470 OLEOMARGAEINE. 



Mr. KNIGHT. Yes. 



Mr. JELKE. Why have not the Capital City Dairy Company closed 

 up ? We wish they would close up. 



Mr. KNIGHT. They did not close up because they changed into a 

 partnership and got around a decision of the supreme court. The 

 supreme court revoked their charter and appointed receivers to wind 

 up their business on account of these violations of the law. 



Mr. JELKE. Can not Mr. Blackburn close them up ? 



Mr. KNIGHT. He got that far toward it. They have dodged, how- 

 ever, and made themselves into a partnership. 



Mr. McNAMEE. Is it not a fact that that case is pending before the 

 Supreme Court of the United States ? 



Mr. KNIGHT. They have given it up," and resolved themselves into a 

 partnership. 



Mr. McNAMEE. Have you any evidence to substantiate that state- 

 ment? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Only what Mr. Pirrung, one of the partners, told me in 

 this room a few days ago. 



This is the letter: 



[The Capital City Dairy Company, makers of butterine, highest qiiality only, Nos. 185 to 197 Third 



avenue east.] 



COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 1, 1899. 



DEAR SIR: With the appended change in price list we can only reiterate that our 

 "Purity" grade is equal, if not superior, to most makes creamery butterine; there- 

 fore " Purity" selling at 20 cents, "Buckeye" or "Pride" should sell at 25 to 30 

 cents. If you want a popular-priced grade, our "Silver Leaf" is particularly appro- 

 priate. Ever remember this indisputable fact: You can obtain for our butterine 

 a better retail price than for any other make in the United States. 



Purity, 14 cents per pound. 



Silver Leaf, 15 cents per pound. 



Buckeye, 17 cents per pound. 



C. C. Pride, 18 cents per pound. 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



Goods billed at price in effect on day of shipment 



F. O. B. Columbus, Ohio, net cash. 



DIFFERENTIALS. 



One-half cent advance for solids under 25 pounds and rolls or prints 2 pounds and 

 over. 



One cent for rolls and prints 1 pound and less than 2 pounds; also small tubs in 

 crates and boxes; also unsalted butterine. 



One and one-half cents for rolls or prints of one-half pound and less than 1 pound. 

 Two cents for rolls and prints under 8 ounces. 



Mixed, catch, or country rolls figured at prices of smallest roll or print in package. 

 Very truly, yours, 



THE CAPITAL CITY DAIRY Co. 



Now, gentlemen, I want to ask you if anybody would be foolish 

 enough to think that any grocer would try to sell butterine at 30 cents 

 as butterine; and here is the suggestion that he can get 30 cents for 

 that grade of their butterine. It is quoted at 18 cents a pound to him, 

 and that means a margin of 12 cents a pound to the dealer. 



Senator DOLLIVER. Where is that factory? 



Mr. KNIGKET. That is at Columbus, Ohio; and I am informed by 

 Senator Scott, who was at one time Internal Kevenue Commissioner, that 

 he was compelled to levy a fine of $5,000 on those people for viola- 

 tions of the internal-revenue law. He told me that over in the room 

 of the Committee on Manufactures of the United States Senate. I want 

 to say to you, gentlemen, that if you will introduce in the Senate a 

 resolution asking for the records of these different concerns that have 



