrif Ocneral Leonard Wood ha aa freely praised. To disparage the National Guard i easy but unfair. A better sys tem of ebtalnlag troope moat bo devised, but the reason ia not to be found in the failure of the Guard to do its duty. The Philadelphia Record i another paper which speak out in behalf of the National Guard. Stating that the Ad jutant General of Missaehusetta, irri tnted by efforts if regular army officers to discredit the militia, say that ha is ready to "take any six companies of the Massachuaett National Guard and march and shoot them against any aix companies in the regular infantry," it declare that the asm claim could be made for the Guardsmen of Peaiisyt vania and ome other State, further suvina in regard to the matter: "It ii poor policy ia the advocates of univer sal military service or A big reserve army t run down the National Guard. Thia has already cause J a reaction which may block their plana Gener ous recognition of the excellent erv ice of the Guard would leaaea tha f rie tioa which haa already risen at Wash lngton ovr the too often offensive tone adopted by members of the General Staff la advocating their eepecial poll THE MEXICAN QVESTION. .".At a11 iiaie ia discussing th question of what this country should do with re gard to Mexico ia th varying aspects of attempted settlements of affairs with pectcd. We think that' h i. Absolutely in error as to his position in aeeking to have the force under Gen. Pershing withdraw.' This country will keep them in Mexico just so long an it appears that their presence is necessary to safe guard American Uvea aad American in tercet. i What wa seem to fail to impress upon tha Mexicaa mind la that w; want to anflp Mexiee, that we have-no ulterior dewigas upon it sovereignty. The Mexican just can't get our viewpoint Tor that reason the wis coarse is be lag followed in going alow with him, and in being patient, at the same time kecpinjr our eyes wide open to the Villa I t-j.: M w . hi nriKanu aiumuon, a tine given isr raaxa to meet our plans will not be time wasted. THE STATE-WIDE PRIMARY. This week there will meet in Raleigh the first General Assembly of the State since tho passage ef the State wide pri mary law, and there will be discussion of that measure during the session Certain it is that there are, some in the State who are not satisfied with such a law and that they would like to see it cleared off tho slate. Bnt in oppmiitiou t any such, pro gram are the people of North Carolina, for they hare found in the State-wide primary law something which place di rectly in their hands the control of political affairs, and they are not going to surrender what they have gained, The primary law in North Carolina is going to stii k. Changes that will make it stronger are needed, just as there is needed an election law which will further pro tect the peoplo. That there is to be a fight to have enacted a law providing for the Australian ballot appear cer taia. But whatever ia done the pri mary and tho elections should be in that shape a to. make for the free and nntrammeled exercise of the franchise. That the: primary law- needs correc tions in true. It is not a perfect .law. But any changes that are made should make the Is A stronger and a better law. In this matter the-people and tho press should speak out without delay, and let it bo known that there must be nothing done that would cripple the !w. Russia is the gainer anyway. Russian statesmen ore quoted as saying that "With the war and without vodka, Bus-, ia is richer than with vodka and with out the war." Prohibition pays every time. North Carolina Democrats should be gin tho New Year right. Thoso who are able should send a chock tomorrow to Hugh MucKuc, Wilmington, to be ap plied on that $300,000 debt du by the Democratic Nt'Joria.1 fJomaittae. Tip on the Speaker of the House: On good authority we can state that the Democratic caucus will name the winner, and that it will be Murphy or Page or Roberta. We name them in alphabetical order. Tho view of the National Tribune of Washington is that "The Rumanian de fense could hardly hare been worse managed by the Republican National Committee." That's rubbing it in some, ail right. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS The Mat. Springheld Republican. The mule is not only obliged to play hi part in every war, but a discovery, has been mode regarding him across the ocean that menace his freedom of speech everywhere. Other people may not admire the brny of the mule, but his frequent and complaisant ue. of it how his own high estimate of thin power. It was felt on the French front that the braying of the mule at incon venient moment constituted a draw back that must in somo way-br nver' come, and so veterinary eiperU were set to solving tho problem of produriug a braylrss mule, and we are told that access has crowned their efforts. After study and exierinicnt it wa discovered that a slight operation on the nostril had the desired effect, so that now all mules destined for the front are made mute by this process. This country never expected to hear of such an achievement as the French veterinar ians have- to their credit without, any regard Jur the feeling of tho chief party in interest. The mute's useful ness a a warrior hu no doubt been en- be challenged aa an inexcusable out rage upoa a faithful servant of man-kind. L..d.i i... a:.. t,..a it. i: . : tlmt-ceaatrr-it msilraW last me onjcei oi ma v. wiiru oiaies is to see established la that country a Me ttle government oa strong constitutional linee earing for the Interests of th people. Ia other word wa are aeeking to have law And order Aad justice take tha place of confusion, inequalities and Injustice. Wa waat to see a really rcp reaeeUtiv government that will stand upoa its feet in th interests of th people. Because of that hops, aad that we ar dealing with a people who are not of the tkaught of ear people, we must be patient ia working eat th problem. That w hav been hart becaaaa of conditio in Mexico all agree, bnt with that agreement there is aaaa that w should go iato that eouatry with the parpee ta eoaquar sued possess it. There ar vast latere which would like la as the raited Stales letervea ar evea get into war la artemptiag to atralghtta ant ta Mexican tangle, bat thia to tot the attitnd of the great bmTk of the American people. V Of eoarte all at as would like to so Canaan sign up ea the protocol and agree te tke eaaditloaa w have mad about th praam of American troops ia Mexico. That ka does aot take th saaaa vitw that we do ia just tha aav I " ' GET HIM ! . .; . r i ,- --"- i i rsyvyjiit . rv irjrcss. surras" - .-srk. -v" Oreeoe In New York Evening T'Mfo. RACY OF TTIE SOIL Golden Eggs. Reidsville Review. Miss Mollie Carroll, neur Reid.sville. has a Rhode Islaud Rod pullet that was too small for a broiler June 1. About October 1 the pullet began laying and has furnished a niee, fresh egg every day since. A Pig Producer. Mooresville Kuterprisc. Mr. J. V. Wigirins was in Saturday and reported a very unusual happening at bis plaee. lie has a brood bow that haa delivered thirty pigs in eleven month, and twenty eighth of the pig lived add made firat-iate porkers. . TAR HEEL BRAINLETS In these strenuous time of high cost of living they are going to reduce the salaries of baseball players. los. lite it would be just the reverse of that. Greensboro Record. A luni'heon used to consist of a dab of this and a dab of that, but most of the dab has been cut out here of late. Wilmington Star. What has become of the old-fashion ed farmer who kicked when ho couldn't get 8 cents a pound for liver pudding! The new-fashioned farmer is getting 16 cents, and liver pudding is scarce at that. Fhyettcvllle Observer. SMILE AND BE HAPPY oiuoi?f or rur.u Teaeber J- What la tha dli farenoe between egg aad nut ooair . Johnny On ta laid by a haa' aad - tba other by a aqulrrsi. Wkee Th M ar Will Ead. New York World. Whatever Great Hritain, France aud Russia may do, there will be no peace until Germany accepts' the terms of the Hon, Gussie Gardner, of MassachuietU, aad give him personal guarantees for the future. Th Kaiser and the Chancellor will find the terms in a concurrent reso lution which Senator Lodge's son-in-law haa introduced in tho House, and while his demands may seem harsh even to disciples of Schrecklichkeit, thry are ao harsher thaa the victories which Gussie Gardner has won in tke field, give4 him tha right to impose. If Germany refuse or quibbles, Mr. Gardner purposes to fjajkt to the , last Englishman, the last Frenchman and tha hut Russian. While there is a soli tary allied soldier left to hold a musket or chuck a bomb, be will battle along undaunted and tindisnrayed. - W cannot tell what action Great Britain aad France and Russia will take ta regard to Germany's proposal for a conference, but they will, aot find Gus li Gardner U Council with the emis saries of the Hun. The war will be over the day that Augustus P. GarU r, oi jMawanrnnsena, wnu arums Dear.-1 lag aad colors flying, marches triuui-, pnaniiy mrangn me . rvranaennurcer oat is to Later dea Liadea.fAot fore, . , AXtWATS ATTRACTIVE. ,,X have soma most attractive stock to sell. Tea I up poi so. Any ion: ,ra nvr seen " a "stoclt certificate - that waant a beantL. tul thing te locti at A Monstrosity By SAVOYARD THIS WINTER, i Did the water pipe burst T Yes, and tha landlord charged extra becauae It saakee a rink. rAJTHjruL tjnto death: ' riret WaiUr What th taat . word A of waiter - NoJ IHf 1 Bsooad Watt- i rgerl "I up the Up. l'rivilrgo is the bane of governments, and by privilege ii meant :i special ad vantage conferred on mie interest at the expense of another intereft just as worthy. The tni on oleomargarine is a cane in- point mid it is a not unimport ant factor that works to increase the cost of living in our country at this time. The authority to levy a tax is conferred on Congress hy section f, of Article I; f'thc- tVlerth fonritirtaon, which reads: "Congress Bhalf have potter to lay and collect taxes, duties and eirigea to pay the de.bts-aiid provide for -the common defense and general welfare of the United states but all duties, imposts and ercUes shall be uniform throughout the United States." The word "collect" ought to be o,f some importance in that passage. Con ares has no power to lay a tax unless the authorities collect that tax, and it was never intended to colleet the oleo margarine tax. It was laid to drstroy a legitimate industry in order that the profits of another industry, no more worthy, might be increased. At the time the oleomargarine, tax was levied tho federal treasury was embarrassed by an enormous surplus, that even a de praved and prodrgal Congress was not able to squander. So the title of the measure. "A bill to raise revenue,-was a barefaced lie, and the hiRRest fool in 'oiigress at that time knew it was n lie nav Congress confessed that it -wa a lie, for attention Mas called to it by Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, one of the leaders of the party iu power at the time, ; but CoiiffreHH passed it off 8B a trivial mntter this. thing of solemnly eiiiii-ttiHj nr lie and writing it into the law of the land. -." This infamy was perpetrated in the name of the farmer. It "was assumed that every farmer was a dairyman, and that is another lie, for not 20 per cent of farmers sell milk or butter. All farmers have cows, but their yield of milk nud butter, in four cases of five, is consumed by the family. In fact, the olcomargarino tax was for the benefit of the flutter Trust, nhotrt the most rapacious hnd' ronseicneeles-trust t her j i. The Congress . that, enacted this atrocity was Republican; but it would have failed without nupport from the Democratic Bide, some of it from ihefioatTi7rooV TTfWVtWttaS Iu several Congresses Joseph G. Can non fought the thing, and his conduct cost him the Speakership when Tom Reed retired. The Butter Trust, to punish -him, brought out Hopkins, of Illinois, for Speaker against him, and that ia how it happened that Dave Hen derson beat Uncle Joe for Speaker of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Ultimstely the Butter Trust bullied. Cannon Into voting for the enormity, else h had never beea Speaker. John Dalrell,. of Pennsylvania, oAe of the very superior intellect of liTTlay, voted against tha oleomargarine tax, but that was due to the fact that tens of thousand of labor ing men of PitUburgh, his home, pre ferred oleomargarine to batter for the table. G roavenor, of Ohio, also opposed it ; but that was th Democracy latent in his system, for until the repeal of the Kansas Nebraska bill, he, - like Governor Morton, of Indiana, And thou sands of other Republicans, waa A'Dera- aerat. ' " " ' " ' .;' .... s ;m a , The - oleomargarine folks ' were . a scurvy s'rt," and CApable-of -ervery-deeep-rioa. The 1w' required them to brand their goods a - oleomargarine. - They complied ; but howf - They wrote the word "oleomargarine" ia entail letter on the corner of a square sheet of browa paper in which tha stuff was wrapped, and folded it ever Ilk some folks "dogear" a book, so that not one person in ten thousand ever saw the brand. And that Is what ruined them. The aeachmea of ths Butter Trust harp ed os it. They did not pretend to ad- vocate the tax on its merits; but they''" dwelt on the fraud practiced by the oleomargarine fellows in evading the law that required the branding of their goods. But for that the Butter Trust would hare been defeated and the bill would have failed. The Butter, Trust huwrd what a hog it is in another way. It appear that oleomargarine was given a nek: goldoa tint by a wholesome and harmless eeler-. rng nj.ytej, the invention of Oie. oleo margarine manufacturers. The hill levying the tax prohibited the coloring of oleomargarine under a penalty of iu rents a pound, but allowed the But ter Trust to use it free, and you can bet they have employed it to make attract- . ive to tho eye tens of millions of pound -of inferior butter. How is that for stealing f They appropriate to their own use a discovery of another, and fine that other heavily for using his own property. a Possibly it was in 1660 that the ge nial, attractive and worthless aramp. Charles II. became King of England. Though his people had cut off his daddy's head, young Charles enjoyed the day he was crowned mora of the loyalty of his subjects thaa any other individual who ever asceaded the Eng ' lish throne. The dogma of right di vine prevailed allTiver the continent of ( Europe and took on what looked like 1 new life in Kn gland. Privilege wa rampant, and the King could make.a fatorite of anyone he chose. And he was not alow to exercise the , prerogative. Among other. Barbara I Palmer basked In the smilei" of " the"f court. She was aa atterly worthies ' woman, yet majestic ia her exuberant and voluptuous physical beauty. rhe became the King's favorite. - He created i her a countess, and later she became a . duchess. A large pension, was granted her, and labor paid every penny of it. aaaa All the lawyers ia Philadelphia can', not discover oaf bit of difference be- -r tween the pension paid Barbara Palxaef' from the pnblie parse ef England aad the privileiffl granted to tho Butter Trust by the oleomargarine tax, so fsr as the principle of the thing ia con cerned. Indeed, the oleoauuwarina tax Us the more ricious privilege of the two diaries and his mercenary mistress lived ' two tenturie and a ' half ago when prerogative was an accepted at tribute of royalty. Under th law h had a right to do a he did do; but there. jA.ns. little .Jaw as there is justice ia this oleomargarine tax that make" th unlovely Butter Trait a favorite of our government. 9 BepreaenUtive Aswetl, of Louisiana, is seeking a repeal of the outrage; bat the voracious treat is vigilant and ex pects to make iu hold oa privilege th firmer. Mr. Aswcll, ia aa interview the other day, aaid: "The Butter Truet ia trying te have a bill passed fixing a standard , af color so whit a to preveat the use of pea nut and cotton -seed oil, and te destroy th flavor by prohibiting the . use of butter in oleomargarine. This would destroy the buaiaees aad deprive the people, mostly poor person, af mare '. than 150.000,000 pound of food supply... It would not add a poaad af butter to' th supply, bat would materially aid th Butter Trust in farther increasing the price of butter." . Before oieeaxarganae eaa legally bs sold it must bear tha government stamp , that it is sound, beaithful. wheleeome. free Iron disease, aad prepared under sanitary condition, ;. Why Ux that ar- tlele of wholesome foodf Yea would as honestly and aa wisely tax sweet po- tatnea to relieve I risk potatoes of com-' petitiea, or peaehea to get them out ef the way ef apples, er'mettoa te make . beef dearer, aa to tax oleoaaargariae ta raise the price ef butter. i J Why this monstrosity waa net repeal ed ra th Caderwood tarUf ia a sayaUry to ea. " ' WaskiagtAa, Paaaaiher M.
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