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If these provisions were embodied in a statute, the 

 oleomargarine law could be enforced and frauds would 

 probably come to an end. Fraud enters so easily into 

 the oleomargarine trade that the most perfect adminis- 

 trative system must be devised to eliminate it. The \ 

 oleomargarine interests would have no reason to com- / 

 plain at the severity of the above provisions. They / 

 would do well rather to encourage their enactment, see | 

 to it that their product is as good as it can be made, and \ 

 keep it separate and distinct from butter. As long as 

 the standard of living permits the use of butter the 

 American people are not willing to have the dairy 

 industry jeopardized by the insidious oleomargarine 

 product which, if allowed free course, would flood the 

 market with a spurious article and gradually destroy 

 the butter industry. Good butter is unquestionably a 

 better and more desirable article of food than the best 

 oleomargarine. The food value of the two products is 

 nearly the same, but the aroma and flavor of butter are 

 superior to that of oleomargarine. This is a fact of 

 considerable importance. While we must eat to live, we 

 should be allowed, in some small measure at least, to 

 live to eat. 



