The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-24

Representative Tawney Of Minnesota,
VINO, with Mr.. Grout of Vermont stands
as osse Of the foremost champions of butter
as against butterine, is preparing to Wig
orously push the Grout bill. which is the
| special order for December 5. He does
not doubt that the bill will pass
4 bulletin recently issued by the De-
partment OF Agriculture states that, al
though oIecnargarine is not a dairy pro
duct, ii is an article which interests many
people connected with dairying because
OF its use as a substitute for butter, and
more especially because Of It's fraUdu-
lent sale as genuine butter.
Reliable statistics of the production and
distribution Of oleomargarine previous TO
1896 are not available, but to the latter
[ part Of the year named Congress enacted
a law imposing taxes on the product and
| placing It's manufacture and sale under
the supervision Of the Bureau Of Inter
nal Revenue Of the Treasury Department
and the reports Of that Office contain au-
thentic information as to the production
and distribution of the article in the
United States The export of oleomarga-
rine IS reported by the Bureau of Stats
! tics of tbs same department
The law defines oIecnlargarine as all
substitutes heretofore known as oleo-
margarine oleo, oleOmargarine oil. but
terine. lardine. suine, and neutral; all
mixtures and compounds of taIIow beef,
suet, lard, lard oil, vegetable OIL annottO,
AMI other coloring matter. intestinal fat
and onaI fat made in imitation or sem
Dlanee Of butter, or when so made, cal
culated OF intended to be sold as butter or
for butter"
ANY article coming within this deinI-
ton must be packed and labeled as pre-
scrlbed IN the law and regulations of the
treasury Department. which are author
lied by law.
Taxes are imposed as follows. All
oieoTnargarine for domestic use IS taxed
cents per pound. manufacturers spe-
cial tax. $500 per annum. wholesale deal
ers' special tax, $3.50 per anum, retail
dealers special tax. S48 per annun.
The pending bill provides that oIeo-
margarine. colored to resemble butter,
shall be taxed 10 cents pound
i summary statement OF the operations
in o!eomargaTiRe for each fiscal year SINCE
the law went into effect shows that al
though there has been considerable fItIC-
tuatiOn in the business. it is increasing
rapidly The smallest annual production
was Sz.324.032 pounds for the year ending
June 30, lS90-an average monthly rrc-
duction OF 1852 $50 pounds. The next
cal year 1SSS-the first year In which re-
ports we're made The largest annual |
production was reported for the fiscal
year ended June 20. 1899. and amounted
10 S3-13S.SU1 pounds or an average Of g. !
$ZS,3Z5 pounds per month This was a /
large increase over the next largest year.
1891 with s., SO, 246 pounds. and il was al |
most 50 per cent more than the amount /
reported two years previous, IN 1874 /
namely, 4, 53f ,293 pounds.
The total revenue received from cleo
margarine sources, of course. varies N I
the SAME way the smallest amount for I
a full year being S7S6. 2Sl7 - for 1882, and /
the largest 1856, 6IS.56 for the year ended /
June Sc 1888
The months Of largest production are /
quite uniformly these when the prices of I
butter are high, and the output IS least /
when the butter prices are low Without /
exception, the month OF smallest prCduc- |
ton has been June CT July
The headquarters for the manufacture 4
of oIeoma rgarine is the first internal rev
enue district Of Illinois. which pro- |
duced IN the last fiscal year s.. coo 800 /
pounds, or ass per cent of the total: the !
2-eent and manufacturers special taxes /
amounted TO S1I6, $3.50 Kansas IS the /
next in Importance. having produced Is !
per cent Of the total product Of the same
year, and paid. in the two forms OF taxes
just mentioned, S265, Se3.64- The Eleventh /
Ohio district ranked third with 10 per
cent Of the total production
The relative importance Of the various /
districts does not remain the same; but i
the enc which includes the packing houses /
near Chicago is always q heavy producer /
and. though, less important. the Connect I
cut and Kansas districts also turn out large /
quantities Of oleOmaTgarine- The article /
is usually produced il about ten different J
districts In the last year q total Of sew /
enteeu manufactures were located in sew
en- States-Iliiaofs. Indiana Kansas Mis- |
souri,. New Jersey. Ohio. and Rhode ISL !
and-and the District of Columbia.
IN compliance with a resolution Of Con- |
STess. the amounts Of oieomargarine ship /
Ped 10 each State IN the last fiscal year have /
heen reported and it is shown that over /
1856. 500 pounds, or 23.3 per cent Of the /
total production went to Illinois. the larg- /
est producing State Ohio took almost g.
000.06o pounds. A few other States. in or
der OF amounts received are as follows: |
Indiana. Rhode Island and Missouri. be
tween 1900. coo and 1000. COO each: and be- /
tween 1,OG0.e00 ard 2,e00 600 pounds went /
to each Of the States of Maryland. Kansas.
Texas Minnesota West Virginia Virginia
Colorado. Louisiana. and Nebraska
The months Of largest and smallest ex-
ports are not uniform in the different years
The amounts shipped out deDend UPON
many conditions. such as the stock on hand.
celdItlon OF nome market, facilities for
etc In the wear ended June 40 /
1SS9, the heaviest exports were In the first
three months. July. August. and Septem-
Der. which averaged almost .000 pounds
each; in December and January, the light
est months the exports were about 50 /
per cent less. In the previous year the
largest monthly exports were in August I
and May and the smallest in October and
January. II the last eighteen years the
largest amount OF oleomaTgarine exported
in single year was 10, 100. S97 pounds in
the fiscal year Of 1895
The next largest was 6.063. $50 in 1896 and
the next 5,549, 500 for the last fiscal year.
which was az increase of about / Loco. GOO |
over the preceding year In the last ten
years the smallest amounts were exported /
in 1891 and 1892, being between 1.5O0. 900 |
and >, Geo, 600 in each case
DR. DoWIEs LACE WORKERS