Dairy and the US Congress
Collection Overview
This collection documents legislative issues relating to dairy such as milk pricing, subsidies, and oleomargarine. Vermont's congressional delegation has a long and active history in matters relating to Vermont's dairy farmers and the dairy...
Show moreThis collection documents legislative issues relating to dairy such as milk pricing, subsidies, and oleomargarine. Vermont's congressional delegation has a long and active history in matters relating to Vermont's dairy farmers and the dairy industry. George Aiken, Elbert Brigham, James Jeffords, and Patrick Leahy all served on Agriculture committees and their collections document many of the agricultural issues that faced Congress in the 20th Century.
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- Title
- Oleomargarine Bill: Correspondence, 1948
- Date Created
- 1948
- Description
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Topics include oleomargarine regulation; oleomargarine tax; oleomargarine use in hotels and restaurants disguised as butter; oleomargarine coloring; oleomargarine production and the cost of butter; oleomargarine advertisements in Life magazine.
- Title
- Oleomargarine Bill: Correspondence, 1948
- Date Created
- 1948
- Description
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Topics include oleomargarine legislation; oleomargarine tax; oleomargarine use in hotels and restaurants disguised as butter; oleomargarine coloring; production of oleomargarine and the cornering of the cotton oil market by two companies; oleomargarine bill in the Senate Committee on Finance;...
Show moreTopics include oleomargarine legislation; oleomargarine tax; oleomargarine use in hotels and restaurants disguised as butter; oleomargarine coloring; production of oleomargarine and the cornering of the cotton oil market by two companies; oleomargarine bill in the Senate Committee on Finance; rather than the Senate Agriculture Committee; the United States Food and Drug Administration and the misbranding of foods; Vermont dairy industry; corn syrup served as maple syrup.
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- Title
- Oleomargarine Hearings: H.R. 2245, 1948
- Date Created
- 1948
- Description
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Tax on Oleomargarine; proposed amendment drafts; statistical report on the use of foreign coconut oil in margarine; statistical reports on oleomargarine produced and materials used for January and February 1948 as compared to January and February 1947.
- Title
- Oleomargarine: bills to repeal tax, 1949
- Date Created
- 1949
- Description
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Topics include proposed bills to repeal tax on oleomargarine; Aiken's opposition to oleomargarine being passed off as butter; text of proposed bills to repeal tax on margarine (S. 60, S. 117, S. 254, S. 332, H.R. 2023).
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- Oleomargarine: H.R. 2023, 1950
- Date Created
- 1950
- Description
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Topics include H.R. 2023, an act to regulate oleomargarine, to repeal certain taxes relating to oleomargarine, and for other purposes; text and amendments to the bill; taxes under Internal Revenue Code for oleomargarine, processed butter, and adulterated butter; import duty under Tariff Act for...
Show moreTopics include H.R. 2023, an act to regulate oleomargarine, to repeal certain taxes relating to oleomargarine, and for other purposes; text and amendments to the bill; taxes under Internal Revenue Code for oleomargarine, processed butter, and adulterated butter; import duty under Tariff Act for oleomargarine and butter; average hourly rate for select states; beef and veal from milk-producing animals; cost of producing milk; Arkansas oleomargarine laws; coconut oil taxes and import duties; income figures for select agricultural products; five leading oleomargarine producers; list of qualified manufacturers of oleomargarine.
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- Title
- Regulations no. 9 relating to the taxes on oleomargarine, adulterated butter and process or renovated butter under the acts of August 2, 1886 (24 Stat., 209), May 9, 1902 (32 Stat., 193), August 10, 1912 (37 Stat., 273), October 1, 1918 (40 Stat., 1008), July 10, 1930 (46 Stat, . 1022), March 4, 1931 (46 Stat., 1549) and February 24, 1933 (47 STat., 902) Revised April 1936.
- Date Created
- 1936
- Description
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1936 Internal Revenue Service regulations relating to the taxes on oleomargarine, adulterated butter and process or renovated butter.
- Title
- S. 1418: Provide Adjustment of Maximum Prices on Milk, 1943-1944
- Date Created
- 1943-1944
- Description
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Topics include report, drafts and text of S.1418: Adjustment of Milk Prices, submitted by Senators Eastland (MS) and McClellan (AR); dairy subsidies, price ceilings, and milk production.