OLEOMAKGARINE. 293 



CONTINUATION OF STATEMENT OF CHARLES E. SCHELL. 



Mr. SCHELL. Mr. Chairman, it is my purpose to treat to-day the 

 avowed purpose of this bill the regulation of fraud and our claim 

 that the bill is not necessary for that purpose, since a proper enforce- 

 ment of the present State and national laws (and it has been shown 

 that they are capable of enforcement, and are enforced) will be suffi- 

 cient to rectify all the evils of which complaint is made, without any 

 additional legislation. 



In support of the claim that if the avowed purpose of this bill is its 

 real purpose it is not necessary, since the existing laws are sufficient, I 

 want to introduce some of the present laws on the point directly in 

 controversy. 



First, the revenue law. We will take a very small part of this; and 

 let me state generally that the law relating to manufacturers is that if 

 any manufacturer attempts to defraud the Government on any part of 

 this revenue, the manufacturer forfeits his factory, the completed prod- 

 uct therein contained, all raw materials, the machinery, and every- 

 thing connected with it, and is subjected to a fine of from $500 to 

 $5,000, and (not "or," but "and") an imprisonment from six months 

 to three years. That question was raised here two or three days ago 

 between Mr. Pirrung and Mr. Knight. Mr. Pirrung claimed a for- 

 feiture; but he was advised he did not know the law. That is the law. 



There are other penalties for other offenses, and then there is a 

 sweeping penalty of $1,000 for all offenses not specifically provided 

 for. But I believe it is admitted that the factories practically do com- 

 ply with the law. It is claimed, however, that the retailers do not, and 

 that it is with the idea of hedging in and about the retailers that this 

 bill is proposed. 



The first part of the law relating to retailers, to which I wish to call 

 your attention, is as follows and here I quote from the revenue laws : 



Retail dealers in oleomargarine must sell only from original stamped packages, 

 in quantities not exceeding ten pounds, and shall pack the oleomargarine sold by 

 them in suitable wooden or paper packages, which shall be marked and branded as 

 the commissioner of internal revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury, shall prescribe. Every person who knowingly sells or offers for sale, or 

 delivers or offers to deliver, any oleomargarine in any other form than in new wooden 

 or paper packages as above described, or who packs in any package any oleomarga- 

 rine in any manner contrary to law, or who falsely brands any package or affixes a 

 stamp on any package denoting a less amount of tax than that required by law, 

 shall be fined for each offense not more than one thousand dollars and be imprisoned 

 not more than two years. 



They are subject to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, and a part of those regulations are : 



As the retail dealer is required to sell from original stamped packages, and can 

 not, as a retail dealer, sell in such packages, he is compelled to make up his own 

 packages. * New wooden or paper packages similar to those usually 



employed in selling butter and lard at retail may be used by the retail dealer in 

 oleomargarine. 



Each retailer's wooden or paper package must have the name and address of the 

 dealer printed or branded thereon, likewise the words " pound" and "oleomarga- 

 rine," in letters not less than one-quarter of an inch square, and the quantity written, 

 printed, or branded thereon in figures of the same size (one-quarter of an inch 

 square), substantially as follows: 



Then a form is prescribed. That is the form we use " Blanks for 

 name and address, J Pound Oleomargarine." 



The words "Oleomargarine" and "Pound," which are required to be printed or 

 branded on retailers' wooden or paper packages, in letters not less than one-quarter 



