330 OLEOMARGARINE. 



pure milk or cream, and in imitation of pure butter, is prohibited; but 

 oleomargarine, colored pink, arid in such form and sold in such manner 

 as will advise the consumer of its real character, is permitted. 



Now, do you expect Congress to deal more tenderly with the cotton- 

 seed industry than the legislature of South Carolina has? 



Senator HEITFELD. What is the date of that act, Senator? 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. That seems to be the present Jaw. 



Senator HEITFELD. The present law given here is different from 

 that. 



Mr. KNIGHT. This is a later one, Senator. 



Senator HEITFELD. What I have here is the law of 1896. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. This publication is dated 1900. It is a 

 compilation by Jft. A. Pearson, well known as an expert on the dairy 

 question. 



Senator HEITFELD. What I have is the report of the House hearing. 

 They have the last year's law. 



Mr. KNIGHT. That report was printed last March, and this one was 

 just printed in the last few days, Senator. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Now, the point made by me is whether or 

 not the cotton-seed industry will be disturbed if oleomargarine is put 

 upon a basis which will not disturb the butter business that is to say, 

 if it is put upon the market in such packages as would not, by the imi- 

 tation of butter, deceive the community as to the character of the 

 goods. That seems to have been the view taken by these Southern 

 States. 



Mr. BOND. Yes, sir. As I said in that paper, I do not believe the 

 cotton-seed oil interest will sustain any further loss after this year, 

 because they will throw it upon the man who sells the cotton seed. 

 They will take care of themselves. They will not pay him as much for 

 the seed; that is all. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. But it seems to me that the legislature of 

 Tennessee ought to be looking out for the raisers of seed, too. 



Mr. BOND. How is that? 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Would not the legislature naturally be tak- 

 ing care of the interests of the agricultural population of the State? 



Mr. CONLEY. Mr. Chairman, allow me to interrupt you. Are not all 

 those laws old laws, enacted six or seven years ago ? 



Senator HEITFELD. Oh, no. The law of South Carolina is that of 

 189G; Tennessee, 1895. They are not old laws. Virginia has a color 

 law which was passed in 1898. Louisiana has a law passed in 1888; 

 Florida, 1881; Georgia, 1885. Now, the Georgia law, according to this 

 synopsis, is : 



Imitation butter and cheese are denned as any article not produced from pure 

 milk or cream salt, rennet, and coloring matter excepted in semblance of butter 

 or cheese, and designed to be used as a substitute for either. Shall not be colored 

 to resemble butter or cheese. Every package must be plainly marked " Substitute 

 for butter" or u Substitute for cheese," and each sale shall be accompanied by verbal 

 notice and by a printed statement that the article is an imitation, the statement 

 giving also the name of the producer. The use of these imitations in eating places, 

 bakeries, etc., must be made known by signs. 



Mr. KNIGHT. That is an anticolor law. 



Senator HEITFELD. Of course; but it does not prohibit the sale of 

 these articles. 



Mr. KNIGHT. It does if they are colored. 



Senator HEITFELD. Yes; you are right about that. 



Mr. MILLER. Mr. Chairman, I would like to say just here that about 

 three weeks ago Governor Hoard was down in Georgia trying to stir 



