348 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
shall print -apon it with a rubber stamp the word OLEOMARGA- 
RINE and stating the weight of the same and his own name and 
business address. It is the intention of this department for th-j 
future as well as the practice in the past to insist that all these re- 
quirements shall be met by retailers of oleomargarine in this state. 
This department now has two dairy inspectors and six food inspec- 
tors and the force will easily call upon every licensed dealer of oleo- 
margarine and make sure that the law is obeyed. 
Persons interested in the sale of oleomargarine continue to make 
persistent efforts to arouse public sentiment to demand a repeal of 
the present oleomargarine statute of the United States. Dairy- 
men should not forget that the makers and dealers in this product 
are men of unlimited means, of greatest shrewdness, that they are 
able to command influence of the press and of various organizations 
by means unknoT\Ti to the general public and that they have great 
monetary interests at stake and will use every effort to promote 
their own interests. They can be successfully opposed in their 
efforts for repeal of the statute by the united efforts of the cream- 
ery and dairy people of the country. The National Dairy Union 
has in the past served the general dairy interest f aithfuUy and well 
and will continue so to do in the future but this organization can 
not succeed unless it is well backed by every one who wishes the 
sale of butter and substitutes for the same to continue on a basis 
free from fraud. The statistics of manufacture of oleomargarine 
quoted at the head of the paragraph well show the effect of the 
present law upon the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine and the only 
object of the repeal of the statute is to bring about the conditions 
that formerly prevailed. 
The following table shows the number of pounds of creamery but- 
ter manufactured in the creameries of this state for the years as 
given, which year ends in each case July 1, 
1897 88,900,000 
1898 87,704,214 
1899 87,972,470 
1900 84,965,062 
1901 82,706,944 
1902 7«f ,885,696 
1903 64,565,970 
1904 '. 70,000,000 
1905 82,707,588 
1906 91,202,354 
1907 91,164,363 
1908 101,552,063 
