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ported by a previous decision by Judge Bishop, which had 

 been endorsed by several other Superior Court judges, over- 

 ruled the attempt, and the matter stands just where it did 

 before. If this sort of oleomargarine is to be sold in this 

 State, then it becomes necessary, in order to safeguard the 

 consuming public as well as the dairy interests, that all laws 

 regulating the sale of the same shall be rigidly enforced. 

 This we have done, and 101 violations have been found and 

 the cases have been entered in court during the past } r ear. 

 The output of oleomargarine in the United States for the 

 year ending June 30, 1907, was greater than at any time 

 since the enactment of the last national oleomargarine law, 

 but is still far below that of the years previous to its enact- 

 ment. The appended statistics tell the story : — 



Under New Law. 



Pounds. 



1907, 68,988,850 



190(3, 53,146,657 



1905, . 49,880,982 



1904, 48,071,480 



1903, 71,804,102 



Under Old Law. 



1902 126,316,472 



1901, 104,943,856 



1900, 107,045,028 



The licenses issued in this State have also increased, be- 

 ing as follows : — 



Retail, uncolored, ........ 229 



Wholesale, uncolored, ....... 17 



Total, 246 



The Boston oleomargarine receipts were 14,581 packages 

 for the year 1907, — a decrease of 19,131 packages from the 

 previous year. 



Renovated Butter. 



It is an interesting fact that the sales of renovated butter 



have apparently fallen off in this State. We are at a loss 



to account for this, unless it be that the price of renovated 



butter, which only follows a few cents behind creamery 



