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superior court, after a long trial, was found guilty on 1 case 

 and fined $500 ; 3 other cases in which he has been adjudged 

 guilty are hanging over him for sentence. Brother-in-law 

 Reed pleaded guilty to 6 complaints, and paid a fine in 1 

 case, 2 were continued for sentence and the others filed ; the 

 cases against the brother and one against Brother-in-law 

 McCutcheon have not yet been reached in the superior 

 court ; the other case against Brother-in-law McCutcheon 

 was the one above alluded to. Three appealed cases, with 

 fines aggregating $450, against George Morrow have not }'et 

 been tried in the superior court. 



Another old offender has been fined $500 in the Lawrence 

 court, and there is a $300 fine hanging over the same person 

 in the superior court. 



Dr. Harrington, Boston's milk inspector, followed one 

 slick, persistent violator of the law till the court imposed 

 imprisonment. 



The result of the enforcement of these laws in Massachu- 

 setts is that, according to figures submitted to Congress last 

 winter, the consumption of imitation butter in this State last 

 year was .73 of a pound per capita; while in the adjoining 

 State of Rhode Island, where there is no law, the amount 

 consumed was 8.45 pounds per capita. If we estimate the 

 per capita consumption of butter or its imitations at 8 ounces 

 per week, the amount consumed in a year would be 26.5 

 pounds, of which in Rhode Island a little less than one-third 

 was counterfeit. It requires but little imagination to see the 

 great injury which such a business in Massachusetts would 

 cause to producer, consumer and middleman. 



The number of persons who pay a United States tax, as 

 shown by the following table, has some bearing on the effect 

 of the law : — 



