Oleomargarine Legislation in America.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 258, 2 November 1887, Page 7

Ole om argarine Legislation in America.

the "N.Z.-Farmer." Pf Si* issue there is a reference in England on the sublocale of b °S" 3 butter " nder kcc of W ' America (jrW'SStfy passed to regulate the W 0 ** rticle- This, law came into $ of £cember Ist of last year, and ##*? 'areitsprincipal provisions :- • thQ law every manu . special tax of £125, and *** Loducts ; wholesale dealers &*£> retail dealers £9103. The ,t,X .Hached to illegally carrying on f#*i Sof oleomargarine shall bo ■ „ i: a ble to the payment ot 10®}* fit less than £200 or more l»& A whoTeWe dealer selling em &> m - » . fnltilled the requirements o^± J Si than WOO ..besides i t6sDi !Keteil dealer shall bo liable Sji; an f da >10 to £100 for each and SVitd a £ld liable for the tax. shall be packed by the 1 firkinS( tubs, or other factU w snot before used for that "ing not less than 101b., and branded, as the i^ Revenue with « Secretavy o f the * appr °«haU prescribe; and all sales of oleomargarine obl m T\LI stamped packages, in P*'U.Xvsellin suitable wooden or and branded as RfffS- A penalty of from and imprisonment from six *?ft Tears, attaches to the injjj&elttfft relative t0 the last iShiNew Zealand the manufacture S^ does not, - ar - as - ye ' intariouslv affect our dairying in**sa md watch the action of other * f ff with regard to the trade, as Sto Ugh* I" which its competition Suine gutter is regarded by farmers, SUo legislate intheir interests.