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In a number of instances injunctions were granted by the Alle- 

 gheny county courts against persistent or wilful violators of the 

 law, who had previously paid fines and resumed the sale of the il- 

 legally colored butter substitute. 



To this fact is also ascribed the decrease in receipts for retail 

 licenses to sell oleomargarine, as some of those who formerly com- 

 plied witli the law declare that when offered uncolored, its sale is 

 confined to greatly circumscribed channels, and, therefore, unprofit- 

 able. 



The indisputable fact remains that if colored oleomargarine could 

 legally be sold in Pennsylvania, a large proportion of the sales 

 would be effected under the guise of genuine butter, and at butter 

 prices. It was the knowledge of this condition which no doubt 

 prompted the Legislature to pass legislation prohibiting the sale 

 of colored oleomargarine in Pennsylvania under any terms. 



OLEOMARGARINE AND RENOVATED BUTTER LICENSES IN 1905. 



During the year 1905, the Dairy and Food Commission issued oleo- 

 margarine and renovated butter licenses, as follows: 



Oleomargarine, 272 



Renovated butter, 32 



An examination shows that these were subdivided as follows: 



LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1905. 

 Oleomargarine Licenses 272. 



Boarding house, 8 



Restaurant, 9 



Retail, 244 



Wholesale, 11 



Total, 272 



Renovated Butter Licenses 32. 



Retail, 27 



Wholesale, 5 



Total, 32 



The total amount received from the aforesaid licenses for 1905, 

 aggregated $31,623.26, and this amount was in accordance with law, 

 deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Commonwealth. 



ILLEGAL COLORING AND SALE OF OLEOMARGARINE. 



As the United States statutes permit the sale of colored oleomar 

 garine by properly licensed dealers, provided a revenue tax of ten 

 cents per pound is paid upon such product and the article is not 

 sold in conflict with state legislation upon the subject, there were 

 dealers who believed that it could also be sold in Pennsylvania, not- 

 withstanding the act of Assembly regulating the manufacture and 

 sale of oleomargarine, which declares that no oleomargarine which 



