﻿56 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  OLEOMARGARINE. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  pleased 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  report 
  again 
  this 
  year 
  that 
  oleo- 
  

   margarine 
  is 
  practically 
  not 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  market. 
  In 
  

   saying 
  this, 
  I 
  mean, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  openly 
  sold. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  

   clandestine 
  sales 
  and 
  I 
  feel 
  warranted 
  in 
  reporting 
  to 
  you 
  that 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  clandestine 
  sales 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  out 
  and 
  that 
  

   those 
  who 
  indulge 
  in 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  prosecuted 
  or 
  soon 
  will 
  be. 
  

  

  Feeling 
  you 
  should 
  know 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  

   encounter 
  in 
  enforcing 
  the 
  statutes 
  against 
  these 
  goods, 
  I 
  will 
  

   briefly 
  illustrate 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  attempt 
  to 
  sell 
  them 
  

   within 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  our 
  law. 
  An 
  agency 
  Avill 
  be 
  es- 
  

   tablished 
  just 
  outside 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  a 
  distributing 
  point, 
  then 
  a 
  

   party 
  is 
  sent 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  canvass 
  in 
  certain 
  

   places, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  inducing 
  the 
  dealers 
  to 
  take 
  their 
  goods 
  

   to 
  sell. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  go 
  indiscriminately 
  to 
  all 
  stores, 
  but 
  pick 
  

   those 
  that 
  they 
  think 
  will 
  be 
  most 
  apt 
  to 
  yield 
  to 
  their 
  tempting 
  

   inducements. 
  Our 
  experience 
  is 
  that 
  these 
  are 
  largely 
  small 
  

   stores 
  where 
  meat 
  is 
  sold. 
  Occasionally 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  exception 
  

   to 
  the 
  rule. 
  When 
  the 
  goods 
  are 
  once 
  ordered 
  from 
  the 
  adjoining 
  

   State, 
  they 
  are 
  sent 
  in 
  boxes 
  or 
  barrels, 
  with 
  few 
  or 
  no 
  marks 
  

   upon 
  the 
  barrels 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them. 
  For 
  instance: 
  One 
  lot 
  

   recently 
  obtained 
  by 
  this 
  office 
  came 
  in 
  a 
  barrel, 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  

   was 
  covered 
  over 
  with 
  canvas 
  and 
  the 
  barrel 
  was 
  marked, 
  or 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  contain, 
  vegetables 
  of 
  some 
  kind. 
  When 
  the 
  canvas 
  

   was 
  cut 
  away 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  contain 
  ten 
  nice 
  little 
  boxes 
  ; 
  inside 
  

   of 
  each 
  box 
  was 
  ten 
  one-pound 
  prints 
  of 
  oleomargarine. 
  These 
  

   goods 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  party 
  who 
  is 
  to 
  sell 
  them 
  are 
  placed 
  where 
  

   they 
  cannot 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  casual 
  observer 
  or 
  purchaser 
  and 
  sold 
  

   to 
  such 
  customers 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  judgment 
  of 
  the 
  vendor 
  would 
  be 
  

   least 
  apt 
  to 
  suspect 
  their 
  nature. 
  The 
  oleomargarine 
  people 
  are 
  

   replete 
  in 
  their 
  schemes 
  to 
  avoid 
  the 
  State 
  law. 
  A« 
  an 
  illustra- 
  

   tion: 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  agents 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  customers 
  that 
  he 
  have 
  a 
  large 
  money 
  

   drawer 
  made 
  which 
  would 
  hold 
  forty 
  of 
  the 
  pound 
  prints 
  and 
  to 
  

  

  