Postcard Petitions to Label Oleomargarine Sent to W. E. Fuller from Citizens from Iowa

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Description

“Our soils will be depleted and become barren,” the dairy industry is doomed,” and Americans will be robbed of “life promoting vitamins . . . without which human infants cannot continue to live” are just some of the prognostications made by dairy farmers in their petitions for market controls on imitation dairy products.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.

National Archives Identifier: 5716618

Full Citation: Postcard Petitions to Label Oleomargarine Sent to W. E. Fuller from Citizens from Iowa; 1886; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/postcard-petitions-to-label-oleomargarine-sent-to-w-e-fuller-from-citizens-from-iowa/, January 27, 2026]

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