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upon conviction shall, where no specific penalty is prescribed by this act. 

 be punished by a fine not exceeding 1 wo hundred nor less than twenty-five 

 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 

 ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of 

 the court. 



26. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, and Section 

 6 of an act entitled "An act to prevent the adulteration of butter and 

 chee:se, or the sale and disposal of the same, or the manufacture or sale 

 of any article as a substitute for butter or cheese, or any article to be- 

 used as butter and cheese," approved June 1, 1881, be and they are hereby 

 repealed. 



27. For the purpose 1 of enabling dealers in products affected by this 

 act to dispose of same without loss, it is hereby expressly provided that 

 the penalties of this act, and prosecution under the same, are suspended 

 until the first day of July, 1900. 



JVeW National Oleomargarine Lato. 



The law as amended by the Congress presented with an introduction 

 by. Charles Y. Knight, Secretary of the National Dairy Union. Thislaw 

 became effective July 1, 1902. 



Illinois dairymen were in the fight from the first for a tax of 10 cefnts 

 per pound on oleomargarine when colored in imitation of butter, so the 

 victory in Congress last April, w'hen the law was passed by both branches 

 of the National legislative body, was a victory for Illinois dairymen as 

 it was 1 a victory for dairymen of the whole country. This fight had in 

 Illinois the indor&ement of the Farmers' Institute, that body in its 

 State convention having passed a resolution asking Congress to give the 

 dairymen of the country the legislation asked for the protection of their 

 business against the fraudulent sellling of oleomargarine as butter^ 

 The dairymen of the State acknowledge and appreciate this help from 

 the Farmers' Institute. They also acknowledge the help given by men 

 in this State who are conspicuous representatives of the beef industry, 

 but who supported in public speeches the dairymen in this struggle. 



The new national oleomargarine law, or rather the old law as amend- 

 ed by Congress, went into effect July 1, 1902. The amended law is giveir 



