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  Seveath 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  to 
  evade 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  statute. 
  Tt 
  was 
  a 
  brand 
  of 
  goods 
  known 
  

   as 
  the 
  " 
  Anchor 
  Brand," 
  made 
  in 
  Elgin, 
  111., 
  and 
  was 
  done 
  up 
  in 
  

   prints. 
  The 
  wrapper 
  in 
  M'hich 
  the 
  butter 
  was 
  done 
  up 
  had 
  upon 
  it 
  

   a 
  circle, 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  a 
  fifty 
  cent 
  piece, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  circle 
  

   was 
  an 
  anchor 
  and 
  printed 
  near 
  the 
  periphractic 
  of 
  the 
  circle 
  were 
  

   the 
  words 
  " 
  Anchor 
  Brand, 
  Elgin, 
  111.," 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  printed 
  

   in 
  black 
  ink 
  easily 
  discernible. 
  At 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  

   were 
  the 
  words 
  " 
  Ecnovated 
  Butter," 
  printed 
  in 
  yellow 
  ink 
  with 
  

   the 
  letters 
  scarcely 
  one-quarter 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  ones 
  and 
  the 
  

   color 
  being 
  such 
  that 
  w'hen 
  placed 
  upon 
  yellow 
  butter 
  it 
  could 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  distinguished, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  that, 
  that 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   wrapper 
  was 
  folded 
  under 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  Dealers 
  were 
  

   notified 
  immediately 
  that 
  handling 
  this 
  commodity 
  in 
  this 
  form 
  

   was 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  statute. 
  Subsequent 
  investigations 
  lead 
  

   me 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  violation 
  has 
  practically 
  ceased. 
  

   A 
  brand 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  brand 
  probably 
  made 
  has 
  

   been 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  as 
  process 
  butter 
  and 
  in 
  tubs 
  containing 
  

   the 
  words 
  printed 
  thereon 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  statute 
  " 
  Eenovated 
  

   Butter." 
  This 
  we 
  have 
  detected, 
  as 
  stated 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   oleomargarine, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  few, 
  if 
  any, 
  violations 
  

   of 
  this 
  kind 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  evident 
  

   desire 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wholesale 
  dealers 
  of 
  this 
  commodity 
  to 
  

   test 
  the 
  constitutionality 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  law. 
  To 
  that 
  end 
  they 
  have 
  

   sent 
  invitations 
  to 
  this 
  office, 
  through 
  their 
  attorneys, 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  

   make 
  a 
  test 
  case 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  Appeals 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  con- 
  

   stitutionality 
  of 
  the 
  law. 
  This, 
  at 
  all 
  times, 
  I 
  have 
  refused 
  to 
  

   do, 
  deeming 
  it 
  wise 
  to 
  have 
  that 
  question 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  courts 
  

   when 
  it 
  arose 
  fairly 
  m 
  a 
  case 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  trying 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  

   law 
  and 
  with 
  that 
  object 
  alone 
  in 
  view. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  concerned, 
  

   however, 
  as 
  to 
  any 
  adverse 
  decision 
  upon 
  this 
  question, 
  as 
  the 
  

   statute 
  simply 
  requires 
  that 
  the 
  vendor 
  shall 
  sell 
  his 
  goods 
  for 
  

   what 
  they 
  really 
  are, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  is 
  claimed 
  they 
  

   will 
  have 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  disposing 
  of 
  them 
  at 
  fair 
  prices 
  and 
  still 
  

   let 
  the 
  people 
  know 
  what 
  they 
  are 
  buying. 
  

  

  