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pany in Ohio for violations of State laws, 469 Oleomargarine at 30 cents a 

 pound, 470 Offer of $7,500 in settlement of cases prosecuted by Government 

 for fraud, 471 Indictments against president of Standard Butterine Company, 

 of Washington, for fraud Source of labor resolutions, 471 Colored oleo- 

 margarine condemned by Chicago Federation of Labor by unanimous vote, 

 472 Fraud in Cincinnati, 473 Large percentage sold as butter, 473 Protec- 

 tion of retailers at Cincinnati, 474 Letters from Cincinnati telling of frauds, 

 474 and 475 "Push sale of oleomargarine and build up reputation for good 

 butter," 477 Amount of color in 1,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine Amount 

 in 1,000,000 pounds of butter, 479 Color of butter 75 per cent natural, 480 

 Prices of butter Receipts of butter, 481 Receipts of butter in New York since 

 1890, 481 Cause of advance in 1899, 482 Value of cotton crop Value of 

 products or cotton-seed oil in the United States Proportion used in oleomar- 

 garine made in this country, 487 Why tax uncolored oleomargarine? What 

 renovated butter is made from, 489 No objection to red color in oleomargarine, 

 490 Makers sympathize with fraudulent dealers ' ' Covering-up dealers "- 

 The Aurora Produce Company swindle, 491 Refusal of manufacturers to show 

 books Refusal of manufacturers to make returns Makers of oleomargarine 

 swear inspection of books would furnish evidence that would incriminate them, 

 493 Fraud shown Collector Coyne by Chicago Record, 495 Why all butter 

 men don't sell oleomargarine, 497 Difficulty of securing evidence against 

 illicit venders, 498 Scheme by which oleomargarine is sold as butter with little 

 chance of detection, 498 Why Grout bill will protect, 499 About Government 

 " inspection" of oleomargarine Number of analyses made by Government last 

 year, 499 What is renovated butter made of, 534 No acids used in renovated 

 butter, 534 Process of manufacture, 534 Quantity made compared with whole 

 volume of butter produced in United States, 536 Why anticolor laws are not 

 applicable to process butter Where process butter is made, 537 How sale of 

 butter is damaged by oleomargarine, 530 Chemists can't distinguish renovated 

 butter Bacteria in butter, 538 Original bonds produced showing connection 

 of Braun & Fitts and William J. Moxley with defense of sellers of oleomarga- 

 rine as butter, 552 Amount of oleomargarine made by two concerns openly 

 defending fraud, 553 Letter from Cincinnati relating to resolutions, 554 

 Butter board's estimate of amount of fraud in Chicago, 555 Oleomargarine 

 the cause of demoralized butter market, 555 Map showing States which have 

 prohibited sale of oleomargarine colored in imitation of butter, 557 Agricultural 

 Department chart showing values of butter for ten years, 558 Evidence of amount 

 of caul fat and oleo oil therefrom in steer, 559 History of the original oleomar- 

 garine law Provisions of the Hatch bill, 588 Recommended a ten-cent tax 

 Expected law to be enforced What has the Internal-Revenue Department done, 

 589 Why the ten-cent tax is necessary Difficulties of enforcing State laws, 590 

 How the public is defrauded Fraud encouraged by manufacturers, 591 Tax will 

 be collected if imposed, 592 Laws of the various States in relation to oleomar- 

 garine, 593, 594, 495, 596, 597, 598, 599 Dealers do not pretend to obey State laws- 

 Must be sold as butter to be a success, 600 Best lawyers always employed to 

 defend violators, 601 Number of dealers and amount of oleomargarine sold in 

 various States, 602 Magnitude of the oleomargarine industry Swift & Co.'s 

 absurd figures, 603 Ingredients of oleomargarine Caul fat in oleomargarine, 

 604 Ingredients not rendered innocuous by cooking Process of manufacturing 

 oleomargarine, 605 Ocular demonstration of fraud, 637 Sold as oleomargarine 

 at 20 cents and as butter at 25 cents Paraffin in oleomargarine, 638 Fraud in 

 colored wrappers Failure of Congressmen to find marks, 639. 



KRACKE, F. J. H., assistant commissioner of agriculture of New York For the bill- 

 How oleomargarine is sold by peddlers in New York City, 365 How handi- 

 capped, 366 State law regarding board ing houses Scheme for defrauding, 367 

 One thousand convictions for selling oleomargarine as butter, 368 Amount of 

 oleomargarine sold in New York State, 369 Sales of oleomargarine outside the 

 State just as damaging to the producer, 372 Cost of enforcing State laws, 370. 



LAVERY, C. N., representing Swift & Co., of Kansas City Against the bill Grout 

 bill means the wiping out of the industry, 792 Provisions of present law, 792 

 Manufacturers encourage handling according to law, 793 Both oleomargarine 

 and butter should be colored, 794 Sale of oleomargarine for butter, 795 Why 

 not brand all packages at factory, 796 Stamping of the wrappers, 796 Testi- 

 mony of chemists referred to, 797 Demand for oleomargarine due to education, 

 798 Poor people would not buy uncolored oleomargarine, 798 Chief work of 

 department, 765 Ingredients that enter into the manufacture of oleomargarine, 

 765 Investigations occasionally made regarding purity, 765 Ingredients will 

 become offensive if not properly used, 766 Report on examination of ingredi- 

 ents, 768. 



