OLEOMARGARINE. 801 



response to an inquiry from Congress, says that about 10 per cent of 

 cotton- seed oil is used. 



Mr. LAVERY. He says 10 per cent of all ingredients. He gives here 

 neutral lard, oleo oil, cotton-seed oil, sesame oil, coloring matter, sugar, 

 glycerin, stearin, glucose, milk, salt, butter, oil, and cream. I am tak- 

 ing the four principal ingredients. 



Representative HENRY. I simply wish you would explain the differ- 

 ence between the two statements. 



Mr. LAVERY. I am leaving out a great many of the small items which 

 are given in that statement, and taking the four principal ingredients. 



Representative HENRY. Then allow me to ask you what percentage 

 cotton-seed oil is of your gross product? 



Mr. LAVERY. I would say, taking all the materials used, that this 

 statement is about correct. 



Representative HENRY. That is all. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, I want to ask you a question or two. 

 Of what is oleo oil composed just the fat of which you speak, the 

 caul fat? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. The caul fat alone t 



Mr. LAVERY. The caul fat alone. 



Representative NEVILLE. How much of that oleo oil did your firm 

 produce last year? Have you not got those figures'? 



Mr. LAVERY. I have not got those figures at hand; no, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. You have them on your books at Kansas 

 City? 



Mr. LAVERY. We have. I can furnish them, but I can not give 

 them offhand. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, you speak of being unable to sell this 

 material unless it is colored? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. Asa matter of fact, if it is wholesome, and 

 the people want it, will they not buy it when it is not colored? 



Mr. LAVERY. If it is placed on the same basis with butter, I should 

 say that in the course of time we could educate the people to buy uncol- 

 ored butteriue the same as uncolored butter. But they have always 

 bought oleomargarine colored. It has always been colored since we 

 first began to manufacture it in this country. The people are educated 

 to the use of colored oleomargarine, and they do not want to buy it 

 otherwise. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, as a matter of fact, the coloring adds 

 nothing to its quality, except simply as far as its appearance is con- 

 cerned ? 



Mr. LAVERY. Nothing except the appearance. 



Representative NEVILLE. Now, you also stated that your trade was 

 largely in the West. 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. You have been selling, and did sell last 

 year, and year before last, in Nebraska very largely, did you not? 



Mr. LAVERY. Yes, sir. 



Representative NEVILLE. Is it not true, when you say there are cer- 

 tain customers who, for their own reasons, desire to have the oleomar- 

 garine go out without the brand upon it, that that is for the purpose 

 of enabling it to be sold in those States where there is a law against 

 coloring it* 



* S. Rep. 2043 51 



