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Production in the United States.* 



The amount of oleomargarine produced in the United 

 States during the eight months ended June 30, 1887, was 

 21,694,627 pounds ; the amount produced during the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1888, was 34,325,527 pounds ; the 

 amount produced during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889, 

 was 36,664,026 pounds, of which 18,523,172 pounds were 

 produced in Illinois, 6,658,469 in Rhode Island, 4,126,393 

 in Indiana, and 561,143 in Massachusetts; the amount pro- 

 duced during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1890, was 

 32,324,032 pounds, of which 21,366,145 pounds were pro- 

 duced in Illinois, 4,764,581 in Rhode Island, 2,423,554 in 

 Kansas, 1,769, 598 in Ohio, 1,076,667 in Pennsylvania, and 

 199,586 in Massachusetts. For the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1890, the tax was paid on 30,960,286 pounds of oleo- 

 margarine, and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1891, 

 43,574,422 pounds, or an increase of 12,614,136 pounds. 



In the fiscal years 1887 and 1888 the largest production 

 month was March, and in the fiscal year 1889, December; 

 while the greatest production during the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1890, occurred iu October, the quantity produced 

 during these months being as follows : — 



In March, 1887, . 

 In March, 1888, . 

 In December, 1888, 

 In October, 1889, 



3,568,254 pounds. 

 3,940,727 pounds. 

 4,181,317 pounds. 

 4,072,333 pounds. 



on fell below 2,000,000 



The months in which the producti 

 pounds were Ma}', June and July, 1887, June, 1889, and 

 May, June, July and August, 1890, the production for July, 

 1887, being the smallest, viz., 1,208,638 pounds. 



Number of Persons in the Business and where Located * 



From the year 1877 to the end of 1886, when the national 

 law went into etfect, about 80 factories had been established. 

 On the 1st of December, 1886, there were only 34 fiictories 

 in the country, located as follows : in Colorado, 2 ; Illinois, 



* Annual reports of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 



