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that they interest their Senators and Representatives therein, and also 

 to our Senators and Representatives in Congress from Texas. 



"T. P. SULLIVAN, Chairman, Jefferson, Tex. 



"R. K. ERWIN, Waxahachie, Tex. 



"W. R. MOORE, Ardmore, 2nd. T. 



"ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary, Dallas, Tex." 



Senator WARREN. May I ask a question at that point? You are 

 exporting oleomargarine to some extent? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Senator WARREN. Can you give us some idea of the percentage of 

 the total amount manufactured that is exported ? 



Mr. MILLER. About 3,000,000 pounds were exported last year. 



Senator PROCTOR. Out of what quantity ? 



Mr. MILLER. Out of 107,000,000 pounds. 



Senator BATE. Where does it go ? 



Mr. MILLER. Most of it to southern tropical climates. It is sold 

 in countries where the climate is too warm to permit butter to keep. 

 We can pack butterine in hermetically sealed tins, and it will keep for 

 two or three years perfectly sweet. 



Senator WARREN. Have you been exporting it right along ? 



Mr. MILLER. We have been doing some export business for the last 

 few years. 



Senator WARREN. Is that business growing or is it not growing ? 



Mr. MILLER. It is not growing very rapidly. The territory, of 

 course, is limited. 



Mr. SPRINGER. Do you get a rebate of the tax when you export it? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Senator WARREN. I wish to ask another question which is not in 

 connection with that point. 



Mr. MILLER. All right. 



Senator WARREN. Have you ever given the matter any attention as 

 to the sensibility of the product which you manufacture and that of 

 butter in taking in the odors of impurities that are surrounding it; for 

 instance, in some close mining camp or outpost. Butter, as we all 

 know, takes on any odor that may be existing and becomes rancid 

 very quickly from exposure. Do you claim that oleomargarine is 

 more hardy or less so ? 



Mr. MILLER. It is much more so. It will, perhaps, take up for- 

 eign odors. For instance, if you ship a tub of butterine in a car of 

 oranges, of course, by the time the butterine reaches its destination it 

 will taste like oranges instead of butterine; but it will keep much 

 longer than butter. You can put a package of butterine in a room and 

 let it stay there for three or four months, and it will be perfectly sweet. 

 It never gets rancid. It may have lost the butter flavor, but it is still 

 sweet. 



The CHAIRMAN. How about kerosene? Does not that taint it? 



Mr. MILLER. Oh, yes, sir. 



The CHAIRMAN. And very quickly, I suppose. It will taint either 

 butter or butterine. 



Senator BATE. What do you mean by the rebate you were asked 

 about? 



Mr. MILLER. We pay 2 cents a pound tax, you understand, on domes- 

 tic goods. Of course, in case we ship out of the country we get the 2 

 cents a pound back. 



