6 3 8 OLEOM AEG AKINE. 



I got the oleomargarine that I exhibited here once before, and I asked 

 a man to go to Broadwell's and buy a pound of butterine, and 1 told 

 him to call for their very best butterine, and he went in and bought 

 that pound of butterine. Here it is, right here [holding up small 

 package]. He bought that pound of butterine. They charged him 20 

 cents for that when he bought it as butterine. Another man followed 

 him in there ten minutes after and called for the best butter the best 

 creamery butter. They charged him 25 cents for that when he called for 

 the best creamery butter. There are the two samples with the mark 

 on them. I would lilae to have some member of the committee taste 

 them. 



Mr. NEVILLE. Were they out of the same box? 



Mr. KNIGHT. The man handles nothing but oleomargarine, and if 

 when one of these men went in there and called for butter he got some 

 of this, and the other went in and called for butterine and he got the 

 same thing, I must say it is something that I do not understand and 

 am not familiar with. I would say that the gentleman in question has 

 got an improvement since the articles came out in the papers, and 

 instead or putting the stamp on the inside he puts it on the outside of 

 the package. 



Mr. BAILEY. Was not this all published at the time of the pure food 

 hearing? 



Mr. KNIGHT. Yes; it was all published. 



Mr. BAILEY. It is generally understood that this fellow is an oleo- 

 margarine dealer? 



Mr. KNIGHT. When he came before the pure food hearing he stated 

 himself to be in business as the Stock Yards Provision Company, He 

 is not doing business under his own name. No one knows by the pub- 

 lication of William BroadwelPs name that he is doing business. 



Mr. DAHLE. He is a dealer in butterine, or in butterine and butter? 



Mr. KNIGHT. No; he handles no butter, but his signs say butter. 

 These grades are all the same, and when you call for butter he charges 

 25 cents and when you call for butterine, 20 cents. Now, I tried the 

 same thing again. I sent three or four people into one of the other 

 stores and they inquired for creamery butter. The fiist one got the 

 price of 20 cents, the second 22, and the third 24 cents for the best 

 creamery butter. 



Mr. WHITE. Do you know anything about the use of paraffin in these 

 adulterations? 



Mr. KNIGHT. There is a pamphlet from the State of New York in 

 which they show up the paraffin trade. 



Mr. WHITE. I would like to ask you as to the healthiuluess or want 

 of healthfulness in this oleomargarine. 



Mr. KNIGHT. I know nothing about that from my own experience. 

 I know very well a man who sells oleomargarine and he told me that 

 he ate it for about a year and it gave him indigestion and he had to 

 quit eating it. I am not a physician, and could not speak from that 

 point of view. 



Mr. ALLEN. What does this man say, that sold this butter? 



Mr. KNIGHT. You will find his testimony which was taken before 

 Senator Mason's committee. I had him brought up before Senator 

 Mason's committee when Senator Mason was in Chicago with the manu- 

 facturers' committee His testimony is in this little book. That is the 

 way the business is done. I want to call your attention to these pack- 

 ages here of oleomargarine marked as oleomargarine on the outside. I 

 would like to have these passed around. (A number of packages were 



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