552 OLEOMARGARINE 



The CHAIRMAN. He has not answered, but he may come Monday. 

 There are uone of you to be heard, you say? 



Mr. SCHELL. There are none that I know of. 



The CHAIRMAN. Then we will consider the hearings closed except as 

 to Secretary Gage. 



Mr. MILLER. There are one or two gentlemen who would like to be 

 heard on Monday. 



The CHAIRMAN. Have they anything different from what you have 

 already said? 



Mr. MILLER. I think they have; yes, sir. 



(The committee, at 12 in., adjourned until Monday, January 14, 1901, 

 at 10.30 a. in.) 



MONDAY, January 14, 1901. 



The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. in. 



Present: Senators Proctor (chairman), Hansbrough, Foster, Money, 

 Allen, and Dolliver. 



Also, Charles Y. Knight, secretary of the National Dairy Union; 

 Hon. William M. Springer, of Springfield, 111., representing the National 

 Live Stock Association; Frank W. Tilliughast, representing the Ver- 

 mont Manufacturing Company, of Providence, \\. I.; Charles E. Schell, 

 representing the Ohio Butterine Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio; John 

 F. Jelke, representing Braun & Fitts, of Chicago, 111.; W. E. Miller, 

 representing Armour & Co., Kansas City, Mo., and others. 



(In response to an inquiry by the chairman, the gentlemen present 

 stated that they knew of no one who had not yet appeared before the 

 committee who desired to be heard by it on the pending bill.) 



ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF CHARLES Y. KNIGHT. 



Mr. KNIGHT. I have something here in the shape of documentary 

 evidence to which I would like to call the attention of the committee. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN (Senator ALLEN). File it with the reporter. 



Mr. KNIGHT. I can hardly tile this, can I, Senator f It is very volumi- 

 nous. I thought I would simply call your attention to the material 

 parts of it, and let them go into the record. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. What is it? 



Mr. KNIGHT. There was a question between Mr. Jelke and me here 

 last Thursday. I stated that his tirm, Brauu & Fitts, defended cer- 

 tain cases which 1 had brought against dealers in the city of Chicago 

 for selling oleomargarine as butter. He denied it. I stated that I 

 knew that his man, Lowrie, was on the bonds of those people, and had 

 continually gone on the bonds of those people, and appeared in court 

 every day. He denied that, as the record will show. I further made 

 the statement that I had communicated with this man Lowrie over the 

 telephone regarding the matter, and that I knew he had been on their 

 bonds. That was disputed. 



Now, I have here the original bonds of A. M. Wright, who was prose- 

 cuted for selling oleomargarine for butter. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. These are sureties on appearance bonds? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Yes : on appearance bonds. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. How many are there of them 1 ? 



Mr. KNIGHT. There are four. I have the originals herein four cases. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Does Mr. Lowrie's name appear upon those 

 bonds? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Mr. Lowr^e's name annears in)on these bonds live or 



