The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-06-21
Agriculture.
Irai lAInu Ap,rr olrs1Ara.msr

Tore The present Cots ress " 10 ihe form
sn snsrdmsri OF The oct Of Ausust
lssS. uLish regulated aud impo,sd = Il.
upon the nsnut.elnre sad sale Of oieoms
ssriss thss msnai.etarsrs Of olscn .
saihs 81 the rate Of $500 per sbnuu snt
saelsssle dealers 81 tbs rate Of $3.50 .,
sunnn. while retail deslefs ere reqsits
Sis per snrnn. Wholesale dealer, 81
thoss selliss the pfoducs 10 qasnIi'ics 4
excess Of itn pounds ats iims, snd reisi
dealers are those Who cell smaller qashi
tiss
Tbs ssls OF the proiae, 10 strictly res
lated, Ills provided II mot be put up Il
packages Of one and two ponnds rsspse
ivsiy. and 10 90 other or larger packages
and thai upon every ptiHi, brick roll Of
lump OF oleom,rssnue, before btins 81
pn, up for sale or removal iiom the fs'
tory, there shall be impressed by the msr
uisc,ursr the word "oleomsrssfins' il
sunken letters, the sizs 81 which 10 10 /,
prescribed by resulsiions made by ttt
commissioner Of intsrnsl revenue sud ~
proved by the secretary Of the treasury,
II 10 further provided that every sucb roll
or lump shall be wrapped with paper With
paper with the word "elsomsrssripe'
printed thereon 10 distinct Letters, and
bearing also The name OF the man uisctursr.
and shall be put by the msnuisctnrer
thereof 10 such wooden or paper
packages or in such wrappers and marked
s,smpsd and branded 10 such manner ~
the com N issioner OF internal revenu-.
With tbs approval Of the secretary OF the
treasury. tbsll prescribe. Any number OF
such original stamped packages may. how
ever. be put up BY the manufacturer 10
crates OF boxes. on tbe outside OF which
shsll be marked the word "oleomsrssrins
With such other marks and brands Is
shsll be prescribed by the commissioner
OF internal revenue. Rstsil dealers In ole
msrgsrins ere allowed to sell only the
original package to which the tsx-psid
stamp 10 AFFIXED. For violations . noe OF
from 500 10 $500. with inprisonms for
from thirty days to elk months is imPos
Cd for nrst ofisnsss, and for subssquent II
lenses the fine 10 doubled and the limit Of
Imprisonment is fixed at from siIty days
to two years.
In report accompany ing the
bill the sub-com mit,ss directs attention
10 the fact that the chief complaint
sesiust the existing oloomsrssrins law
consists in the facility with which the re
tail dealer IN breaking the original pack
age and substituting new wrappers msy
vislste the Law. The so-oalled Grout bill,
for which this measure is proposed ~ =
50 bstitute. does not. the eommittss says,
I'M pose any safeguards sgsinst such viola
lions, but, on tbs other hand, increases the
tenn ptstion thereto BY increasing the
taxation. II 10 argued by the committee
also that every ingredient that enters into
The msnufseture OF olsomsrgsrise 10 Is
much product Of the farm as Is butter,
aud that suoh ingredients srs made more
gslusble on account Of their use 10 the
snnfscture Of oleomargarine, whereas
OF the cattle and hog rails
ng and cotton industries have declared
hat their business would be seriously 10
ured and tbs price Of their products low
red by the passage OF the Grout bill and
be destruction Of the oleomarsarine IN
lustry.
Still another point made by the sub
om mities 10 that, as shown BY statistics
be man uissture and sale Of olsomsrgarine
Ioss not interfere with the growth and
Of the butter industry and
oss not 6spreeiate its price. There are,
| is said. now msn ufsotsrsa in the Usited
|,stss nearly 1000. 900 600 pounds Of but
or annually, whereas, only SO. 200, 600
ouuds Of olsonarsarine we're msnnisc
ured 10 this country last year. though
ONE hat larger figures have been given
y the sscretsry Ct the treasury. More
utter il nov, the committee says, being
old At . higher price than ever before 10
be history OF the conntry. and the com
Missioner OF the Internal reven ne 10 q uoted
. saying that not more than ten per cent
I oleomsrs arms 10 sold % butter instead
I tie ninety per cent which some hsve
,serted to be 90 sold. One Of the princi
al reasons urged sssinst the Gsout bill,
" which that framed by the snb.csmmit
70 10 proposed 50 a substitute, IL that 1t
i'll impose heavy tax per pound upon
, srlicle OF food which has come into
rye use among the poorer people OF the
,untry, In brei the CON N lttee proceeds
D the theory that While regulation OF the
msy Be desirable, that reau
tion should be sush 40 would tend to
,nservs rather thsa TO destroy the nsnu
cture aud sails OF = Legitimate product
hicb furnishes . rutritious end ecenoml
u srticle OF food. l, IL. without donbt,
ell TO iegislste to prevent freud 10 the
/, OF oieomsrgsriis, bat the ssle OF tie
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