The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-10-17

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vigor and magnificent results. Tn
sales of 11,4SS,S41 pounds Of oleo II
Pennsylvania referred to above wer
made during the last year of Governo
Hastings administration, and yet SOM
OF the most persistent critics OF Gov
ernor Stone today are men associated
politically with Governor Hastings.
| ANOTHER LIE NAILED.
Some yellow journals charge that thu
present law was prepared by the de-
partment Of agriculture and was pur'
posely left defective in order to pro-
lect oleomargarine dealers against pun
ishment. This is wholly and abso-
lutely false.
The license law of May 5, 1899, was
prepared by the Dairymen's union and
the State Grange of Pennsylvania at
their meeting held in Williamsport In
December, lS9S 1t was brought to
Harrisburg by the secretary of the
Dairymen's union at the opening OF
the legislative session in January, 1899,
and was submitted to the legislature
| by the Dairymen's union and the legis-
lative committee of the State Grange,
and its passage was urged by these
bodies until it became a law. The de-
| partment of agriculture had nothing
| to do with its preparation or subse-
quent passage by the legislature. What
evervirtues or defects may attach to the
new law are due to the organizations
that prepared it and urged its passage.
The charge, therefore, made by the yell
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by the department of agriculture and
passed by its influence for the pur-
pose Of protecting dealers is without
foundation and utterly false.
Immediately after the passage of the
present law agents of the department
were then instructed to collect samples
and to submit them to the chemists for
analysis.
TEST OF THE COLOR CLAUSE.
On the first of August, 1899, a sam
pie of colored oleomargarine was taken
from j. X. Van Dyke, of Philadelphia,
who represented the Oakdale Manu-
featuring company. of Providence, r.
l. The defendant was fined s1O0 and
costs. An appeal was taken from this
decision to the court of common pleas,
but was not substantiated by Judge
Arnold. An appeal was then taken by
the defendant to the superior court of
Pennsylvania and the decision of the
lower court was affirmed by the su-
perior court in an opinion filed April
80, 1900.
This was a case to test the con-
stitutionality of the color clause in its
relation to the interstate commerce
law.
The day after the decision was rem
dered letter was issued by the secre-
tary of agriculture, directed to . the
dairy and food commissioner, and a
copy of the same sent to every agent
of the department, in which the de-
cision of the court was noted after ex-
planning the provisions of the act and
calling for the immediate gathering of
additional evidence.
THE GREAT CRUSADE.
From that day there has been no let
UP by the department on the oleomar-
garine traffic in this state. Thousands
of samples have been taken and an
alyzed, and every dealer whose goods
were shown to be adulterated was
prosecuted criminally. there being al
most 700 prosecutions, every one on
criminal charge. The allegation,
therefore, that the department has
been inactive is utterly false, as shown
by the facts.
The facts set forth in the report of
the dairy and food commissioner of
1889 show that the activity of the Of
ficers and agents Of the department
was not due to the sensational publi-
cations Of yellow journals or their ad-
herents. In the year 1899, under the
disadvantages of the change from the
old prohibitory law to the new license
law, 1,169 samples were taken by
agents of the department; 341 of these
were found to be pure, eS5 adulterated
and 143 were tested by the agents and
found to be pure, and so were not sent
to the chemists.
Two hundred and fifty-six prosecu-
tions were brought against parties for
Illegally selling oleomargarine, 81 for
selling impure food, 43 for adulterated
vinegar, for not complying with the
cheese law, 70 for illegally selling
renovated butter and 10 for selling i'm
pure milk.
One hundred oleomargarine cases
were brought to successful termina-
ton, penalties were imposed in many
cases, and some We're discharged upon
payment Of costs, and others were dis
missed, and in some cases the bills
l., 70
were dismissed for the above reasons,
and Sc cases were pending Jan. 1, 1900.
WORK SINCE JAN. /.
From Jan. /, 1900, to Oct. 10, 1900, the
department has brought over 935 suits
and prosecutions, and taken over 5000
samples. The charge, therefore, that
the department is doing nothing to
suppress the sale Of oleomargarine in
this state is thus shown to be utterly
and maliciously false.
The fact of the great number Of sam
pies shown to have been taken and
suits brought is evidence conclusive Of
the competence of the agents of the
department, and yet in the face of
these facts yellow journals continue to
assail the work Of the dairy and food
division and belittle that which has
been accomplished, and continue to
cast reflections upon the competency
of the agents
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