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Many States have patterned after Massachusetts in dairy 

 legislation. Although Massachusetts is not emphatically a 

 dairy State, it has set the pace for the whole country in dairy 

 laws. This is in a measure due to the fact that the first color 

 case to reach the United States supreme court came from 

 Massachusetts, and was handled with such consummate 

 ability by Hon. A. E. Pillsljury as to secure a vindication of 

 the law in a decision from which we have quoted above. 

 Since then many other States have followed our example, 

 and adopted laws almost word for word like those of this 

 State. Probably there is no other matter in which there is 

 so much uniformity in legislation. Some States, however, 

 in enacting this law have provided additional safeguards 

 against the improper sale of a deceitful imitation product, 

 some of which are as follows : — 



California declares that any article made in semblance of 

 butter, and designed to be used as a substitute for butter, is 

 an imitation of butter. The use of imitation butter in pub- 

 lic or private hospitals, asylums, eleemosynary or penal 

 institutions is prohibited. No common carrier shall receive 

 imitation dairy products for the purpose of forwarding or 

 transporting the same, unless they are properly branded and 

 receipted for under their true name. The use of the word 

 "butteriue" is })rohibited. Search warrants may be issued 

 for imitation butter or cheese, which may be seized if kept 

 in violation of the law. 



The laws of Ohio not only give the dairj" commissioner au- 

 thority to enter any place where dairy products are sold, but go 

 so far as to authorize him to examine the books in such places. 



In Minnesota, express agents, railroad officials and em- 

 ployees of common carriers are required to render to the 

 dairy commissioner all the assistance in their power, when 

 so requested, in discovering the presence of any imitation of 

 pure butter or cheese. The commissioner is authorized to 

 seize imitation and adulterated dairy products, and after 

 order of the court sell the same for any purpose other than 

 to be used for food. 



Connecticut has a law authorizing the dairy commissioner 

 to inspect the books of transportation companies, in order to 

 trace illegal sales of oleomaro;arine. 



