Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-20
COUNTERFEIT BUTTER.
The New Revcuue L&w-PrOspect OF
n Huttcr Famine.

a buttcF / ANNIE
Some people predict a butter famine
! when the law taxing oleomargarine goes
into effect on Nov. l. Only one dealer in
Savannah admitted to Deputy Collector
I OF Internal Revenue Dunwody, who re-
! Gently made a tour OF inspection through
1 the city. that he sold oleomargarine. II
/ the same mount OF the stuff is sold here
that Is sold in other cities, it is safe TO
/ say, taking Collector Crenshaw's recent
! estimate of the amount sold in Atlanta as
+ fair estimate, That tOur-ffths Of the but
{ ter on the market is artificial butter OF
some kind, either oleomargarine or but
! terine. When the law goes into effect the
/ sale VIII be stopped for time. and the
! supply of real butter on the market Will
/ not be anywhere near equal the demand.
/ Under the act OF Congress providing for
! tax on Oleomargarine, butter Is denned
! TO mean the food product which is MADE
! exclusively from milk or cream, or both,
| with or without salt or colOrlng matter.
| Oleomargarne includes, first, all manu-
/ featured substances heretofore known as
| Cleomargarine, Oleo, oleomargarlne OIL,
| butterlne, lardine, suine and neutral;
| and, second, all mixtures aud compounds
| OF these substances, including mixtures
| and compounds thereof with butter. Eacn
and all OF these substances, also each
mixture or compound with butter, is
without qualification declared TO be oleo-
! margarine, ana is taxable.
| Butter. as herein defined, without any
substance or article whatever other than
| salt, Witb or without cOlOrlng matter, IS
not liable to tax.
OieomargaFine is defined most generally
TO be artificial butter, made from animal
lat with the addition OF some milk and
other substances. Butterine Is substi-
tute for butter. made from animal tat, also
called oleomargarine. Besides these two
/ classes OF articles defined by the act to be
OleOmarRarine, which comprise all SUD-
stances heretofore known as oleOmarga-
rine, there is a third class OF oleomarga-
rine, made from lard extracts and talIoW
extracts; and, lastly, a fourth class Of
oleomargarine, which comprises all mix
lures and compounds Of tallow, beef fat,
lard oil, vegetable oil, annOtto and other
colOring matter, intestinal fat and o1al
fat made in imitation OF butter, or in SEM
bance Of butter. The fourth class IN
cludes all mixtures and compounds OF
tallow. beef fat, suet, lard, lard oil, Yege-
table oil, annoto, and other colorinS mat
ter, intestinal fat, and otfal fat calcu-
lated or Intended TO be sold AS butter,
when made IN imitation or semblance OF
butter.
The intent Of the law is to levy and COL
lecI a tax upon the manufacture and sale
OF an article made in imitation OF butter,
which resembles butter, while II Is not
| butter as defined by the law.
Manufacturers of oleOmargarine are re-
quued to pay special tax Of $500 from
Nov. l, 1856, to April 30, 1887, besides
tax of &c. per pound on all the oleomarga-
rine manufactured by them.
Wholesale dealers in Oleomargarine
shall pay a special tax Of S240 from Nov.
/, 1886, TO April so, 1887. Retail dealers
oil
of 1924 from Nov. |, 1885, to April 30, 1887.
Every dealer who sells in the manutac-
turers' packages III quantities of ten
pounds or more is recognized as whole
sale dealer. Wholesale dealers, accord
ing to a recent letter of instructions re-
ceived by Collector Dunwody, are allowed
to sell only in original stamped packages.
They are required to keep a book and
make monthly return to the Collector,
properly sworn to, showing the oleomar-
| garlne received by them, and from whom
received: also the amount disposed Of by
| them, and to whom sold or delivered.
Retail dealers In Oleomargarine will be
allowed to sell only from original stamped
| packages in quantities not exceeding ten
| pounds, and they must pack the oleO-
margarine IN suitable wooden or paper
packages, such as are usually employed
in selling butter or lard at retail. Tin
packages will not allowed to be used.
Each retailers wooden or paper package
must have, besides the name and address
of the dealer, printed or branded upon it
in letters not less than one-quarter of an
inch square the word ''oleOmargarine,"
| and the quantity in pounds written or
printed thereon as follows: 81 pound oleo-
margarine" 81 = pounds oleomargarine,"
| or as the case may be.
The law SAYS that every person who
! knowingly sells, or offers for sale, or de-
| livers, or offers to deliver, any oleomar-
| garine in any other form than in new
wooden or paper packages, as required,
! or who packs In any package any oleo-
margarine in any manner contrary 10
! law, or who falsely brands any package,
shall be fined for each otiense not more
! than 81 900 and be imprisoned not more
| than two years.
IL also provides that all packages OF
Oleomargarlne subject to tax that shall be
| found without stamps or marks as herein
mentioned shall be forfeited to the gov
eminent. Every retail dealer who sells
oleOmargarine without having paid the
| tax will be subject TO tine of not less
| than $50 OF more than $500. and a whole
| saler's fine TOR the same Otfense Will DO
not less than $500 or over $1,000.
On Oct. 81 all Oleomargarine on the
promises Of any dealer must be in wooden
packages containing not less than ten
Ptuhub NoAAs
! Every dealer must make, under oath, a
written inventory OF all packages on
hand oct. 81, 1856, containing oleOmar-
| garine, which shall show the quantity in
each and every package, and lie must
mark upon each package as follows:
| So hounds
Oleomargarine on hand oct. 81, 1885,
| and after 1855" the name OF the party
! holding the package.
| he must also procure and afiiX to each
! package the proper taX-paid stamp, aud
| cancel it by drawing five waved lines
| across the face.
! Tine inventory must be Immediately for
warded by the dealer TO the Collector.
Collector Crenshaw mas instructed his
/ deputies 10 begin on the morning Of Nov. l,
! the day the law goes into effect, a thor
| ougn canvass and to inspect the stock Of
every dealer and 10 see that no OleOmar-
/ garIne is sold without the tax being paid.
ST. PATEICKS PARISH.