﻿Report 
  of 
  F. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Kracke. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Wieting, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  In 
  submitting 
  tliis 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  -work 
  peop- 
  

   formed 
  in 
  the 
  Second 
  Division, 
  it 
  gives 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  state 
  tha-t 
  

   the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  marked 
  activity 
  (both 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  cases 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  successfully 
  prosecuted, 
  together 
  with 
  

   the 
  several 
  new 
  lines 
  of 
  duty 
  placed 
  upon 
  this 
  Department). 
  The 
  

   process 
  or 
  renovated 
  butter 
  law 
  which 
  went 
  into 
  effect 
  this 
  spring 
  

   is 
  of 
  such 
  magnitude 
  that 
  to 
  do 
  it 
  justice 
  the 
  agents 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  

   might 
  readily 
  give 
  their 
  entire 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  

   the 
  demands 
  for 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  the 
  illegal 
  and 
  surreptitious 
  

   sale 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  must 
  not 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  be 
  overlooked. 
  It 
  

   requires 
  the 
  utmost 
  skill 
  and 
  ingenuity 
  to 
  successfully 
  cope 
  with 
  

   this 
  class 
  of 
  violators, 
  from 
  the 
  plausible 
  and 
  suave 
  agent 
  from 
  

   another 
  State 
  — 
  who 
  first 
  induces 
  the 
  customer 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  order, 
  

   and 
  the 
  foreign 
  express 
  wagon 
  which 
  delivers 
  the 
  goods 
  — 
  to 
  the 
  

   grocer 
  or 
  hotel-keeper 
  who 
  sells 
  it 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  story 
  of 
  shrewd- 
  

   ness, 
  cunning, 
  and 
  evasion. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  obtain 
  competent 
  evidence 
  

   against 
  several 
  oleomargarine 
  agents, 
  and 
  after 
  much 
  manoeuver- 
  

   ing 
  we 
  were 
  successful 
  in 
  having 
  them 
  arrested 
  and 
  speedily 
  sent 
  

   to 
  prison. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  oleomargarine 
  agents 
  was 
  arrested 
  on 
  a 
  Fri- 
  

   day 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  Tuesday 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  penitentiary 
  for 
  four 
  

   months. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  necessary 
  to 
  invoke 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  

   Supreme 
  Court 
  to 
  obtain 
  injunctions 
  for 
  two 
  large 
  grocers, 
  who, 
  

   after 
  being 
  detected 
  with 
  oleomargarine, 
  continued 
  to 
  sell 
  it, 
  and 
  

  

  