768 OLEOMABGARHTE. 



Dr. Crampton also submitted, as part of his remarks, the following 

 letter: 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 

 OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 



Washington, May 16, 1900. 

 The COMMISSIONER ow INTERNAL REVENUE. 



SIR:* I have the honor to report that I have made an examination of five samples 

 of materials used in the manufacture of oleomargarine, sent in by Revenue Agent 

 McGinnis, and described by him in his two letters dated May 2. 



Nos. 3972, 3973, and 3974 -vrere obtained from the G. H. Hammond Company, manu- 

 facturers of oleomargarine, Hammond, Ind. 



Nos. 3975 and 3976 were obtained from the International Packing Company, manu- 

 facturers of oleomargarine, Chicago, 111. 



These samples are designated as follows: 



No. 3972, oleo oil, from Hammond. 



No. 3973, neutral, from Hammond. 



No. 3974, cotton-seed oil, from Hammond. 



No. 3975, oleo oil, International Packing Company. 



No. 3976, neutral lard, same. 



I have made chemical and microscopical examination of these samples and find 

 them to be as described on the labels and the reports of the agent. I find nothing 

 objectionable about them, and should consider them entirely fit for use in the man- 

 ufacture of oleomargarine. 



Respectfully, CHARLES A. CRAMPTON, Chemist. 



STATEMENT OF DR. HARVEY W. WILEY, CHIEF CHEMIST UNITED 

 STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Eepresentative BAILEY. Dr. Wiley, please give your name to the 

 stenographer. 



Dr. WILEY. My name is H. W. Wiley. 



Eepresentative BAILEY. What position do you hold in the Govern- 

 ment, Dr. Wiley? 



Dr. WILEY. I am chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture. 



Representative BAILEY. Have you any knowledge of the component 

 parts of oleomargarine? 



Dr. WILEY. Yes, sir. 



Eepresentative BAILEY. Will you please tell the committee, in as 

 brief a way as you can, whether or not, in your judgment, it is a whole- 

 some article of food? 



Eepresentative WILLIAMS. Before you answer that, excuse me one 

 moment while I ask you this question : Has not the Chemical Division 

 of the Department of Agriculture become, in a measure, the chemical 

 division of the entire Government? Are not things sent to you from 

 the other Departments to be investigated? 



Dr. WILEY. Yes, sir. 



Eepresentative WILLIAMS. From the Treasury Department and else- 

 where? 



Dr. WILEY. Yes, sir. 



Eepresentative WILLIAMS. I simply wanted to bring ont that fact. 



Dr. WILEY. Through the Secretary of Agriculture, we collaborate 

 with almost all the Departments of the Government, and especially the 

 Treasury Department. 



With relation to the question just asked Dr. Crampton, I have here a 

 chart which will show you at a glance the difference between butter and 

 some of the other products. Butter is a much more complex substance 

 than oleomargarine. 



[At this point Dr. Wiley exhibited a chart, of which the following is 

 a copy:] 



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