IV 



OLEOMARGARINE AND OTHER IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



APPENDIX. 



The population of the States which have passed laws forbidding the sale of oleo- 

 argarine colored in semblance of butter, as shown by the census of 1890, is as 



margarine 

 follows: 



Population. 



New York 5,997,853 



Pennsylvania 5,228,014 



Illinois 3,826,351 



Ohio 3,672,316 



Missouri 2, 679, 184 



Massachusetts 2, 238, 943 



Michigan 2, 093, 889 



Iowa 1, 911, 896 



Kentucky 1, 858, 635 



Georgia.' 1, 837, 353 



Tennessee 1, 766, 518 



Wisconsin 1, 686, 880 



Virginia 1,655,980 



Alabama 1, 513, 017 



New Jersey 1, 444, 933 



Minnesota 1, 301, 826 



California 1,208,130 



Population. 



South Carolina 1, 151, 149 



Nebraska 1, 058, 910 



Maryland 1, 042, 390 



West Virginia. 



Connecticut 



Maine 



Colorado 



New Hampshire. 



AVashington 



Oregon 



Vermont 



South Dakota . . . 



Utah 



North Dakota . . . 

 Delaware . . 



762, 794 

 746, 253 

 661, 086 

 412, 198 

 376, 530 

 349, 390 

 313, 767 

 332, 442 

 328, 808 

 207, 905 

 182, 711 

 168, 493 



Total 50,117,440 



The States and Territories which have not passed laws forbidding the sale of oleo- 

 margarine colored in semblance of butter are: 



Population. 



Texas 2,235,523 



Indiana 2, 192, 404 



North Carolina 1, 617, 947 



Kansas 1, 427, 096 



Mississippi 1, 289, 700 



Arkansas 1, 128, 179 



Louisiana 1, 118, 587 



Florida 321, 422 



Rhode Island 345, 506 



District of Columbia 230, 392 



New Mexico 



Montana 



Idaho 



Oklahoma .. 

 Wyoming... 

 Arizona .... 

 Nevada . . 



Population. 



153, 593 



132, 156 



84, 385 



61, 834 



60, 705 



59, 620 



45, 761 



Total 12,604,790 



VIEW* OF THE MINORITY. 



The minority of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 

 beg leave to submit the accompanying bill, which we offer as a substitute for H. R. 

 3717, known as the Grout bill. 



We first wish to bring to the attention of the House proof positive that oleomar- 

 garine is a wholesome and nutritious article of food, and is therefore entitled to a 

 legitimate place in the commerce of our country. In substantiation of this statement 

 we beg to submit the following testimony taken before the committee: 



OPINIONS OF LEADING SCIENTISTS. 



Prof. C. F. Chandler, professor of chemistry at Columbia College, New York, says: 

 "I have studied the question of its use as food, in comparison with the ordinary but- 

 ter made from cream, and have satisfied myself that it is quite as valuable as the but- 

 ter from the cow. The product is palatable and wholesome, and I regard it as a most 

 valuable article of food." 



Prof. George F. Barker, of the University of Pennsylvania, says: "Butterine is, in 

 my opinion, quite as valuable as a nutritive agent as butter itself. It is perfectly 

 wholesome, and is desirable as an article of food. I can see no reason why but- 

 terine should not be an entirely satisfactory equivalent for ordinary butter, whether 

 considered from the physiological or commercial standpoint." 



Prof. Henry Morton, of the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, says: "I 

 am able to say with confidence that it contains nothing whatever which is injurious 

 as an article of diet, but, on the contrary, is essentially identical with the best fresh 

 butter, and is superior to much of the butter made from cream alone which is found 

 in the market. The conditions of its manufacture involve a degree of cleanliness and 

 consequent purity in the product such as are by no means necessarily or generally 

 attained in the ordinary making of butter from cream." 



Prof. S. W. Johnson, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 



