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DAVIS, HENRY E., attorney for Standard Bntterine Company, Washington Against 

 the bill Right of States to tax, 392 Right of Congress to delegate power to 

 States, 393 Healthfulness of oleomargarine recognized by Supreme Court, 396 

 Why Grout bill is unwise and unjust, 399 Oleomargarine not an imitation of 

 Butter The one purpose of the Grout bill, 401 Color made by cotton-seed oil, 

 402 Testimony of chemists as to natural color, 403 Oleomargarine colored for 

 same reasons as butter, 405 Artificial color invented by oleomargarine makers, 

 406 Why State laws are not repealed, 406 Curious story of labor federations, 

 407 Can not stop traffic in colored oleomargarine, 407 Collection of the tax, 

 408 The color question, 409. 



DAVIS, ISAAC W., president Philadelphia Produce Exchange For the bill Grout 

 bill most effective method of stopping the fraud, 230 Wadsworth bill no good 

 for hotels or restaurants, 231. 



DILLON, J. J., editor Rural New Yorker For the bill How bill is looked upon by 

 farmers, 373 The color question, 374 Why color is reprehensible in oleomar- 

 garine, 374 Attempt to compel sale of colored oleomargarine as such in New 

 York State, 376 Wadsworth bill able work of makers of oleomargarine, 376 

 Fraud admitted at the boarding houses, 377 Fraud in Paterson, N. J., 377 

 Object of coloring is to sell as butter and at butter prices, 377 Facilities for 

 making all butter country can consume, 379. 



DOLAN, PATRICK, president United Mineworkers Association Against the bill Is 

 white oleomargarine good enough for the workingman, 307 Supply and prices 

 of butter, 307 National law unjust, 308, People know what they are buying, 

 308 Pride of the poor, 309 Why disreputable to purchase oleomargarine, 309 

 Butter is never white, 310. 



DRENNEN, W. F., Philadelphia butter merchant For the bill Why I favor Grout 

 bill, 224 Oleomargarine largely sold as butter Amount sold as butter, 224 

 No wholesaler wants it sold for what it is, 225 Average buyer doesn't want 

 oleomargarine, 225 Work of irresponsible dealers, 225 .Wadsworth bill the 

 worst thing we could have, 226 Sale of $50,000 per year as butter by one 

 retailer, 226 Sellers' guarantee of protection, 226 What renovated butter is 

 made of, 226. 



EDSON, E. D., Philadelphia butter merchant For the bill Dealers admit they must 

 sell oleomargarine as butter, 222 How it is disposed of, 223. 



FLANDERS, Hon. G. L., assistant commissioner of agriculture of New York For the 

 bill Oleomargarine thrives upon fraud Consumer a big element in this fight 

 Oleomargarine sold as butter History of laws of New York State, 121 Fraud on 

 large scale Testing of laws, 122 Question of interstate commerce, 123 Why 

 right was given Congress to regulate interstate commerce, 124 Police powers 

 under State laws The Plumley decision, 124 Butter imitated Fraudulent sale 

 of oleomargarine in New York, 125 Ten-cent tax would stop fraud Why color 

 butter? Heathfulness of oleomargarine, 127 Paraffin in oleomargarine, 128 

 Dr. Clark's statement as to healthfulness, 129-136 Comparative digestibility of 

 oleomargarine and butter, 144 Patents for making oleomargarine, 129 Horse 

 oil used in oleomargarine New York's dairy interest, 134 Sold as butter, 135. 



GAGE, Hon. LYMAN J., Secretary of Treasury Called upon by committee for infor- 

 mation Objection to Grout bill, 561 Revenue on oleomargarine well collected, 

 562 Percentage of loss of revenue, 562 Offenses against national laws, 562 

 Where information of violations comes from, 563 Visit of inspectors to factories, 

 564 No scientific inspectors to investigate No revenue agents in factories, 564 

 Government agents do not report on purity of ingredients used, 564 Force 

 inadequate for enforcement in places, 565 Opinion of Wadsworth bill, 566 

 Difference between offenses under present law and Wadsworth bill, 566. 



GARDNER, RATHBONE, attorney for Oakdale Manufacturing Company, Providence, 

 R. I. Against the bill Believe bill will destroy oleomargarine industry Meas- 

 ure not honest, 15 Constitutionality not questioned, 15 Congress no right to 

 prevent fraud through taxation Oppressive State laws would be made effective, 

 16 Rhode Island permits sale of colored oleomargarine, 16 Imitates butter 

 with every ingredient, 17 Color given oleomargarine by ingredients Inspection 

 by Government, 18 Healthfulness of oleomargarine Fraudulent sales of oleo- 

 margarine Evidence of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 19 Oleomargarine 

 as butter Oleomargarine sold to consumers, 20 Price of oleomargarine, 21 

 Natural color of oleomargarine Renovated butter, 22 Food effects on butter, 

 22 Inspection by Government, 25 Purity of oleomargarine, 26 Fraudulent 

 sales, 27 Condition in Massachusetts, 28 More of renovated or process butter, 

 29 Repeal State laws, 33 Color not butter's trade-mark, 33 Butter always 

 colored, 34 Present kind of color originated by oleomargarine faakers, 35- 



