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men who would' enforce it. We feel particularly interested in Illinois- 

 from the fact that three factories in Chicago are making such an out- 

 put for November — 265 carloads of this bogus butter — and fully 75 per 

 cent is finally consumed and sold as butter. I don't know whether I 

 have answered your questions or not. 



Mr. Long: I would like to say in answer to the gentleman's ques- 

 tions that I was down to Springfield when this law was first introduced' 

 and assisted as far as possible the members of the National Dairy 

 Union to frame a law and prepare it for the Legislature, and I want to- 

 say that the anti-color law of Illinois follows closely on the line of the 

 anti-color law of Massachusetts, which has already been passed upon by^ 

 the Supreme Court of the State of Massachusetts and been appealed to- 

 the Supreme Court of the United States, and in both cases had been 

 affirmed by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts and the United States. 

 Now you know gentlemen in this country the Legislature makes the 

 laws. Congress interprets them, ard the Executives enforce them, and the 

 trouble in Illinois is our Executive officers haven't enforced the law for 

 the reason that Hanecy sitting there in a case declared in the Circuit 

 Court the law unconstitutional and when the State is defeated, the State- 

 cannot appeal, as I understand it, and consequently every court since- 

 then whenever a case has been brought up they have taken Jud'ge- 

 Hanecy's decision as a basis and they have thrown the cases out of court. 

 Now if today, gentlemen, we have no better protection in the State of 

 New York, where the City of New York is located, no better in the States 

 of Pennsylvania, where the City of Philadelphia is located, no better in 

 the State of Massachusetts, where the City of Boston is located, against 

 the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine than we have in this State of Illi- 

 nois, butter wouldn't be worth over 20 cents a pound. I have followed 

 the facts and followed; these questions pretty carefully. 



Prof. McLain:- I have talked some with the officers charged with? 

 the execution of the law and they in substance told me this: We feel* 

 there is absolutely no use to begin prosecution when we are absolutely- 

 sure we are going to get knocked out of court. There is no encourage- 



