710 OLEOMARGARINE. 



Representative NEVILLE. Then, as a matter of fact, you, as the 

 dealer and the manufacturer and the seller of this product for the con- 

 sumption of the people of the United States, want them to take your 

 word absolutely for it that no ingredient is put into the manufacture of 

 the article which would injure their stomachs? 



Mr. DADIE. No, sir; that is not right. The present law regulates 

 that. The ingredients used in the manufacture of oleomargarine are 

 reported to the Internal Revenue department, and when there is any- 

 thing used that in their judgment is deleterious to the public health, 

 they immediately can confiscate these goods. The chemist connected 

 with the department is the party who is supposed to look after that 

 matter, and his judgment in things of that kind is final. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, do you mean to be understood that 

 your firm, in the manufacture of oleomargarine, manufactures it differ- 

 ently and from different ingredients from what other manufacturers in 

 this country and in other countries do? 



Mr. DADIE. I presume that we use the same ingredients. We pos- 

 sibly differ a little as to the amounts used, and we may differ somewhat 

 in the way we handle them. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. You do not object to telling what you do 

 use, do you? 



Mr. DADIE. Oh, no, no. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Suppose you tell the committee what the 

 ingredients are. 



Representative WILLIAMS. It is just the proportions which you 

 decline to tell ? 



Mr. DADIE. That is all. The ingredients used are oleo oil, what is 

 known as neutral lard, cotton seed oil, milk and cream, color, and salt. 

 Occasionally a little butter is used. 



The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Dadie has some samples which he wishes to 

 show us. We have only five minutes left, and I suggest that he bring 

 them over and show them to the committee. 



Representative WILLIAMS. Mr. Chairman, before that is done per- 

 mit me to make one suggestion. One of the objects ot the meeting has 

 failed by lack of time. There are various gentlemen here from Arkan- 

 sas, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and I ask that the committee have 

 another meeting, and that the secretary be requested to give notice of 

 it, say, to-morrow morning at half past 10, to hear these other gentle- 

 men. It will be impossible to do it to-day. 



Representative ALLEN. Why not meet to-night? 



Representative WILLIAMS. Because the House takes up this Porto 

 Rican question at 12 o'clock, and we have got to go there. 



Representative ALLEN. I mean to-night. 



Representative WILLIAMS. That would suit me if it would other 

 members of the committee as well. 



Representative ALLEN. Well, suppose we make it to morrow morn- 

 ing, then? 



The CHAIRMAN. Then it will be understood that we will meet to- 

 morrow morning at half past 10 o'clock, or 10 o'clock, if that would be 

 more acceptable to the gentlemen. It would certainly give more time. 



Representative WRIGHT. I would like to ask just one question. 

 Referring to that letter from the head of an industry in Iowa, showing 

 the impurities in the cream and milk, I want to ask you how you treat 

 the part of the cream and milk you use in making your product so as 

 to take out those impurities? 



Mr. DADIE. Well, we have a process of curing and ripening 



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