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

ings Administration to Less Thou
Half "A Million 1T Present. and New
II Is Sold as "OIco."
Special Correspondence
Harrisburg, Oct. l6.-Since the sue
ceSSful raids against the violators of
the pure food laws in Philadelphia and
Pittsburg Governor Stone and the Of
ficials of the department of agriculture
have received many complimentary
letters from farmers and dairymen
who appreciate the fact that the Illicit
traffic in oleomargarine has practically
been broken up.
Governor Stone is determined to
drive from the state or into states
prison all who violate the law which
was framed to protect the makers of
butter and the consumers as we'll
against the dishonest dealers who sell
oleomargarine colored in imitation Of
butter as the genuine product of the
dairy.
Never in the history of any state in
the Union has there been rs determin-
ed and as successful a campaign waged
against the frauds in the butter or
oleomargaTine business as that con-
Quoted under Governor Stones admin
istTation.
Before Governor Stone was inaugu-
rated the official records showed that
in one year there were sold in Penn
sylvania the enormous quantity of H.
4SS,341 pounds of oleomargarine.
1t is fact that cannot be successful
ly refuted that during the last year
the sales Of oleomargarine in this state
fell below 100000 pounds and the great
bulk Of this was sold legitimately as
oleo without deception.
1t Is true that there have been some
dishonest dealers who have sold oleo
colored in imitation of butter. but since
the aggressive measures taken by Sec
retary of Agriculture Hamilton and
Dairy and Food Commissioner Farm
er" Cope the violatOrs of the law have
reached the conclusion that Pennsyl-
vania is not healthy place for them,
and they have fed to parts unknown.
Many who violated the law have
gone to Jail, others have been fined,
and many hundreds Of cases are being
pushed IN all sections of the state, as
the result of the energetic and salts
factory work of the detectives and
special agents under the direction Of
the state officials.
PURELY POLITICAL ATTACKS.
The department has come in for its
share Of partisan criticisms and at
tacks, which have been visited upon
all branches OF the state government
since the breaking out of the political
faCtiOnal warfare in the Republican
party, with certain disgruntled pOliti-
clans joining hands with the Demo-
Gratis to vilify and endeavor to destroy
the usefulness Of every man identified
with the administration of Governor
Stone, who stands for the stalwart Re-
publican sentiment of the state and
who has given one of the most satis-
factory and manly administrations on
record in the governors Office.
The people, recognizing the honesty
and efficiency Of the heads of the de-
partment of agriculture, and knowing
the great work that they have per-
formed since the Inauguration of Gov
ernor Stone, appreciate the partisan
nature and character of the attacks of
newspapers controlled by advertising
patronage Of interests inimical to the
present Republican organization. They
know that the facts to be ascertained
from the official records of the GRIM
inal and civil courts, will show that
the violators of the pure butter law
have been arrested and made to suffer
the consequences of their crime, and
that all the sensational partisan and
debauched newspapers in the common
wealth cannot refute the facts which
they have from time to time given in
their own news columns, the raids by
the agents OF the department Of agri-
culture and the trials in the civil and
criminal courts.
HISTORY OF THE LEGISLATION.
The history of oleo legislation in
Pennsylvania shows that it was only
until recently that those who colored
oleo in imitation of butter could be
successfully prosecuted.
BY the act of May 5, 1899, the sale
of oleomargarine or butterine is per-
mitted in Pennsylvania provided it be
free from colOratiOn or ingredients
that cause it to look like butter" and
that those who manufacture or sell
shall first obtain a license and pay
q license fee" and shall stamp each
package with the words 'oleomargar-
ine' or 'butterine,'" and shall exhibit
a "sign or signs, clearly setting forth
that he, she or them are engaged in the
manufacture or sale of oleOmargarine
or butterine, or any similar substance
as the case may be- which said sign OF
signs shall be hung up in a
conspicuous place or places on the
walls of the room or store in which the
oleomargarine or butterine or Other
similar substance is manufactured OF
sold"
Under this law the enforcement is
placed exclusively in the hands of the
dairy and food commissioner.
Much of the matter that has appear
ed in the Democratic and insurgent
newspapers relates to conditions exist
ing before the inauguration Of Cover
nor Stone, which took place in January
1888. Immense sales Of oleo were
During The civil war as well as our late
war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the
most troublesome diseases The army had
20 contend with. In many instances il
became chronic and the old soldiers still