The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-28
THE LAW IS VIOLATED
Oleomargarine Is Being Sold
Daily as Butter.
EVEN CHEESE is INITIATED
The Merchants of the City Have Com
planned to the County Attorney.
He Will See That the State
Law Is Enforced.

Complaints have been made upon
several occasions recently to the couns
~ attorney by grocers and provision
dealers that number of merchants
were constantly violating the law rela-
tive to the sale of oleomargarine, but
terine and imitation cheese. The COM
plants have become SO frequent of late
that the county attorney has been COM
PEELED to take some notice of the mat
ter, and if the evidence necessary can
be produced legal proceedings. under
the state law, will be instituted against
several parties.
1T is the intention of this Office"
said Deputy County Attorney Stivers,
Ito prosecute to the full extent of the
law any and all infractions of the law
in this regard
The following are the sections of the
Penal Code of Montana bearing upon
the subject:
Section 6S4--Every person who man.
ufactures for sale or offers or exposes
for sale, or has in his possession, with
intent to sell any article or substance
in resemblance of butter or cheese, not
the legitimate product of the dairy, and
not made exclusively of milk or cream,
or into which the oil or fat of animals
not produced from milk has been in
troduced to take the place of cream
must distinctively stamp, brand or
mark in some conspicuous place upon
every tirkin, tub or package OF such ar
ticle or substance, the word 'oleomar-
garine,' or the words Imitation
cheese" as the case may be: and in the
retail sale of such article or substance,
in parcels or otherwise, the seller must
deliver to the purchaser Herewith, a
printed label bearing the plainly print
ed word or words, "oleomargarine" or
Imitation cheese" plainly marked as
aforesaid
Sec 6S5-Every person dealing in the
article or substance described in the
next preceding section, and every hotel,
restaurant or boarding house keeper
using such article or substance in his
business, must continuously and con-
spicuously keep posted up in not less
than three exposed positions, in and
about his place of business, printed
notice in the following words: "Oleo-
margarine or Imitation cheese" used
Cor sold) here" which notice must be
plainly printed with letters not less
than two inches square each, and must
upon furnishing the article or sub
stance to his customers or guests, if in
quiry is made, distinctly inform each
of them that the article furnished is not
butter or cheese, the genuine product
of the dairy. but is oleomargarine or
imitation cheese.
See. 6S6-ENery person, and every
officer or agent. of any corporation who
violates any of the provisions of the
last two preceding sections, is punish
able by imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding one month. or by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars
Paragraph Is of Section 1864 of the
Political Code also provides that IL
cense of 10 cents per pound be paid
upon every pound of oleomargarine or
imitation cheese sold by every person,
company or corporation. and failure to
pay this license is made a INSIDE
meanor
1t is claimed that hundreds of pounds
of imitation cheese, butterine and oleo-
margarine are shipped into Butte daily,
and sold by dealers to hotels restau-
rants and boarding houses as the gem
uine article of popular diet.