Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-26
REG ULATIONS IGNORED
0leomargarine Being Displayed for Sale
Without Proper Marks.
Philadelphia Cases Against Joseph
wilkins and Howard Butler
UnavOidably Postponed.

The case Of Joseph Wilkins of the firm
Of Wilkins & Company, oleomargarine
dealers in this city. doing business at 208
9TH street and at 49, and 4s3 Center mar
ket. ana Howard Butler, an employee of the
firm, who were indicted by the grand jury
In Philadelphia on the charge Of stripping
off the legal marks required to be placed
on packages and tubs of oleomargarine In
December, 1886, were set for trial in Phil
adelpma last Monday. Owing to the illness
of typhoid fever of Special Agent Bowen of
the Treasury Department, who, it is said,
will testify that he, in company with Spe-
cial Agent Van Horn. caught the defend
ants in the act of breaking the oleomar-
garine laws, above stated, the cases
were postponed until the August term.
Readers Of The Star will remember that
desperate attempts were made by Joseph
Wilkins and those associated with him to
get the internal revenue authorities to ac-
cept large sum of money and withdraw
the prosecution against Butler and himself.
The Evening Star called attention to the
fact that wilkins & Company had hereto
fore paid large amounts of money into the
Treasury Department to secure immunity
from prosecution on charges of violating
the oleomargarine laws on different occa-
sions previously, and its determined cru
SADIE in behalf of justice was successful in
preventing any sort of compromise
A Chance for More Good Work.
Excellent opportunity Is presented for
the internal revenue authorities to add to
the good work they have already done in
Washington by enforcing the regulations
issued under date Of October o, 1895, by
Joseph S. Miller, who was then commits
sioner of internal revenue, and approx I'd
by Secretary Carlisle. The regulations read
as follows:
at having come to the notice Of this Of
fice that certain manufacturers of oleo-
margarine and dealers in that product en-
croach upon the law in the use Of private
trademarks. brands. labels. picture illus
trations, or other advertising or descrip-
tive devices placed upon prints. rolls or
other forms and designs of Jumps of oleo-
margarine sold or removed for consump-
ton or USE in the United States, the COM
missioner of internal revenue, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Treasury,
hereby establishes the following regula-
tions. under authority contained in sections
and 20 of the act OF August 2, 1886. to
take effect and be in force on and after
January /. 1896:
mo manufacturer of or dealer in oleo-
margarine will be permitted to use any pri-
vate trademark, label, brand, picture Illus
tration or other advertising or descriptive
device upon any print. roll or other mold
or design of oleomargarine offered for sale.
consumption or use, which in any wise
conceals the fact that the product Is oleo-
margarine. This rule applies as well to the
wooden or paper package or wrapper OF any
print, roll or other mold or design Of oleo-
margarine.
"Under this regulation it will be seen
that the use of any trademark, label,
or descriptive device representing a COW or
dairy farm, or in any other form indicat-
Ing the ofeomargarine to he product Of
the dairy, or calculated to induce the be-
lief that it Is such dairy product, il mad
MISSILE.
"The use Of the word 'butterine' is also
inadmissible, since section 2 Of the act of
August 2. 1885. prescribes that 'butterine'
shall be known and designated as 'oleo-
margarine
collectors will furnish manufacturers of
and dealers in oleomargarine in their re-
spective districts with copies Of these reg
and see that strict compliance IL had with
their provisions."
General Disregard shown.
A glance at the stands where oleomar-
garine ID sold in the markets Of Washing
ton and among merchants who are licensed
to deal In oleomargarine will show to any
agent Of the internal revenue bureau that
not one In forty Of the dealers comply
with these regulations. Such an examina-
ton will show that every effort IL made
to conceal the real character Of the con-
tents Of the papers and PACKAGES contain
are marked a. required by the regulations.
It has been claimed, 20 Il II said By the
local internal revenue authorities that the
regulations Of October q. a. above print
sloner Wilson OF the internal revenue states
that no notifications Of these regulations
haye been made. and that they are In full
force. Why they are not enforced - re-
interested IN. the matter Of honest trading
and honest methods