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Mr. SPRINGER. What they are now securing. In the first place, 

 they are now securing a market for a portion- 

 Mr. GROUT. What portion of the grand aggregate of caul fat pro- 

 duced from the steers which are slaughtered throughout the country 

 is thus used? 



Mr. SPRINGER. I think it was stated that about 5 per cent or 10 per 

 cent of the caul fat is now utilized in the manufacture. 



Mr. GROUT. You said in your statement that if it was all so used it 

 would make a very large difference. 



Mr. SPRINGER. Yes; a very large difference. 



Mr. GROUT. Enough to float an empire ? 



Mr. SPRINGER. 1 made this estimate, but 1 have not the details of 

 it that the oleo oil actually used now in the manufacture of oleomarga- 

 rine increased that product to the amount of $1,4:30,000 annually, or 

 on the production of the year 1899 



Mr. FLANDERS. How much a steer? 



Mr. SPRINGER. I did not estimate it in that way. 



Mr. GROUT. He says the amount now used 



Mr. SPRINGER. In 1899. 



Mr. GROUT. Amounted to $1,000,000. 



Mr. SPRINGER. $1,434,000. That is my estimate. 



Senator HEITFELD. Did you say 5 per cent of the product is now so 

 used? 



Mr. SPRINGER. I will not state what the percentage is, but I have it 

 in my notes somewhere. I will look it up. 



Senator HEITFELD. It bears the same relation to the total product 

 that the manufacture of oleomargarine now bears to the total produc- 

 tion of butter? 



Mr. SPRINGER. Yes, sir. I have put into my remarks a statement 

 showing the ingredients of oleomargarine as reported by the Treasury 

 Department. You will find it in my printed remarks. It shows the 

 number of pounds of oleo oil and the number of pounds of neutral 

 lard that were used during the year 1899. 



Mr. GROUT. Are you able to state the number of pounds of oleo oil 

 that was used in the production of oleomargarine last year ? 



Mr. SPRINGER. Yes, sir. 



Mr. GROUT. Will you give it? 



M. FLANDERS. He will publish that statement. 



Mr. KNIGHT. It is 24,400,000 pounds. 



Mr. SPRINGER. The table gives the " quantities and kinds of ingre- 

 dients used in the production of oleomargarine in the United States 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899; also the percentage each 

 different ingredient bears to the whole quantity." Neutral lard, 

 31,000,000 pounds; oleo oil, 24,000,000 pounds; cotton-seed oil, 

 4,357,000 pounds. 



Mr. GROUT. What is the amount we exported? 



^ Mr. SPRINGER. We exported 142,000,000 pounds of oleo oil, I think. 

 That is not taken into consideration in the amount that was used in 

 this country. 



Mr. KNIGHT. But in the resolution of the live-stock association is it 

 not stated that the passage of the Grout bill would mean a damage or 

 loss in value of $3 or $4 a head per cattle? 



Mr. SPRINGER. Yes, sir; it is so stated I think. 



