Some More Suggestions

Editor Registeb; A writer makes several suggestions to the farmers of Washtenaw county who are soon to convene. One is that they should become interested in the matter of oleo., or what he terms "bogus butter." Allow me to enlighten parties on this subject. Oleomargarine is pronounced by the highest scientiflc authorities, by the chemist of the Massachusetts State Board of Heal tb, and, in fact. by all who are competent to judge, a perfectly healthful food product. As such, the supreme courts of every state, where the matter has been tested, have decided that its sale is as legitímate as cow's butter, or cheese, or potatoes or wheat. What possible use then can it be to petition the legislature about it? lt has come to stay in competition with butter, and many people and laboring men, and mechanics, in large cities, notably most hotel?, are buying it in stead of butter. The writer has used it for years in his own fainily, and knows from experience, that it is cleaner, purer and better than the average butter made by the average Washtenaw county farmer. This is the reason why he buys it, why most hotels buy it. They can depend upon its qtiahty, but cannot depend upon the butter of the average farmer. A few years since, a prominent Michigan farmer who raises blooded cows for daily purposes visited a live stock show at Chicago. Prior to that year, the farmers had kept Armour's butterine out of the show. That year Armour suceeded in getting his butterine upon exhibition and he courteously took the committee of farmers (including this Michigan one) al) through his butterine manufacturing establishment, and these farmers who went there with prejudice against Armour and his butterine, were compelled to admit, against their wills, that in the manuactnre of butterinenothing but the purest and most healthfu! materials entered, and that the whole process was most scrupulously neat and cleanly, and that his butterine was better than their average cow's butter, in fact, that Armour had beaten them. Oleomargarine and butterine are sold at a less priee than the sauie quality of butter, henee when the general public has ita prejudice aainst them removed, they will be most universally purchased. When one can buy oleomargarine which the best butter expert cannct teil from the very best cre&mery butter made in Washtenaw county forsixteen cents, and he has to pay twenty-five cents for the creamery butter, the intelligent man will save nine cents by using oleomargarine. Farmers must learn that they, like the business world, must expect competition and notattemptuseless legislation, when the questions involved havealready been settled by the highest courts. If thev want to find a market for their butter, let them learn to combine and makesuch agilt-edged product that it cannot be beaten. For such an article Ihere will always be found plenty of customers of particular taste, plethoric purses, but poor butter is doomed. Let the farmers combine as above suggested, and let Washtenaw county always produce A 1 gilt-edged butter, and it will always find a ready market and a good price. Let them, also, organizo for a grander object - a moral issue - and flght to the death the sale of beer and all intoxicating liquors in this county, remembering that the suprerne courtofthe United States has recently decided that the whole liquor business is illegal, that it is not legitímate like the dry goods business that any and every commiinity cañábate it asa nuisance, that it has no rights which anyone is bound to respect. I repeat, let the farmers get together and clean out, root and branch, this diabolical business which is now ruining so many of their sons and daughters, and then much of the money now spent for worse than uso less drink will go direct to the farmer for their farm producís. Will not some shrewd, keen farmer start the ball? Hereis something of particular interest to all. Who ppeaks first? One Bred on the Farm. [As the above .communication'contiüiismuch the farmer may dispute, The Register will open its columns to any proper replies which may be fortb.coming - Ed.]