Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
BARS OUT OLEOMARCARlNE
Dairy Commissioner Insists on Law PrOhib-
iting Sale Of Unoolored Product
DRUGLEsS HEALERs COMBINE IN IOWA
Central College Contract IL Let for
Rough BuiIdinE, which Trustees
Hope to Ornament when
state f. Richer.
(From a statr Correspondent }

(From a Staff Correspondent)
| DES MONIES, May 17.-(SpeciaL)--A de-
! termined effort is to be made by the state
| oficials to put an end to the sale of un-
! colored oleomargarine in Iowa. Some time
! ago the state dairy commissioner caused a
test suit to be brought by the indictment of
agents selling so-called uncolored .oleo-
margarine. On the first trial the jury dis
/ agreed, but a CONJUNCTION was secured on
the second trial. The oleomarEarine sold
was not pure white, but rather Of an ivory
color. like poor butter, but It was that
| which passes under the United States class
! ifcation as uncolored, and is in fact not
| artificially colored.
The process OF making imparts TO II the
color which makes II resemble butter, but
| the state law provides that II must not be
| of yellow color. and the court held this
| meant OF a color like butter. Under this
ruling the agents were convicted. 1mmedi-
ately thereafter many agents who were
! selling in this city took in their signs and
| the business is said to be falling on some
what At the same time, however. the
| revenue ONCE reports that an increasing
| number of licenses are being taken out for
| the sale of oleomsrgarine, and these are
now going to the smaller cities of the state.
! The state dairy commissioner is provided
with a list OF these licenses, so that he
can watch all who are selling the product.
He is now sending out circular letter, in
which he refers to the result of the test
suit in Des Moines and the conviction Of
the agents selling so-called uncolored oleo-
margarine.
"It is the duty of the dairy commits
sioner," he states, ''to enforce the law
| against the sale of oleomargarine in this
state have refrained from making suits
! against the numerous dealers until this
| test case could be decided. This case hav-
| ing resulted in conviction, 1 am sending
! you this statement in the belief that dealers
will, without further effort on the part OF
| this Office desist from selling oleomargarfne
having any shade of yellow color, whether
Il be called 'colored' or 'uncolored.'" Mr..
Wright believes this will result in prac-
tically ending the sale of oleomargarine In
| this state.
Pensions at Iowa Soldiers Homo.
The quarterly payment of pensions to
veterans of the Iowa Soldiers home for
the FIRST quarter, ending in April, has been
| concluded and the money is all in the hands
| of the members, or to their credit, or with
dependent relatives. The total sum paid
to pensioners was 17.15e.6S. which Is about
$500 less than the January payment. when
more members were in the institution.
Cash or credits were extended in the sum
of $12,51595 and the balance, A.64S6S, was
sent to dependent relatives. The muster
of the institution shows a total member
ship present of $780, of which 6S5 are men
and seventy-nve women. On furlough there
| are 12S men and fourteen women, making
a total membership, both. present and alb
! sent, of 772. Aside from the membership
there are eighty civilian employees in the
institution, fifty-five women and twenty
ive men.
State Board of Health to Meet.
The annual meeting Of tho Iowa State
Board of Health will be held here this
| week, when the officers will be elected
DR.. Adams is the present president and
may be reelected, though DR.. McKilveen
is in line for the head of the board. A
number of cases relating to violation OF the
law by doctors viii come up, but otherwise
the meeting will be tame. An association
OF those who are not able to get certih-
Gates, but who are practicing medicine OF
healing in some form, has been formed
and It is expected this association of the
"drugless healers" will make a fiSht on
the State Board of Health during the next
year.
Begin Central College Building.
The contract having been let for the new
central college building at Ames, work will
be commenced at once and a large ex-
penditure be made this year. The contract
went to H. w. Schlueter of Chicago, who
is building the. Polk county court house In
this city. When plans were first adopted
the lowest bid was $4,000. The plans were
then modified and other bids were secured
and finally the contract was let for a build
ing with little ornamentation. The idea OF
the trustees is to complete the building ir
the rough and some time in the future
finish II on when the state is willing tc
allow larger sum. II will be the largest
and finest college building in the state wher
completed.
Pay Compliments to Iowa Men.
The newspapers in Montevideo, wher,
Colonel A w. Swain of Iowa was sta
TONED for several years as United State,
consul, expressed the greatest regret owe,
his promotion to be consul at southamp
ton. They say the Iowa man was one o
the most popular men ever at that post ant
that the English-speaking residents of IN,
South American city were especially fon,
= OF him. He is now on his way to South
ampton.
WEALTHY WIFE nSES nAcE