﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageicultuee. 
  63 
  

  

  A 
  notion 
  has 
  prevailed 
  among 
  certain 
  dealers 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   complying 
  with 
  the 
  law 
  in 
  letter 
  and 
  in 
  spirit 
  when 
  the 
  tub 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  renovated 
  butter 
  was 
  being 
  sold 
  had 
  upon 
  it 
  the 
  words 
  

   " 
  Eenovated 
  Butter," 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  statute, 
  notwithstanding, 
  

   that 
  that 
  tub 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  of 
  the 
  purchaser. 
  I 
  have 
  held, 
  as 
  

   a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  that 
  the 
  statute 
  contemplated 
  just 
  such 
  a 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  things 
  and 
  provided 
  for 
  it 
  by 
  providing 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   " 
  Unless 
  he 
  shall 
  plainly 
  brand 
  or 
  mark 
  the 
  package 
  or 
  tub 
  or 
  

   icrapper 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  put 
  up, 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  with 
  

   the 
  words 
  ' 
  Renovated 
  Butter.' 
  " 
  Evidently 
  the 
  object 
  aimed 
  at 
  by 
  

   the 
  word 
  " 
  wrapper 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  quotation 
  was 
  to 
  defeat 
  just 
  

   such 
  a 
  scheme 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  above 
  referred 
  to 
  ; 
  that 
  when 
  goods 
  sold 
  

   from 
  a 
  tub 
  so 
  branded, 
  but 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  of 
  the 
  customer, 
  the 
  wrap- 
  

   per 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  portion 
  was 
  sold 
  must 
  bear 
  the 
  words 
  in 
  a 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  place 
  " 
  Eenovated 
  Butter," 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  of 
  these 
  frauds, 
  among 
  other 
  questions, 
  has 
  been 
  

   receiving 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Industrial 
  Commission 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  In 
  my 
  capacity 
  as 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  ISTew 
  York, 
  I 
  was 
  requested 
  to 
  submit 
  my 
  views 
  to 
  that 
  

   Commission 
  upon 
  the 
  present 
  industrial 
  condition 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   I^ew 
  York 
  and 
  replied 
  to 
  that 
  request 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  STATE 
  OF 
  ^KEW 
  YORK: 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Ageicultuee. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  IST. 
  Y., 
  Novemler 
  24, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Sackett, 
  Chairman 
  Industrial 
  Commission, 
  

   WasUington, 
  D. 
  C: 
  

  

  Deae 
  Sie. 
  — 
  The 
  request 
  froni 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  your 
  committee 
  for 
  

   me 
  to 
  appear 
  before 
  the 
  committee 
  was 
  received 
  some 
  time 
  since, 
  

   when 
  I 
  was 
  very 
  busy. 
  Upon 
  my 
  request 
  I 
  was 
  excused 
  at 
  that 
  

   time. 
  I 
  am 
  still 
  quite 
  busy, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  make 
  the 
  following 
  suggestions 
  to 
  you, 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   condition 
  and 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  farming 
  community 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   suming 
  public 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  