Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — USE LESS BUTTERINE. [ARTICLE]

USE LESS BUTTERINE.

Production Decreases Five Million Pounds in One Yeur. The production of oleomargarine for the year ended June 30, 1897, amounted to 45,531,207 pounds. When compared with the figures of the previous year this shows a decrease of 5,322,027 pounds. Most of this decrease was in the first, district of Illinois, which produces more than one-hnlf of the oleomargarine made in the United States. The produetioii in that district in 1890 was more thau 29,000,000 pounds, while in the last“tiscnl year it wns less than 20,000,000. When an internal revenue tax was laid on oleomargarine in 1880 the prediction was made that the production of this article would rapidly fall off. Instead of falling off the production increased from less than 22,000,000 pounds in 1887 to nearly 70,000,000 in 1894. There has been a stendysind rapid decrease during the past three years, which the treasury officials attribute to hostile State legislation abridging the privilege of sale, nnd in some cases absolutely prohibiting the manufacture of oleomargarine. Six manufactories went out of business during the past fiscal year, the number of wholesale establishments decreased from 157 to 103 and the number of retail dealers from 4,380 to 3,539. More than 3,000,000 pounds was exported, which is a slight increase over the year 1890. There are six oleomargarine manufactories in the Stnte of Illinois. The number of wholesale establishments in the Stnte is twelve and there are' 1,005 retail dealers. Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine pay an nnnunl license to the Federal Government of S4BO. Retailers are taxed S4B per annum. The revenue derived from this source during the past fiscal year slightly exceeded $1,000,000. The total production of oleomargarine during the past ten years amounted to 500,953,806 pounds, which yielded n total revenue of $12,000,774.33.