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752 About ingredients in oleomargarine Investigation of method of producing 

 oleo oil in Chicago, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 75& Stamping original packages of 

 oleomargarine will give it badge of respectability Estimate of percentage of 

 oleomargarine sold as butter, 759 Discussion of renovated butter Dairy people 

 have nothing to do with renovated butter Cost of oleomargarine discussed, 760 

 Cost of butter compared with oleomargarine, 761 "You would not buy lardy- 

 looking stuff for your table" Dealers in butterine in the United States, 761 

 Uncolored oleomargarine just as palatable as colored Would have to commence 

 and educate people again Grout bill would simply reduce number of people who 

 would defraud, 762 Coloring of butter and oleomargarine Color can be gotten 

 in butter by feeding cattle properly People could eat white butter or butterine 

 if accustomed Amount of special taxes under present law, 663 Wadsworth bill 

 would meet requirements of occasion and permit manufacture of colored oleo- 

 margarine, 764. 



WILSON, Hon. JAMES, Secretary of Agriculture Invited by the committee to present 

 views Grout bill has my full sympathy Law of 1886 not adequate, 414 

 Increase in sale of oleomargarine Mostly consumed as butter If sold in com- 

 pliance with State laws May diminish sales of colored oleomargarine Cow most 

 valuable agent for producer, 415 Value of cow to the soil Population increas- 

 ing faster than cattle Best interest of cotton-seed belt lies in dairy cow, 416 

 Oleomargarine not as healthy as butter National law not well enforced Most 

 oleomargarine sold as butter, 417 Fat steers not desirable to-day Small amount 

 of loss on fat used in oleomargarine amounts to little, 418 Color in butter 

 deceives nobody; color in oleomargarine deceives everybody, 419 Renovated 

 butter, 422 Reply to dealer who says bill will injure cattle industry, 425 The 

 future growers of cattle, 426. 



