The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-04
lands IS AFTER
OLEO'' INDUSTRY
Federal Investigation Ordered
by Court After Hearing Con-
feSSiOnS of Dealers.
THREE PLEAD GUILTY
To VIOLATION OF LAW
Buy White Product, Color it
and Sell Without Pay
ing the Tax.

CHICAGO March 3.-Federal iuves.
tigatiou Of Inc olcomargarue industry
here was ordered hy Judge Lands in
the United States district court this af.
tcrnoon. after the court had listened to
the testimony of thrco men who had
pleaded guilty TO charges of violating
the international revenue law relating
10 the coloring of olcomargarinc
The name of William j. Monkey, CON
gressmau from the Sixth Illinois district
figured in the hearing.
Testimony today was given by Samuel
Dricsbach. Daniel BortZ aud William
Broadwell, dealers in olcomargsriue.
Rroadwell was sentenced 10 six wears in
the federal prison mt Fort Leavenworth
and fined $4,000 by Judge Lands on
Monday, but after hearing the story Of
the three men the court directed United
States Marshal Hoy not to execute the
sentence Until further notice. The sen.
tcncc of Dricsbach and Bortz was de
icrrcd.
Broadwcll appeared rs a witness on
his own account and acknowledged that
he did so without any hope of lcniencv.
lie told Of purchasing the white oleo-
margarine froU manufacturers, who. be
SAID, furnished him with the cooriug,
and of selling the illegally colorcd prod.
net 10 restaurants hospitals and hotels
More than half the total output of tho
olcomargarlnc factories in Chicago is
sold TO moonshiners, according 10 the
testimony of Broadwell.
How Game Was Worked.
Samuel Driesbach told the court in
detail the course pursued by him aud
others in mixing and selling oleomar.
garine.
lie declared that in, 1906 ,he mixed
olcomargarinc in different places on the
west side of the city, principally in
barns. He said that he went under. the
name of the jersey Creamery company
aud mixed about fen tubs a dav.
lIc-told of-bcing IN \ barn mixing the
product when the pIacc was raidcd and
he escaped by 4 secret stairway. Dries
bach said that The oIcomargarinc
moonsbincrs had an orgaD latinu TO
maintain high prices and that one of the
members had been " SIUggcd' because
he cut prices, The witness complained
that he had paid the sluCgcrs and had
not been able 10 get reimbursement
from tho moonshincrs - associations
The witness declared that in the last
wear he had assisted in disposng Of
about 1000 pounds Of unlawfuliy .colored
oleomargarlnc.
''Dodging' Collectors.
William Rroadwcll, after telling how
he happened To get into the business
Of coorlng oIcomaCgarinc, described
methods used 10 dodge revenue col
lcctors.
AT ono time he said he had fifteen
iuhs OF olcomargarine stored at the
"' Moxley plant and when the revenue
collector made a raid on his place he
had the stuff shifted from place 10 place
The witness said he was president of
the Association of Oleomargariuc Moon
shiuers, which was organized in 1901
They kept books concerning their deal
inps. but finally the members decided
TO have the books burned.
Broadwcll testified that an employee
of the Moxlcy plant showed. him how
TO use thc coioring aud that John Da
die. son.in-law OF MoNlcy. always took
care Of bond for him when he was
arrested.
Ii is expected sthc grand jury investi.
CATION VIII begin on Monday,