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56TH CONGRESS, SENATE. REPORT
2d &eloni. No. 2043.
OLEOMARGARIINE AND OTHER LMITATION DAIRY
PRODUCTS, ETC.
JANUARY 26, 1901.-Ordered to be printed.
Mr. PuoCon, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
submitted the following
REPORT, WITH THE VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.
[To accompany H. R. 3717.]
The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred
House bill 3717, known as the Grout bill, and entitled An act to make
oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws
of the State or Territory into which they are transported, and to
change the tax on oleomargarine, begs leave to submit the following
report and recommend the passage of the bill:
This bill proposes to increase the tax on oleomargarine colored in
semblance of butter and reduce that not colored in imitation of butter
to the mere nominal sum of a quarter of a cent a pound, the purpose
being to encourage the sale of the genuine article, and to discourage
the sale of the imitation article and to protect the honest producer,
dealer, and consumer of both butter and oleomargarine.
So far as the identification of the commodity to the wholesaler is con-
cerned, the law of 1886 has been successful. So far as the identifica-
tion of the commodity to the consumer is concerned, the law of 1886
is of little value, the evidence being that a very large proportion of the
oleomargarine manufactured goes to the consumer finally as butter,
either as a purchaser of the retailer or as a guest at a hotel, restaurant,
or boarding house.
Your committee, realizing the importance of the questions involved
in the bill, has inquired very carefully and exhaustively into the exist-
ing conditions, as shown by the report of the testimony before the
committee, which occupies 580 pages, the taking of which was begun
December 19 last and occupied the attention of your committee much
of the time from that date to and includine January 16. Your commit-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usccsset/usconset32341&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)