OLEOMARGARINE. 365 



The CHAIRMAN. That is for us to consider. 



Mr. SCHELL. I understand that; but it' they have really reserved an 

 actual case, or a show of a case, to bring in after we have said what 

 we have to say, then we insist upon the right to reply. 



Senator ALLEN. You will understand that much of what is said here 

 is familiar knowledge to every member of the committee. 



Mr. SCHELL. It is; I understand that. 



The CHAIRMAN. You say that you did not expect a hearing until 

 half past 2, so that any time which is taken now by the other side will 

 not be taken from you. 



Mr. SCHELL. Oh, we are not objecting to their taking any time the 

 committee sees fit to give them under these circumstances. 



Mr. JELKE. Do I understand that Mr. Davis will go on at half 

 past 2? 



The CHAIRMAN. Yes. 



Mr. JELKE. I did not expect Mr. McNamee to speak so long this 

 morning and had hoped that I would be heard. 



The CHAIRMAN. You will be given time this afternoon. Mr. Davis 

 will not be very long. 



Senator ALLEN. One or two of us can stay here and continue the 

 hearing. I can stay here, for one. 



The CHAIRMAN. Yes; if Senator Allen will stay here, you can go 

 right along now. 



Mr. KNIGHT. Then, with the committee's permission, I will intro- 

 duce Mr. F. J. H. Kracke, assistant commissioner of agriculture of 

 the State of New York, for the metropolitan district. 



(Senator Allen thereupon took the chair as acting chairman.) 



STATEMENT OF FREDERICK J. H. KRACKE, ASSISTANT COMMIS- 

 SIONER OF AGRICULTURE, METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, STATE 

 OF NEW YORK. 



Mr. KRACKE. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Committee: 

 What I have to say will be very brief. 



I have charge of the enforcement of the dairy law in the State of 

 New York, and more particularly the city of New York. It is in that 

 line that I will give you a few facts as they appeal to us, as explaining 

 why this pending bill is of particular interest to the people of the State 

 of New York. 



In New York State, bordering as it does on New Jersey, we are labor- 

 ing under a great disadvantage. The people of our State are pro- 

 hibited from selling oleomargarine. The people of New Jersey 



Mr. KNIGHT. Excuse me, Mr. Kracke; qualify that, please. You 

 will be misquoted on that point. You mean, do you not, that they are 

 prohibited from selling oleomargarine in imitation of butter? 



Mr. KRACKE. Yes; they are prohibited from selling oleomargarine 

 in imitation of yellow butter. 



Mr. KNIGHT. It is well to be specific on these points. 



Mr. SCHELL. I suppose the law itself explains that. 



Mr. KNIGHT. I feared he would be misquoted; that is all. 



Mr. KRACKE. Now, from New Jersey these peddlers with wagons come 

 over and deliver oleomargarine to private houses and boarding houses 

 in this way : 



An agent will come along, calling at the different houses, asking for 

 the mistress of the house, and tell her a story about how he can deliver 



