Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-29
WE WILL KNOW BUTTER.
What OleomargarIne Dealers Must DO
In order 20 Place Their Com
pounds on the Markets.
Deletrieous Compounds viii BIO ConfisoH
ted and the wRyfariDg Man Can
Tell Olcomargarins
rnr noaus nurrNR IN.

WAauINGTON, Aug, Eb.--lne colhlhin'
soner OF Internal revenue has prepared
set OF regulations concerning the manu-.
iaclure Of oleomargarin under the Internal
revenue laws which win be sent 10 al
collectors for their guidance.
Beginning with the definition Of butter,
aud oleomsrgarine and other limitations,
as given In the act Of congress passed at
the last session, the regulations declare
that congress relieved the internal rev.
enue officers from the necessity OF proving
imitation or even the resemblance OF com
pounds TO butter except as to mixtures Of
iallow, beef.fet, etc.
Attention Is called to the fact that
| establishments Of the magnitude Deces-
sary for the successful conduct OF the
| business OF manufacturing oleomargarine
may be easily discovered and are likely
20 be found adjoining slaughter-houses.
/ The amount Of special tax TO be levied
on manufacturers and method Of making
| pr0portiOnate reckoning OF the tax to be
paid IN cases where business ie begun
after the act goes into effect October 81,
1886 J are stated IN detail.
Manufacturers are required TO tile bond
with collectors In the districts where the
factories are located the amount to be
| liked by collectors, at not less than $4,000,
and manufacturers are also required to
keep books which shall be open to the in
| spection OF the internal revenue age ts,
showing all the material used in the man
ufacture Of oleomargarine, and make
monthly returns In duplicate form OF
their books as to materials and products.
The manufacturer Is also required to
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full name and business and the number Of
his factory, which shall be designated by
the collector
Wholesale dealers VIII keep book and
make monthly returns showing the cleo
margarine received by them and from
whom received and to whom sold or de-
livered.
Minute directions are given for stamp
ing, branding, selling and numbering each
original package In conformity with law,
and the use of tin in packing by manu-
facturers Is for hidden except upon special
permission OF the commissioner
Each retailers wooden or paper pack
age must have, besides the name and adj
dress Of the dealer, printed or branded
thereon iu letters not less than u quarter
OF an inch square the word "oleomar-
garlne," and the quantity In poun's con
tanned therein written or printed thereon
as follows: "0ne-half pound oleomar-
garlne;n tone pound oleomargarine, as
the case may be.
Oleomargarine imported from foreign
countries must be required TO have reye-
nue. stamps affixed thereto and Cancelled
unless 1t Is Withdrawn from the custom.
house for consumption or sale in the
United States
In Ease the holder OF any substance de-
clared by any collector OF internal reye-
nue. believed to be oleomargarlne and
liable to tax is claimed by the holder to
| be butter or some other sub
stance not liable to tax, the de-
cision OF the collector win govern
In the matter unless the claimant Shall
submit u sample OF the article for decl-
sion Of the commissioner Of Internal
revenue under the fifteenth section OF the
act forleitlng unstamped oleomargarlne
or that containing deeterlous matter as
quoted and II is stated In case the sub
stance Is detained by the collector as con
tanning ingredients not good for the pub
| lie health 1t shall be forwarded to the
commissioner as In cases In the question
| Of tax and may be disposed OF in the
same manner. II, however, the claim
ant Is unwilling to accept the de-
cision OF the commissioner he
may In this class OF cases appeal under
the law 70 board composed OF the sur
geon-general OF the army, the surgeon
| general of the navy and the commission
or OF agriculture, whose decision in the
matter Is declared by law TO be final. II
finally found TO he deleterioua TO the pub
lie health the compound is to be 80
branded aud sold, while unstamped and
forfeited oleomargarlne is To be sold by
the collector, subject to the payment OF
the lax,
The toim OF bond to be hled by the ex-
porter Of oleemargarlne is given In full,
With stipulation that In no case IL the
penalty provision to be less than $4,000,
and collectors are instructed as 10 pro.
ceedure In cases where Withdrawals are
made for export from factories situated
at places other than ports OF expectation
On the 8lst OF October, 1886, all cleo
margarine on the premises of any dealer
must be In wooded packages containing
not less than ten pounds each aud each
dealer Is required TO make an inventory
as to stock ON hand, mark packages with
their weight and stamp and cancel each
package.
Immediately after the 3lst OF October,
1886, or as soon thereafter IS practicable,
the Internal revenue officers will travel
over the districts and inspect the stock on
hand and seize all not found duly marked
branded aud stamped,