Sorry for my ignorance but what's really the fuss over butter and margarine? Is butter made from better milk or something?
At 09:47 AM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Almost from the time it was invented margarine came under attack from >butter manufacturers and farmers. In the late 1880s there were even >laws requiring margarine to be colored pink - but these were overturned >by the Supreme Court. Bans on yellow margarine, however, were upheld. >There were also Federal and state taxes that varied by the color of the >margarine! This is what accounted for the packets to allow >home-coloring. The Federal government didn't get out of regulating >margine extensively until sometime around 1950. The last state to >repeal restrictions on margin (in 1967) was ...... you guessed >it!....Wisconsin. > >Alex >-- >Dr. Alexander Tabarrok >Vice President and Director of Research >The Independent Institute >100 Swan Way >Oakland, CA, 94621-1428 >Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001
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