OLE OMAKG AEINE . 5 5 



Mr. MILLEE. No; not without injuring the quality of the oil. 



Mr. TILLINGHAST. Do you know anything about the use of paraffin 

 in the making of oleo ? 



Mr. MILLER. As I stated before the House, that is unreasonable. 

 I can not see how any sane man could believe that for a minute if he 

 ever investigated the question. I investigated this fact last winter. 

 Good paraffin costs 14 cents a pound, and I can not see any object in 

 putting it in butterine. It would not give it any flavor; it would not 

 add to the texture; and we can get materials that do not cost us 14 

 cents a pound to put in the product. Therefore I can not see any 

 object whatever in using it. I have never heard but one test made, 

 and that was made in New York the one that the dairy people have 

 made so much stock of and 1 expect that that sample was prepared by 

 some dairyman. If there was any object to be accomplished, if we 

 could decrease the cost of our butterine, if we could improve the 

 flavor in any way by using paraffin, some unscrupulous manufacturer 

 might do it, but there is no reason for it. There is nothing that 

 would be gained by usipg it. 



Mr. TILLINGHAST. Then, as a matter of fact, in your establishment 

 at least you know positively that it is not used ? 



Mr. MILLER. We have never had a pound of paraffin in our factory. 



Senator WARREN. Are there any other factories that you either 

 know or suspect of using it? 



Mr. MILLER. None whatever. Last winter, when that question 

 came up, I got a sample of butterine from every manufacturer in the 

 United States, and I had our chemist examine the samples for paraffin, 

 and he said he found no trace of it. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. You do not know of any creameries which 

 use butterine or oleomargarine in connection with their product? 



Mr. MILLER. Well, it has been currently reported that they did, 

 but I do not know of any instance. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. Current report, of course, is not very good 

 testimony. 



Mr. MILLER. No. 



Senator BATE. Tell us what are the proportions of the elements, the 

 ingredients with which you make your material, butterine. 



Mr. MILLER. Of course those are trade secrets, more or less. 



Senator BATE. I do not want you to state the secrets, but I wish to 

 know how much butter and how much cream you use in manufacturing 

 your product. 



The CHAIRMAN. Are you not required under the internal- re venue 

 laws to state the ingredients? 



Mr. MILLER. Of course, but it is given collectively. 



Senator WARREN. It is given in the report of the Commissioner of 

 Internal Revenue, and is in the evidence taken before the House as it 

 came from the Internal-Revenue Department. 



Senator HANSBROUGH. The specific ingredients ? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Senator BATE. Then what objection is there to giving them? 



Senator WARREN. He may not be authorized to give it, but it is 

 important that some one should file it. 



Mr. MILLER. Such a paper was filed, giving all the materials used 

 in all the factories. That would be the average for all the factories. 



Senator BATE. You speak of that which was given in the House 2 



