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six times each, in continuances, having been there at each hearing. 

 What is more, Mr. Lowrie's name appears upon the bonds where that 

 man was prosecuted for selling oleomargarine for butter. 



Senator DOLLIVER. You refer to this "pure grass" butter man? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Yes; and the evidence was that he had handled noth- 

 ing but oleomargarine. When he came into court the last time, either 

 Mr. Lowrie or his agent went on his bond, and I have the original bond 

 right bere. There it is " William Broadwell." There are the papers 

 in that case. 



Mr. JELKE. Was that a prosecution for selling oleomargarine for 

 butter, Mr. Knight? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Here is what the record says: "Broadwell. Selling 

 oleomargarine as butter." Look at that. I would like to have the 

 committee look at it and observe it. And that is on all these bonds 

 here " Selling oleomargarine as butter." Here is another one of A. M. 

 Wright's bonds that he is on. 



Mr. JELKE. What was done with those cases? Were the parties 

 convicted for selling oleomargarine as butter? 



Mr. KNIGHT. The iacts in the cases were never denied. The defend- 

 ants never raised the point that they did not sell oleomargarine as 

 butter, as was alleged. 



(Senator Proctor resumed the chair as chairman of the committee.) 



Senator ALLEN. I think Mr. Knight's only object in referring to this 

 matter was to show that Mr. Lowrie, as a matter of fact, signed these 

 bonds. 



Mr. KNIGHT (to Mr. Jelke). You disputed the fact. 



Mr. JELKE. I would like to have Mr. Lowrie heard on that matter. 

 I am not sufficiently familiar with the details to discuss it myself. I 

 know that Mr. Lowrie had no instructions from our company to defend 

 any dealer for selling oleomargarine as butter, and has never had. I 

 can state that positively. 



Mr. KNIGHT. Well, he did it, at any rate. 



Mr. JELKE. How many of those bonds are there altogether? 



Mr. KNIGHT. I have the originals here in four cases. Mr. Lowrie 

 appeared on these bonds a number of times. Not only that, but here 

 is the number. Let me give you the dates, please, Senator 5 because I 

 regard this as being somewhat important. 



Mr. SCHELL. Those are merely continuances. 



Mr. KNIGHT. Yes; but I simply want to show the number of times 

 he appeared on those bonds. 



Senator MONEY. What is the use of doing that when everybody 

 admits that it is true? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Well, all right; I will let it go at that. 



Senator MONEY. It is admitted that it was done. You have the 

 proof there. 



Mr. KNIGHT. But Mr. Jelke denied that this was done. 



Now, in that connection I want to state that two of these are cases 

 where Braun & Fitts's agent appeared on the bonds, and two are cases 

 where William J. Moxley & Oo.'s agent appeared on the bonds. And 

 I will say that, according to information which I think is trustworthy, 

 those two concerns made during the month of December, 1899, one-third 

 of all the oleomargarine manufactured in the United States. Their 

 combined product was 3,(>00,000 pounds, whereas the combined product 

 of the whole 26 manufacturers of oleomargarine who were in the busi- 

 ness at that time was 10,000,000. So that these two concerns which 

 have been backing up these defenses are making pretty nearly 33 per 

 cent of all the oleomargarine that is made. 



