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Secretary WILSON. That is a fact 1 am not possessed of. The gentle- 

 man representing Armour & Co. made a remark along that line. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. But the Secretary did assert that no oleomarga- 

 rine abroad was colored. He did not touch Holland or any one coun- 

 try, but he said that, and I thought it was a mistake when he uttered it. 



Secretary WILSON. I may have made that too broad, but I mean the 

 European countries. I will modify that statement. They may send it 

 to the West Indies, down among those colored people. 



The CHAIRMAN. I meant Europe. I did not say so, but I meant 

 Europe. 



Secretary WILSON. That is what I meant. Oh, no, you can not sell 

 coloied oleomargarine there and sell it for butter. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. No, but you can sell it for what it is. 



Secretary WILSON. Yes, you can sell it for what it is. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. The point is whether it was colored abroad, if I 

 may be allowed to interrupt. 



Secretary WILSON. With that I am not familiar. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. You said it was not, and I felt confident that it 

 was. That is why I called your attention to it. 



Secretary WILSON. I think the majority of the stuff of that kind that 

 is sent abroad goes as oleo oil. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. I am not speaking of what is sent abroad, but 

 what is manufactured over there. 



Secretary WILSON. The manufacture over there for sale to the people 

 is not the same as it is over here. Those people enforce the laws over 

 there. They will not permit any deception along those lines. 



Mr. WADSWORTH. That is not the question. Mr. Chairman, you 

 asked the question whether oleomargarine is manufactured in foreign 

 countries and whether it is colored. The answer of the Secretary was 

 that it was not colored. I thought at the time that was a mistake or an 

 oversight not our oleomargarine, but the oleomargarine that is manu- 

 factured abroad by Europeans. 



Mr. JELKE. May I ask one question? 



Secretary WILSON. Yes, sir. 



Mr. JELKE. Are there any countries in Europe in which there is a 

 tax imposed on the sale of oleomargarine, either colored or uncolored? 



Secretary WILSON. That I do not know. Probably you know. 



Mr. JELKE. There is none. 



Secretary WILSON. Very good. Now, you have given us a fact. 



Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Secretary, may I ask you a question? 



Secretary WILSON. Surely. 



Mr. CULBERSON. f ou speak of the infinitesimal quantity of cotton 

 oil used in the manufacture of oleomargarine in this country. 



Secretary WILSON. As compared with the benefits of the dairy. 



Mr. CULBERSON. Are you aware of the quantity consumed for that 

 purpose! Are you aware of the quantity that is exported for the same 

 purpose? 



Secretary WILSON. We can find those things very readily. The 

 Secretary of the Treasury can tell about it. 



Mr. CULBERSON. I want to say as a manufacturer and as a live-stock 

 owner that the quantity that is used in this country and that is exported 

 for the same purpose abroad is equal to nearly 25 per cent of the whole 

 quantity of oil produced in the South. 



Secretary WILSON. Do you know how much oil is produced iu the 

 South I Give us that as you go along. 



Mr. CULBERSON. About a million and a half barrels. 



