Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-19
BUTTER IAN
The Grout Bill Will Be Taken
Up at Short Session Of
Congress-
An Effort Will Be Made to Pro.
test the Genuine Dairy
Product.
If Grout Bill Becomes Law No
Bogus Butter Can Be
Sold.

Washington, Nov. 19.-The Grout bill,
providing for a tax on oleomargarine,
which was passed by the house at the
last session. will come before the senate
at the coming snort session, and Will be
one of the first bills to be taken up.
A bulletin recently issued by the de-
partment of agriculture states that al
tho oleomargarine is not a dairy prod
uct it - an article which interests many
people connected with dairying because
Of its use as a substitute for butter,
and more especially because of its
fraudulent sale az genuine butter.
Reliable statistics Of the production
and distribution OF ole~omargarine pre-
vious to 1896 arc not available; but in
the latter part of the year named con-
gresss enacted a law imposing taxes on
the product and placing its manufacture
n sale under the supervision of the
bureau of internal revenue of the treas
ury department. ard the reports of that
office contain authentic Information as
to the production and distribution of the
article in he United States. The export
of oleonargarine is reported by the bu-
!reau of statistics Of the same depart-
ment.
The law defines oieomargarine as All
Substances heretofore known as cleo
margarine, oiee. olsomargarina oil, but
te1it.c, l~ardine. suine and neutral. al!
mixtures and compounds Of tallow, bsef,
siet, lard, lard oil, vegetable oil, annotto
and other coloriag matter. Intestinal fat
and effal fat made in imitation or SEM
blanee Of butter. or when 80 made. cal
scllated or intended To be sold ss butter
CT for butter"
Any article coming within this defini-
tion must be packed and labeled as pre-
ssribSd in the law and regulations OF
tbs treasury department. which are uu-
tfltsfized by the law. Taxes are imposed
az follows:
Al olsanlargarine for domestic use is
taxed 2 cents per pound.
Manufacturers special tax. 5000 per
annum.
Wholesale dealers special tax, $3.50
per annun,.
Retail dealers special tax, SIS per an
mum.
a summary statement of the opera
tiqra liz eleGmargafine for each fiscal
year s.Ree the law Went. into effect
shows that. altho there has been consia-
arable l~luctuatien in the business. i; is
increasing rapidly. The smallest annual
p%roduction Was a2g32i. 032 pounds for tho
year ending Juna 30. lSg8-an average
monthly production of 2.692:Ss9 pounds
isIhe next smallest was 81 ,a25.52l pounds
for the fiscal year lsss-the FIRST year in
which reports We're made. The largea,
annual production Was reported for The
last fiscal year ended June 80. 1889. and
amounted to So, les. Geo1 pounds. or an ay-
erage of 6.92s.325 pounds per month.
This Was a large Increase over the next
largest year 1894, With 50, So, 246 pounds
and it vas almost 50 per cent more than
the amount reported TWO years previous
in 1897, namely. AS 5sl, 2a3 pounds.
The total revenue received from oleo-
margarine sources. OF course. varies in
the same Way. the smallest amount fo1
a fun year being $3.50. oo91.72 for 1890. ana
the largest s1.956, 6lS,56 for the wear end.
ed June go. 1899.
h months of largest production are
quite uniformly those when the prices
Of butter are high. and the OUTPUT ii
1E. - .-I .t.EIt
wstba,,t - piices are low
ID. 80, ! iiloit'ii 81 small
Tba haa,sem - VI July.
t,lre ~ olaor,a 49,, s iiaiulac
nal. ra,.sr,a 49,; ~ ihter,
nrna,,.a5 - .has,a. y minors Whlct
\ 20 oOo oo0 no,,nds : !. ae1c ssal Amos
ltofa1. the. ,.cen. 80 "
specia, "a xea 90 .a !
Kansas ia tba nav, ~ s'.o'po'-eV
ing produce liz nav oa.. - ~ .aN
product Of the same year "a naia !,
the NJ forms If taxas ;,,., : paiu' !
:S2e5,s27.64. The Eleventh orr 800;
ranked third. with 10 nor nant % ~
total production.
The relative Importance Of tha va
riels districts does NOT remain -
same; but the one which incl,Idas ~
packing houses : Chicago L .l,,.s,,
a heavy producer. and. tho less mnar,
ani, the Connecticut and Kansas An
tricts also turn out large o,antir,as \
oieomargarine. The artieIa n.na,,,
produced in about Ten differant At
tricts. In the last wear savantaan "a,
~ufactories were located in seven sta,a
Illinois. Indiana. Kansas Missanr
New Jersey, Ohio and Rhode Is,,nd
and the District Of Col,lmhia
In compliance with a raso,,,,;on
congress, the moun Of a,enma rya :; :
shipped to each state in tha last 49,
,.aar ba,.a 49,.