Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-06


house committee showed that the spu-
rious cheese was manufactured by the
extraction from the milk all butter fats
and the substitution OF neutral lard,
The cost Of this product is said to be
l-2 cents a pound Evidence was
presented showing that a. CHEESE
was being sold through commission
houses iii thu city, delivered from the
manufacturers unmarked and branded
by the jobber to suit the requirements
OF his customers. The claim was made
and 1t was sustained by the committee
that it is a fraud upon the purchaser TO
sell him manufacturer article brand
fore considered necessary to protect in
nocent purchasers by defining pure
cream cheese, aud regulating the man-
ufacture, sale, importation and export
OF filled cheese in much the same man
ner as is now done with oleomargarne,
The bill, which has become law, de-
fines as filled cheese all substances
made of milk or skinned milk with
the addition of butter. animal oils or
fat, vegetable oils. or compounds for
eign to milk Special taxes Of Si00 fer
manufacturers and $3.50 for wholesale
dealers are imposed. and retail dealers
are to be compelled to pay $l2 per year.
Manufacturers are fined from $500 TO
SO 900 Wholesalers from $3.50 to $1,000
and retailers from $40 to $500 for non
payment of the special tax. The books
of manufacturers are to be made sub.
ject to the supervision OF the collector
4 of internal revenue, and bonds are re-
I quired that filled cheese shall he packed
in new wooden packages ard branded
I with the words "Filled Cheese" in
black letters not less than two inches
, in length on the top, bottom and IN
four places on the sides. All sales by
manufacturers or wholesale dealers are
4 to be in original stamped packages, and
retailers can sell only from these orig
| inal packages, their sales to be packed
in wooden or paper packages suitably
marked in accordance with the rules to
be prescribed by the treasury depart
nent The penalty for selling the im-
tation article otherwise than in the
prescribed packages IS fixed al a fine Of
from $40 To $500 Or imprisonment iron
thirty days to one year
All retail ana wholesale dealers are
obliged to display in conspicuous
place a sign With the words Filled
Cheese Sold Here In black not less
than six inches leng, with the name
and number of the revenue district.
The manufactures is also required to
paste label on packages similar to
that used on tobacco and cigars am
nounclng that he has complied with the
law and cautioning consumers not TO re-
move the contents without destroying
the stamp. "A neat little penalty Of $50
for each package is provided for VIC
iation OF this section. A tax of one
cent a pound is levied on all flied
cheese, the same to be paid by coupon
stamps, all the statutory provisions
with regard TO tobacco stamps being
made applicable In addition to the
customs duty, imported filled cheese Is
subjected TO an internal revenue tax Of
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ally prohlbitory
Persons knowingly purchasing or re-
ceiving for sale filled cheese which has
not been branded are made subject 70 a
penalty OF $50 for each offense and
twice that amount for handling the
product which has not paid the special
tax Stringent provisions are made in
the act by which the commissioner Of
internal revenue is authorized TO apply
scientific tests to filled cheese. and all
packages of cheese which are found
i without marks or stamps or adjudged
to contain ingredients deletcrious TO
public health are to be conflscated. The
provisions OF this act are TO go into eff
! feet on the ninetieth day after It re-
oeiyes the signature Of the president.
This new law will delight the farmers,
but 1t will add immensely TO the work
Of the internal revenue bureau and will
\ be a source Of trouble to the packing
/ houses and other factories which will
/ now be put under the direct supervi.
sion of the revenue agents.