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of the largest letters in the brand, which is strictly in compliance with 

 the internal revenue regulations. 



Kepresentative HENRY. Allow me to ask where in the country those 

 packages are retailed ? 



Mr. LAVERY. We sell them in the entire West. My house does busi- 

 ness in the western territory, and these are our standard brands. Those 

 wrappers have been approved by the honorable Commissioner of Internal 

 Kevenue. 



Kepresentative ALLEN. Do I understand you to say that each pack- 

 age has a wrapper of that kind around it ? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. Now, I do not make the statement that all 

 of our rolls and prints are put up in that wrapper; but the majority of 

 them are. 



Eepresentative ALLEN. Why not all? 



Mr. LAVERY. We can not print a cloth wrapper, for the reason that 

 we have not been able to secure an ink which will not run, after the 

 cloth becomes moist from the damp and moisture in the oleomargarine. 

 It runs through and discolors the goods underneath. But ink will 

 stand on a parchment paper; and therefore we use that wrapper as 

 much as possible. 



Eepresentative WILLIAMS. How are these packages which are put 

 up in cloth branded? 



Mr. LAVERY. They are not branded at all. The cases containing 

 them are branded in accordance with the regulations. 



Kepresentative WILLIAMS. Those you put in cloth, then, are con- 

 tained in wooden cases, and the cases are branded, are they? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir; they are packed in wooden cases or tubs, and 

 the outside of the package or tub is properly marked. 



Kepresentative WILLIAMS. The law requires, does it not, that they 

 shall be put in packages either of wood or of paper, and that the pack- 

 ages are to be branded? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir; the law requires that what is known as an 

 original package (which is a package containing ten pounds or more) 

 must be branded with the word u Oleomargarine," in letters not less 

 than one inch square, and shall bear the manufacturer's name. 



Kepresentative ALLEN. I do not suppose there is any question about 

 the law. That law speaks for itself, and I do not suppose there will 

 be any dispute about it; so it will not be necessary to consume time on 

 that point. 



Kepresentative HENRY. Mr. Chairman, if I may be permitted, I 

 would like to ask a question just for information. We had, some little 

 time ago, an exhibit made of quite a large number of pound packages, 

 bought of dealers in Chicago, a pound of oleomargarine in each. They 

 were wrapped in ordinary brown paper, a sheet four times as large as 

 that [indicating] heavy brown paper. The four corners were turned 

 down like that [indicating]. Under one corner there was printed the 

 word " Oleomargarine. 77 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. 



Representative HENRY. The packages, in each case, were handed out 

 by the retailer in response to an inquiry for butter. In order to deter- 

 mine that the law had been complied with, the purchaser would have 

 had to turn down and examine critically each one of the four corners. 

 I wish to ask if you have any knowledge of that practice; and if so, how 

 far it obtains in your part of the country? 



Mr. LAVERY. I have heard of a few isolated cases of that kind. In 

 the majority of cases the customer would ask for oleomargarine, but 



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