Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-03
NEW IORh TIRLE ILLSIONS.
Yellow Butter and White Butter and
OseefO "A rg arinp.

: oden "iIson, OF o. Wilson & Co. xh1
make sitt..s"ial butter at 1SS West Houston
street, was tried In the specisl sessions yes
ferdav for selling the tubs not m ar. -
the law n CURES. in a way 10 indicate plaj u Y
mat III was not genuine butter. william l..
Churchill, detective employed by the
If "oIt Gfina, SSarnc," testified that he traced
8n unmarked tub o. the imitation butter
from o. Wilson 4 Co Is Place 10 the store Of
The buyer, he ry Morgan, In Greenpoint. \
sample OF the stuff was submitted TO the
Justices 1t smelt and tas Ell very "a lily and
Justice Fiammer said:-"No oleomargarine
for me, II you please" The defence inter
posed no denial OF the charge, but urged that
the law IS new and was not generally under
SIC cd at the time OF the offence. wilson was
Hired one collar.
Every other dish on the table may be ex.
Gel mt, but IL the butter Is bad the meal is
unsatisfactory. How tn select good butter Is
the puzzle OF many hOuseksepers. Some
fancy mat best which is deep rich yellow
color; others choose that which is of very
lis ht cream color or nearly white.
There is much speculation As TO what ma
t.rial is used for color ng butter, and whether
1t rs Injurious tn the consumer.
Dealers say that although there are many
g'ades Of butter. there is little or no adulter
alton hey Ond coloring it to please those VINO
fancy that pale butter must be poor and of
an inferior kind, and that there is less color
Ing done than is generally supposed.
There is complaint also that some retail
des lers sell oleomargarine for butter without
informing the buyer what ii really is, not
Withstanding the law on the subject.
MI: Hunter, of Hunter, Walton IL Co, a.
lti Chambers street, who has dealt in butter
and cheese for over a quarter of a century,
says: . You may be sure there is no adultera
llOh OF butter, simply because no foreign
substance can be mixed with IL without ba-
ing Instantly detected. Butter is very Sc lSi-
tive and absorbent. If a he al of cabbage
happens TO lie near an open firkin the butter
viii take It's flavor; if Il bit OF rotten wood
Is III the cellar where butter Is kept. the but
ter viii be musty, and If a COW strays into
an orchard and eats "A few apples, her butter
viii tell of H.. Some butter is tier than
otEer. because some cows are superior to
others, are better fed have better pISturaS
and are better carel for. Batter Is colorai
To- sult the market for when il is intended.
Here III New York we sell all sh ides. t.
London. England, We send only richly col
oied butter; to the Manchester market, only
a few miles distant, uoaa bu, white; NeV
England wants yellow butter and white
cheese. and VIII have no other. The southern
states insist upon having both highly col
oTed, and, to the first class trate, you could
Lot Sell "a pound OF white cheese at any price.
The cOlnTing, though, is very simple mat
ter; and not in the least injurious. Annato
l. generally used for the purpose. II is
vegetable preparation. and perfectly ha m
less. Some farmers put few cut-up carro.s
in the milk when churuing. others give their
cows iced or two of corn meal and pump
kins-either will produce the desired eff5ct.
For my own Use, If the butter is sound aud
full Favored, don't care whether il is col
ored or not; one is just az gooi as the other.
do hot keep Il for sale. dnn't think there
II anything injurious in 1t, bat do not thi Ink
IL should be sold for butter. aud was parfly
instrumental in having the law passed. regu-
IaIln% It's sale. The law requires that The
anne shall appear on every package COZ
tanning IL. not Only In firkins and larg guam
Titles, ont also when sold by the half or quar-
ter POUND
Mr.. Cbarl, & w. O'Brien. of Washington
NJ arSet, COncurred with Mr.. Hunter, and
added: 1.-The way some OF them dpige tnat
"a " iS a M Ill.
is branded on the firkin or pail, that's a fact
but il is more likely to % on IA bottom tn N
anywhere else. have no dOd Dt TIA: the law
is violated dozens of times in New YORK
every day, and, as half OF the reward goes To
the informer. / am &stonshei that soma OF
the smart fellows who are lying around lie
90 not improve the opportunity 10 make five
dollars"
Mr.. Robert Macdonald, OF pa Warrington
street, who deals exclusively in ole1narga-
rine, says tdat the prejudice agains5 L. is
very absurd, an that no state in the Union
has a law concerning its sale eXcap. New
YORK; every where el thsy sell it when AMI
as they please. He continued: Il sell 1t all
over; but the great demand for il il in the
New England States. l send 1t to London,
too, and there IL is very popular under the
name Of butter me- and mucl preferred to
the article they get from Germany. wnsre il
has been manufactured for many years. |
can afford 10 sell VI for just about One-half
the price asked for butter OF an equal grade 1t
is simply pure cream churned butter,
almost absolutely free from steariny, and in
every respect the same ~ hand-ma lie butter
except that in the refining process 1t is freed
from that nbrOus material existing in han l.
made butter, which rOtS and becomes rancid
1t is made from plre bovine oil, churneiin
cream, precisely as other butter is churned,
and have considerable dem and for the oil
when making butter. 1t is just as good as
the best butter, tastes as well, is as healthy,
and only an expert can tell one from tie
O;her."-l " i. SIN.