{"1": {"fulltext": "B3", "height": "3883", "width": "2457", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2403", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "SF 268\\nj .B3\\nCopy 1\\nL\\nW\\nfST?-Z?\\nGROUT BILL.\\nOLEOMAEG-AEINE^\\nSPEECH\\nHOK S. S. BARNEY,\\nOF WISCONSIN,\\nHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,\\nTHURSDAY, MAY 17, 1900.\\nWASHING-TON\\n1900.\\nW^. p.", "height": "3685", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "p.\\nong\\\\ Record Qttj", "height": "3629", "width": "2182", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "SPEECH\\nOF\\nHON. S. S. BARNEY\\nThe House being in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the\\nUnion, and having under consideration the bill (S. 3419) making further pro-\\nvision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes-\\nMr. BARNEY said:\\nMr. Chairman: I shall not at this time enter into an extended\\ngeneral discussion of the pending bill (Alaska code), as we are\\nall agreed that there is a pressing necessity for proper legislation\\nof this character at this session of Congress. Later on, however,\\nwhen this measure is taken up under the five-minute rule, I shall\\nhave some suggestions to make as to its details.\\nAt this time I desire to take advantage of the rules and practice\\nof the House and make some remarks more particularly applicable\\nto other important measures asking the attention of Congress-\\none measure at least, which though perhaps not political in its\\ncharacter, is of vital interest to a large portion and perhaps all the\\npeople of this country.\\nThe most important industry in America is the farming indus-\\ntry. And while we all know this to be a fact, I sometimes think\\nwe pay less attention, in the way of legislation, to its needs than\\nanv other. The reason for this perhaps is that the farming in-\\ndustry is so diversified and scattered in its influence that its\\nwrongs and necessities are not often heard from in legislative\\nIt is the one great industry in this country which is not yet or-\\nganized into great corporations, which always seem to be able to\\ntake care of themselves, and, from its very nature, probably\\nalways will remain divided and free froin concentration.\\nIt has stock, and, generally, well-watered stock; but not of\\nthe kind which is quoted upon Wall street. And I trust the day\\nis far distant when that will be the case.\\nIt is very seldom that the farmers of the country knock at the\\ndoors of Congress for relief, and for that reason if for no other\\nwhen they do come their requests should be heeded. The fact\\nthat they are here asking for help is good evidence that they are\\nentitled to our careful consideration. The measure to which I\\nnow refer is H. R. 3717, being a bill to make oleomargarine and\\nother imitative dairy products subject to the laws of the State or\\nTerritory into which they are transported, and to change the tax\\non oleomargarine, introduced by the gentleman from Vermont\\n[Mr. Grout] and commonly known as the Grout bill. While\\nthat measure in some of its details may not be entirely above criti-\\ncism, I regard its object and general scope as most meritorious.\\nIt seeks to prevent fraud both upon the honest producers and the\\nhonest consumers of this country, and that in relation to a food\\nproduct which enters into the domestic economy of every house-\\nhold in the land.\\nFor that reason it mav truthfully be said to be a measure not\\nalone for the relief of the farmer, but also in the interest of all\\nthe people of this country who are not directly connected with\\n4195 s", "height": "3685", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "this fraud. This bill seeks to insure to the consumer a knowl-\\nedge of what he is buying and eating, to the end that he may not\\nbe imposed upon either in quality or price, and to insure the pro-\\nducer against being compelled to compete against a swindle and\\na fraud.\\nThose who have not given the subject careful attention hardly\\nrealize the magnitude and importance of the dairy interests of\\nthis country. The annual value of the dairy products of the\\nUnited States is more than \u00c2\u00a7800,000,000, and my own State of\\nWisconsin produces to the value of more than $35,000,000 every\\nyear. Millions of men, women, and children in this country are\\nchiefly dependent upon this industry for their support, and these\\nmillions form a class of people who have a right to be heard when\\nthey ask for help.\\nThey ask for no subsidy or bounty; they ask for no class legisla-\\ntion; they ask for nothing but protection against a fraud and a\\ncounterfeit. They ask for no legislation to assist them in placing\\ntheir product upon the market, but they do ask and they have a\\nright to ask for a law which shall prevent swindlers and coun-\\nterfeiters from invading that market. This law is simply a prop-\\nosition to prevent deception of the consumer who wishes to buy\\nbutter, and is so palpably just as to hardly need argument. But-\\nter is a product of the cow, and from time immemorial she has had\\na monopoly of this article, and no man or corporation has any bet-\\nter right to counterfeit butter than he has to counterfeit the cur-\\nrent money of the land.\\nButterine, oleomargarine, or whatever name it may be called\\nby, has no more or better right to be called butter and sold in the\\nmarket for butter than a bogus dollar has to pass for a genuine one.\\nThe only difference is in the extent of the injury done in the one\\ncase or in the other.\\nIt should be remembered that the measure referred to does not\\nseek to take away or limit the right of anyone to either manu-\\nfacture, buy, or use butterine, oleomargarine, or any other sub-\\nstitute for butter; it only seeks to compel the manufacturers of\\nthese substitutes to place them upon the market and sell them\\nfor what they really are.\\nIf a manufacturer still wishes to deceive the public and color\\nhis product in imitation of butter, he can do so upon the payment\\nof the required tax. If it were possible under the Constitution to\\ndo so, I would not have any manufacturer permitted, for any\\nprice, to deceive the public in a food product: but this exercise of\\nthe taxing power seems to be the only feasible way we have of\\nreaching and preventing this deception and swindling of the\\npublic.\\nIt is said that we are thus indirectly taxing an article out of\\nexistence. Now, in the first place, let it be understood that we\\nare not attempting to tax oleomargarine or any other substitute\\nfor butter out of existence when made and sold for what it really\\nis, but only desire to make it difficult for manufacturers to place\\non the market and seil an article of food for what it is not. If\\nthis can be accomplished in this way, I am glad of it and have no\\napology to offer. Congi*ess taxed the old State banks out of exist-\\nence, and thus prevented the public from being imposed upon by\\na wildcat and unsafe currency, and that was done with malice\\naforethought, and the great majority of the people of this coun-\\ntry are saying amen to that legislation every day. Many States,\\nby means of high license, tax rum out of the market, or at least\\n4495", "height": "3629", "width": "2182", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "limit its sale, which is the same thing in principle. If such legis-\\nlation is a proper exercise of the taxing power, I see no impro-\\npriety in making it burdensome, by taxation, for counterfeiters to\\ndeceive the public in an article of food.\\nIt has been claimed that this oleomargarine is a wholesome ar-\\nticle of food, better than much of the butter which is sold in the\\nmarket, and that it is bought and consumed by the poorer classes,\\nand that such a law will deprive them of this privilege. There is\\nno truth whatever to this proposition, and it is only a subterfuge,\\nby the means of which dishonest manufacturers seek to obtain\\nundeserved sympathy and support.\\nSuch a law will not prevent or in any way limit the manufac-\\nture and sale of oleomargarine or any other substitute for butter\\nwhen not placed upon the market in a manner calculated to de-\\nceive the public. This law is as much in the interest of the peo-\\nple who buy and consume oleomargarine as of those who produco\\nbutter, and will only reduce the dishonest profits of the oleomar-\\ngarine manufacturer. When the public is deceived as to the kind\\nand quality of the article it is buying, it is always liable to be\\ncheated, and generally is cheated.\\nWhy is oleomargarine made and sold in imitation of butter if\\nnot for the purpose of making the consumer think that he is buy-\\ning butter, and thus fraudulently induce him to pay for it the\\nprice of butter? While all may not be thus deceived, some un-\\nquestionably are, and in that way the market price of oleomarga-\\nrine is dishonestly raised above its fair market value. It has been\\nproven that oleomargarine can be made for less than 8 cents per\\npound, and yet it is often sold for more than three times that\\nsum. Thus it is seen that all classes are cheated by this counter-\\nfeit the farmer, the dealer, and the consumer.\\nLet some law be enacted which will prevent this deception, at\\nthe same time in no way preventing or limiting the honest manu-\\nfacture and sale of oleomargarine for what it really is, and the\\nconsumer of this article, instead of paying 18 or 20 cents a pound\\nfor it, will be able to get it for but little more than one-half that\\nsum. The dishonest profit of the manufacturer will be taken\\naway, and the man who can afford it and who buys gilt-edged\\ncreamery butter will perhaps pay a little more for it, for he will\\nknow what he is getting and will not be deceived.\\nAt the last session of the Fifty-fifth Congress, the Senate, by\\nresolution, authorized and directed its Committee on Manufac-\\ntures to investigate the pure-food question, and to ascertain if any\\nfood products are frauds upon the purchasers. While this com-\\nmittee was in session in the city of Chicago last summer, several\\nwitnesses appeared before it with samples of oleomargarine,\\nwhich had j ust been purchased for the best creamery butter, and\\nfor which from 18 to 25 cents per pound had been paid. Some of\\nthese packages had no marks upon them at all, as required by law,\\nto enable the purchaser to know what he was buying, and all the\\nothers were so wrapped that this mark was entirely concealed;\\nand this evidence was not successfully contradicted.\\nNotwithstanding the fact that this kind of traffic is being car-\\nried on all over the country, all the time in violation of law, ex-\\nperience proves that under the present law it is practically impos-\\nsible to prevent it or to punish the offenders.\\nIt may be stated as a fact almost undisputed that more than\\nfour-fifths of the oleomargarine sold and consumed in this country\\nis sold for pure butter; and a large part of that which is honestly\\n\u00c2\u00ab95", "height": "3685", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "6\\nsold is fraudulently placed before the consumer for pure butter\\nby dishonest hotel and boarding-house keepers. This dishonest\\npractice can be but for one purpose and can have but one effect,\\nand that is to raise the price of the imitation article approximately\\nto that of pure creamery butter, while its cost of production is\\nless than one-half.\\nDoes it need any argument to prove that if a law is passed and\\nenforced which will prevent this deceit and fraud, this imitation\\nwill be reduced in price to a fair profit above the cost of produc-\\ntion, and thus save money to the purchasers and consumers of\\noleomargarine? It is not to be wondered at that the pork packers\\nof Chicago and other large cities are opposed to this measure,\\nbecause without some such law they are able to sell imitation\\nbutter for more than twice the cost of production.\\nThe following report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,\\nin response to the resolution of Congress asking for information\\nas to the ingredients used in the manufacture of oleomargarine,\\nas shown by the returns of the different manufacturers, shows\\nthe composition of this article of food and proves beyond a doubt\\nthat it is now being sold in the market for nearly twice what it is\\nhonestly worth:\\n[House Document No. 682, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session.]\\nTreasury Department,\\nOffice of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,\\nWashington, D. C, May lh, 1900.\\nSir: In compliance with your instructions in responding to House resolu-\\ntion of May 8, 1900, I have the honor to submit herewith data therein called\\nfor.\\nThe original forms in which this information is submitted to this office are\\nnot only very large in bulk, but voluminous in number, and can not very\\nwell be transmitted: besides, they are a part of the records of the Internal\\nRevenue Bureau, and should not therefore leave the custody of the Treasury\\nDepartment.\\nThe data submitted discloses the kinds of material used, tho amount of\\neach ingredient, and the per cent that each bears to the total amount of oleo-\\nmargarine produced in the country for the periods named, and it is believed\\nfurnishes all the information intended to be called for in the resolution.\\nVery respectfully,\\nG. W. WILSON, Commissioner.\\nThe Secretary of the Treasury.\\nQuantities and kinds of ingredients used in the production of oleomargarine\\nin the United States for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1899; also, the percent-\\nage each ingredient bears to the whole quantity.\\nMaterials.\\nPounds.\\nPercent-\\nage each\\ningredient\\nbears to\\nthe whole.\\n31,297.251\\n24.491,769\\n4,357,514\\n486, 310\\n148,970\\n110, 164\\n8,963\\n5,890\\n2,550\\n14,200,576\\n6,773,670\\n4,343,901\\n1,568,319\\n3,527,410\\n34.27\\n26.82\\n4.77\\n.53\\n.16\\n.12\\n.01\\n.007\\n.003\\nMilk\\n15.55\\nSalt\\n7.42\\n4.76\\n1.72\\n3.86\\nTotal\\n91,322,260\\n100\\n4495", "height": "3629", "width": "2182", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Quantities and kinds of ingredients used in the production of oleomargarine in\\nthe United Slate.-: for the month of December, 1S00; also, the percentage each\\ningredient bears to the whole quantity.\\nMaterials.\\nPounds.\\nPercent-\\nage each\\ningredient\\nbears to\\nthe whole.\\n3,735,777\\n3,369,085\\n511,157\\n21,753\\n50,500\\n14,111\\n13,705\\n1,212\\n2,940\\n106, 130\\n800, 156\\n1,889,467\\n727, 062\\n471,688\\n31 88\\nOleo oil\\n28 84\\n4.34\\n18\\nColor\\nSesame\\n43\\nSugar\\n12\\nStearin\\n10\\nGlycerin\\n01\\n02\\nButter\\n90\\nSalt\\n6 83\\nMilk\\n16 13\\nButter oil\\n6 \u00c2\u00b0l\\n4 02\\nTotal\\n11,713,743\\n100\\nWithout discussing the question as to the healthfulness of the\\nabove conglomeration of ingredients, I think I am justified in saying\\nthat it is not honestly worth in the market 20 cents per pound and\\nnever would sell for that sum if uniformly offered for sale with-\\nout deception. Oleomargarine has the same rights before the\\npublic as any other food product, and it is not sought by this law\\nto take from it one such just right. It has the right to be made\\nof lard, hoof fat, cotton-seed oil, and soap grease. It has the right\\nto come into the market honestly for what it actually is and, under\\nthose circumstances, to obtain for itself as high a price as the con-\\nsumer will pay. But it has no right to sneak into the market\\ndisguised as pure butter and thereby obtain an unfair and dis-\\nhonest advantage over both the butter consumer and the butter\\nproducer.\\nThere is no better protection for the public against unjust prof-\\nits than laws to compel producers to put their goods upon the\\nmarket and sell them without deceit or fraud, and that is all this\\nmeasure seeks to do.\\nWe are told that we have no more right to tax the manufac-\\nturer of oleomargarine for his colored product than we have to\\ntax the farmer who sometimes does the same thing. I say there\\nis no analogy between the two cases whatever, because the manu-\\nfacturer of oleomargarine colors his product for the purpose, and\\nthe only purpose, of cheating the consumer and making him be-\\nlieve he is buying something which he is not buying, while the\\nproducer of butter has no such object in view. Pure butjer is\\ncolored to suit the fancy of the consumer and not to cheat him.\\nI tell the man who sells me my butter that I do not wish it colored,\\nand he brings it to me uncolored; others who buy of the same\\nman desire their butter colored, and they get it to suit their fancy.\\nNearly all wool is white, and everybody knows that to be a fact,\\nand yet most of the garments which are made of wool are colored.\\nThis is not done for the purpose of cheating the buyer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and he is\\nin no way deceived by it\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but is done to suit the varied fancies of\\nthe buyers and wearers of woolen garments. There is no more\\nfraud in the coloring of pure butter than there is in the coloring\\nof wool and woolen goods.\\n4495", "height": "3685", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n000 891 380 8\\n8\\nI\\\\ conclusion I wish to say that there is a larger and broader\\nprirj tiple involved in the measure than the protection of the farmer\\nfrom the dishonest invasion of his market or the protection of the\\nconsumer from this one fraud.\\nAmerica is the richest and most fertile country on the face of\\nthe earth. It has the means and the capacity of producing the\\ngreatest variety and the best foods consumed by man. Its people\\nare the most ingenious and skillful people under the sun. For\\nthese reasons the food products of America ought to be the best\\nin the world; and yet, if one wishes to purchase an extra article\\nof food, he must buy something either actually imported or marked\\nimported to deceive him.\\nIs it not a fact, humiliating to every American citizen, that for-\\neign brands are placed upon our best food products to make peo-\\nple believe they were not made in America? And why is this so?\\nNot because we have not the material and the skill to make the\\nbest food under the sun, for we have both: but because we have\\nnot yet risen to the standard of the OM World in the enactment\\nand enforcing of pure-food laws.\\nThe first step in that direction is to drive out of our markets\\nevery fraud and counterfeit. Every State should make and en-\\nforce laws which will enable the purchaser to know just what he\\nis buying and eating or drinking, and the Federal Government\\nshould lend its aid in that direction, so far as it can, by the ex-\\nercise of its taxing power.\\nIf one wishes for any reason to buy ground pease instead of cof-\\nfee, oleomargarine instead of butter, or any other substitute in-\\nstead of the genuine article, he should have the unlimited right\\nto do so, but he should buy in the market with a full knowledge\\nof what he is getting. He can then buy pure food if he wishes to\\ndo so, and whatever he buys he can get it for what it is reason-\\nably worth. This measure will at least help to accomplish that\\nobject with reference to one of the most important and delicate\\narticles of food which goes upon the American table, and that is\\nwhy I am heartily in favor of it.\\nI sincerely trust that before this session of Congress closes this\\nmeasure will be reported to the House and considered. If that is\\ndone, it will undoubtedly pass, and it is a great wrong to prevent\\nthis consummation by parliamentary scheming.\\n4195\\no", "height": "3722", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3685", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nDDDDflT13flDfl\\nHollinger Corp.\\nP H8.5", "height": "3734", "width": "2474", "jp2-path": "groutbilloleomar00barn_0012.jp2"}}