OLEOMARGARINE. 709 



As I said in this manuscript, there are certain sections of the country 

 that require certain shades of color. It was for the purpose of meeting 

 the wants of those people in those parts of the country that we issued 

 that circular. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, you say as an example, in the notice, 

 "No. 1 has no coloring matter." Do you sell any of that? 



Mr. DADIE. Occasionally. 



Representative NEVILLE. You could sell it, then, if, as a matter of 

 fact, it is just as nutritious and just as wholesome, if the people really 

 wanted butterine or oleomargarine, could you not? 



Mr. DADIE. Occasionally you will find in a German settlement a 

 party who will order a 50-pound case of it. 



Representative STOKES. Let me ask a question there. 



Mr. DADIE. Certainly. 



Representative STOKES. What proportion of your trade or of your 

 orders would probably be for that kind of oleomargarine? 



Mr. DADIE. Why, the percentage would be so small that it would 

 be hard to compute it. 



Representative ALLEN. I would like to ask if you know Mr. Cohen, 

 the revenue man? 



Mr. DADIE. Yes, sir. 



Representative ALLEN. What do you know of him personally, as to 

 his character or standing as a man? 



Mr. DADIE. He is a man of high standing in Chicago. 



Representative ALLEN. Has there ever been any reflection there 

 against his honesty and integrity, so far as you know? 



Mr. DADIE. Not so far as I know 5 no, sir. I never heard of any 

 such thing. 



Representative ALLEN. Is he a native resident of Chicago? 



Mr. DADIE. Yes, sir. . 



Representative ALLEN. Now, I would like to ask you further if 

 you know of William Y. Broad well? 



Mr. DADIE. Yes, sir; I do. 



Representative ALLEN. There have been exhibited here some origi- 

 nal packages of the wrappings of oleomargarine, and the stamp has 

 been impressed upon the corner of the wrapper, and turned down in 

 that manner [indicating], so as not to be seen by the purchaser. What 

 do you know about that? 



Mr. DADIE. I understand that charge has been made against him; 

 but there are about 2,500 licensed dealers in the first district of Illi- 

 nois, and it appears that this man Broadwell is about the only one 

 against whom they have been able to get any cases of that kind. 



Representative ALLEN. You say he is one out of about 2,500? 



Mr. DADIE. One out of about 2,500. 



Representative ALLEN. Of the retail dealers? 



Mr. DADIE. Retail licensed dealers in that district. 



Representative ALLEN. Are you a manufacturer or retail dealer? 



Mr. DADIE. A manufacturer. 



Representative ALLEN. You are a manufacturer? 



Mr. DADIE. Yes, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. Excuse me, Mr. Allen. Would you mind 

 telling this committee the ingredients and quantity of each ingredient 

 in the manufacture of oleomargarine? 



Mr. DADIE. That question I would rather not answer in the way it is 

 put. The quantities of the different ingredients are one of the secrets 

 of the trade; but I will say that they vary with the grades made. 



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