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bright yellow, but that such an article is so exceptional and 

 rare that it could not have been meant by the Legislature in 

 alluding to " pure butter." 



Other Decisioxs. 



In a case against Charles H. Russell, for exposing for sale 

 an imitation of yellow butter, his defence was that he ex- 

 posed for sale the oleomargarine in such a manner as to 

 advise all consumers of its real character. The State 

 supreme court says : — 



The proviso that allows the sale of oleomargarine " in such 

 separate and distinct form and in such manner as will advise the 

 consumer of its real character, free from coloration or ingredient 

 that causes it to look like butter," only saves such oleomargarine 

 as is free from coloration or ingredient that causes it to look like 

 butter. The statute did not intend to allow oleomargarine to be 

 made or sold when so colored, whether the particular purchaser 

 was advised of its real character or not. 



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In a case for delivering oleomargarine made in imitation 

 or semblance of pure butter from a wagon without the 

 proper signs, the defence claimed that there are two kinds 

 of oleomargarine, as recognized by the anti-color law, and 

 that the kind delivered was not in imitation of pure butter. 

 The court decided : — 



This statute was not intended to draw fine distinctions between 

 kinds of oleomargarine which all resemble each other, but it re- 

 quires that every one who thus delivers oleomargarine of whatever 

 sort shall carry along with him upon his vehicle a public notice 

 that he is licensed to sell oleomargarine, — in other words that he 

 shall go under his true colors. 



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Enforcement of the Law. 

 This Avork has been hampered by the uncertainty during 

 most of the year about the anti-color law ; but the other 

 laws have been prosecuted with vigor, as two agents have 

 been at work most of the time collecting evidence. As 

 heretofore, we have done nothing in Boston, that field being 

 so well worked by Dr. Harrington, the city milk inspector, 

 and nothing has been done with the milk laws. 



