Show Till OjynOMAKGAHlNK LAW Tlio law recently signed by the 1iesi dent and known as tho Oleomargarine law defines that product as follows StoL Clint for the purpose of this act certain manufcoturcd substances certain extracts and certain miilurus and compounds com-pounds including such lII 1tures and l com iwunda with butter shall bo known and designated l1ll oleomargarine namely All Bubstanoon heretofore known ns oleomargarine oleomarga-rine olco oleomargarine I oil buttcrmo lardmo Biiino and neutral all mixtures and compounds of oleomargarine oleo oleomargarine oleomar-garine oil bnttermo lardmo suino and neutral neu-tral all lard extracts and tallow extracts and all mixtures and compounds of tallow beef fat suet lard lard oil vegetable oil anuotto and other coloring I matter intestinal II i fat and olfal fat loads imitation or som bhmco of butter or when so made calon Illlcd or intended 10 ho sold 1 ns hutler or for hillier The bill then provides for the following follow-ing special tax on wholesale and retail dealers Manufacturers of oleomargarine shall pay MX Every person who manufactures oleomargarine for sale shall bo deemed a manufacturer of oleomargarine Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine shall pay J1SO Every person who sells or offers for sale oleomargarine in I the original manufacturers manu-facturers pickagcs shall bo deemed a wholesale whole-sale dealer in oleomargarine Hut any manufacturer of oleomargarine who has given the required bond and paid the required re-quired lt special tax and who sclta only oleomargarine I oleo-margarine of his own production at the place of manufacture in the original packages pack-ages to which tho taxpaid l stamps lire allixtd l shall not bo required to pay thu special tax of a wholesale dealer in oleomargarine on account of such sale Retail dealers in olcomnre irino shall pay 018 livery person who oleomargarine m less quantities than ten pounds at onetime one-time shall be regarded as a retail dealer in oleomargarine This tax is for thin pnvrtoge of Belling oleomargarine and does not Include thin tax in Ohio purchase which is 2 cents per pound and is i ill the form of a revenue stamp similar to thom now in use on I tobacco and cigars and provided with a notice similar to that on cigar boxes certifying tlmt tIm maker has complied with tho law etc and the package must not bo until again etc Tho penalties pen-alties on manufacturers are as follows I lice I That every person who carries on the bushicus of manufacturer of oleomargarine oleomar-garine without having paid the special tax tuereior as required uy law BUall besides being liable to the payment of the tax bo lined not more than riU J and every ll lien i son who carries on the business of u wholesale whole-sale dealer oleomargarine without having paid the siwoial tax therefor as required by law shall besides being liable to the pay mc lit of tho tax bo lined not moro than oji tj 000 and 1 every person who carries on thin business of a retail dealer ill oleomargarine without havina paid this KIKICIII tax there fuih us required Iril law shall ci besides I bumu i liable to the p lyrnent of thin tax ho lined I I not moro than fVJU for each and 1 every offense of-fense HKO Ii i that every manufacturer of oleo margarmo shall tile with Collector of Internal In-ternal lleveimo of tho district m which his manufactory is located such notices iiiu > tories and bonds 1 1 shall keep such hooks and render such turns of materials and products pro-ducts blmll put up such I siguu and nllix nuoh I number to his factory and conduct his business busi-ness under such Kurveillanoo uf olllcoru mid agents its the Commissioner of Internal i Itoveuue with the approval of this Secretary of ultt Treasury may by regulation I require r Hut the bond I required of such liianufao turer shall bo with sureties satisfactory to Collector of Internal Jtovenne and in a penal I sum of not less than sgl 000 and the sum of said bond may bo increased from timo to time and additional sureties required re-quired at thodlncretlon of the Collector or under instructions nf tho Oomniisiioiur of Internal Jtcvcnue Following Is a description of the package pack-age and the penalties for nuing others KKO IL that all oleomargarine shall hot packed by thin manufacturer thereof in UrkiiiD latin or other wooded package not before used for that purposu each containing contain-ing not less than ten pounds nll < marked ntum > cd and branded as lie Commissioner of Internal Itevenue with the approval of the Secretary of thu treasury shall pro Hcnbo and all Bales madu by manufacturers rli lri dnhl of oleomargarine mid wbolcbnlu dealers I m oleomargarine shall bo in original stamped l packages Itetail dealers in oloomargarmu must sell only from original I stamped pack IKjuucls 1 and shall puck thu oleomargarine oleomar-garine sold by them In suitable wooden or paper packages winch shall bu marked and branded us the Com mobs ion or of Internal Itevenue with the IIJI provul of the Secretary of tie treasury shall proscribe il ory i > ornoii who know imly sells or offers for BUO or delivers or oilers to deliver any oleomargarine m any other form than in new wuodfn l or piper I packages as above described l or who packs rnclonRe9 package contrary to law or who falsely brands any package or afllxesastarat on any package denoting a rl less amount of tax than that required by law shall bo fined l for each offense not leon than f 100 nor moro than 1000 and be imprisoned not less than nit months nor moro than two years The remaining sections of tho bill deal with foreign oleomargarine and tho various vari-ous methods of collecting and applying the tax That the whole measure is I millions and unconstitutional thero can be no doubt and that some dealer will break the law to force n test t case there is I also no doubt The section which empowers em-powers h tIm Government to appoint Oil Inspector and mioroscopist and they to appoint deputies savors strongly of a disposition to place an espionage on trade which was never meant to exist by the Constitution Tlio difierenco in cleinli lIes between Bocalled l bullet and oleomargarine oleo-margarine Is nptly shown by the follow lug from the Michigan Dairyman journal jour-nal confessedly in the Interest of butter A gentleman who signs himself A Victim of Stare Jinllcr sends in the following liertlnent inquirj I would hike to know if the product produced by n dirty slovenly woman I milking n halfstarved I cow in a urcasv rail II using a greasy pan covered with t then and Ibllr I little trade marks churned in this ihiety kitchen washed with 1 nncloan hands I rl placed in mouldy 1 tubs 1 and covered with an old shirt Hap has over been named ll Homo call It latter mid it in so written on my grocery bill IsO t it is not butler Tho whole measure is class legislation and Is i destined to meet its downfall in the next Congress by repeal |