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the proportion of cotton-seed oil was less than I had been told, and 

 that the per cent of milk and butter was greater than I had been told. 



Bepresentative BAKER. Yes ; I was, too. 



.Representative NEVILLE. Will you permit me, Mr. Miller? You 

 stated a moment ago that you could not sell butterine in its uncolored 

 state, did you not? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



[Representative NEVILLE. That you had tried it, and that it was a 

 failure? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. But that you did sell it in its colored state 

 without any fraudulent sales of it that as a matter of fact, it was 

 sold (you mean by that that it was sold by you as a wholesaler, or as a 

 manufacturer) as butterine? 



Mr. MILLER. As butterine. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. Not as butter? 



Mr. MILLER. No, sir. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. And that the dealers to whom you sold it, 

 also sold it upon its merits? Is that what you mean to say? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. Now, you sell it in Nebraska, do you not? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; we sell some there. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. Do you not send a good deal of it from 

 Kansas City in to Nebraska? 



Mr. MILLER. Well, it could not be called a great deal, because it is 

 not a very large market. We sell considerable ; yes. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. Now, is it not true that every pound of 

 colored oleomargarine that is sold in Nebraska is sold in violation of 

 law? 



Mr. MILLER. Well, that may be; yes. 



Bepresentative NEVILLE. Then, as a matter of fact, that which is 

 sold in Nebraska is sold in violation of law ? 



Mr. MILLER. Not necessarily. The law was tested in Omaha, and 

 the lower courts declared the Nebraska law unconstitutional. The 

 dealers feel that they are handling the goods on a strictly legitimate 

 basis now. 



Bepresentative WILLIAMS. It is sold in violation of the statute, then, 

 but of a statute which has been declared unconstitutional? 



Mr. MILLER. Declared unconstitutional. 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. You stated a minute ago that this 10 per 

 cent tax would destroy the cotton industry of the South. You meant 

 the cotton seed industry, did you not? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. What is the number of pounds or gallons 

 of cotton- seed oil used in the oleomargarine output? 



Mr. MILLER. How much do we use, do you mean ? 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. What is the amount used in the aggregate, 

 by all the factories ? 



Mr. MILLER. I think it is in the neighborhood of 10,000,000 pounds. 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. Per annum? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir. 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. What is the amount used each month ? 



Mr. MILLER. Of butterine? 



Bepresentative HAUGEN. Of cottonseed oil? 



Mr. MILLER. I could not give you those figures. 



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