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1892 48,364,155 



1893 67,224,298 



1894 69,622,246 



1895 56,958,105 



1896 50,853,234 



1897 45,531,207 



1898 57,516,136 



1899 83,130,474 



1900 107,045,028 



1901 104,943,856 



1902 126,316,436 



1903 71,804,102 



1904 48,071,480 



1905 49,880,982 



1906 53,146,659 



Total 1,208,627,919 



DEFECTIVE FEDERAL. OLEOMARGARINE LAW. 



The federal statute relating to the manufacture and sale of oleo- 

 margarine is so framed that in order to secure a conviction, it must 

 be proven that such violation was committed "knowingly." This 

 word must be eliminated from the statute in order to make it fully 

 effective, and all interested in dairying and agriculture have a joint 

 and mutual interest in demanding of Congress a proper modification 

 of the law. The Pennsylvania dairymen are already effectively or- 

 ganized for this purpose, and will wage a strong fight. The State 

 Dairy Bureau of California also objects to the federal oleomargarine 

 statute in addition of the objections urged by Pennsylvania officials, 

 in the following trite language: 



"A further feature in which the Federal law has proven some- 

 what disappointing as a protection for butter against oleomargarine 

 is the attitude of the Internal Kevenue Department of the United 

 States on the question. Although plainly enacted with a view of 

 suppressing the sale of oleomargarine in imitation of butter, the 

 revenue officials seem to view it as a "revenue" measure primarily, 

 and only incidentally as a protection against fraud. Hence, it 

 seems that they do not wish to interfere in a manner that will pre- 

 vent the traffic in oleomargarine, lest this source of revenue for the 

 Government be restricted. 



In view of these facts, which have received much attention at the 

 hands of the dairy commissioners of the different states, it would 

 be dangerous to the dairy interests of a State that has imitation 

 butter (oleomargarine) under control to relax its hold on the situa- 

 tion." 



Pennsylvania has taken the initiative, and will not recede from her 

 demands for the equitable and proper revision of National legisla- 

 tion. 



ARTIFICIAL COLORING AND THICKENING OF MILK AND CREAM. 



Although in former years, many samples of milk and cream, when 

 analyzed, were found to be artificially colored or thickened, such 

 instances of deception and fraud are now comparatively rare in this 

 State. The imposition of a heav^ fine ajad cojsts upon the offenders 



