﻿58 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Kepokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  National 
  Government 
  should 
  do 
  something 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  legisla- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  would 
  give 
  a 
  State 
  law 
  full 
  control 
  of 
  all 
  food 
  products 
  

   that 
  may. 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  a 
  State 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  law, 
  

   whether 
  they 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  package 
  or 
  not, 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  National 
  

   Government 
  should 
  so 
  provide 
  that 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  a 
  State 
  

   law 
  by 
  selling 
  or 
  attempting 
  to 
  sell 
  a 
  food 
  product 
  that 
  is 
  for- 
  

   bidden 
  by 
  such 
  State 
  law, 
  should 
  become 
  amenable 
  to 
  such 
  law, 
  

   irrespective 
  of 
  any 
  power 
  conferred 
  upon 
  the 
  National 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  relative 
  to 
  commerce 
  between 
  the 
  States. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  notorious 
  

   fact 
  that 
  certain 
  oleomargarine 
  dealers 
  are 
  resorting 
  to 
  any 
  and 
  

   all 
  means 
  which 
  they 
  can 
  justify 
  under 
  their 
  code 
  of 
  fairness 
  or 
  

   morals 
  to 
  place 
  these 
  goods 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  States 
  in 
  

   the 
  Union. 
  Their 
  attempts 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  continuous, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   States 
  so 
  successful, 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  evident 
  that 
  something 
  

   must 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  stop 
  the 
  deceit, 
  at 
  least, 
  that 
  is 
  practiced 
  in 
  the 
  

   sale 
  of 
  these 
  goods 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  parties 
  to 
  the 
  sales 
  before 
  they 
  

   reach 
  the 
  consumer. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  different 
  views 
  of 
  how 
  to 
  handle 
  

   the 
  question 
  have 
  been 
  put 
  forth 
  and 
  at 
  present 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  that 
  are 
  being 
  agitated 
  before 
  the 
  country, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  taxing 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Government 
  against 
  

   oleomargarine 
  colored 
  in 
  imitation 
  or 
  semblance 
  of 
  butter 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   practically 
  prohibit 
  its 
  sale. 
  This 
  would 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  interfere 
  

   with 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  not 
  colored 
  in 
  imitation 
  or 
  sem- 
  

   blance 
  of 
  butter, 
  if 
  such 
  commodity 
  be 
  upon 
  the 
  market. 
  An- 
  

   other 
  view 
  is 
  to 
  use 
  that 
  same 
  taxing 
  power 
  against 
  all 
  oleomar- 
  

   garine 
  irrespective 
  of 
  color. 
  Another 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  pro\nde 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  goods 
  are 
  imported 
  into 
  a 
  State 
  

   that 
  they 
  shall 
  immediately 
  become 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  laws, 
  

   whether 
  in 
  original 
  importer's 
  package 
  or 
  not, 
  leaving 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  

   State 
  itself 
  to 
  determine 
  whether 
  the 
  goods 
  shall 
  or 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  

   sold, 
  and, 
  if 
  allowed 
  to 
  be 
  sold, 
  how 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  within 
  the 
  

   State, 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  taxation 
  be 
  

   invoked, 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  invoked 
  against 
  all 
  oleomargarine, 
  

   because 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  against 
  that 
  colored 
  in 
  imitation 
  or 
  sem- 
  

  

  