Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-01
No. 40.


From 10000 to 100000 pounds o8
caul fat are brought daily from the
large abattoirs of this city and vicinis,
to factories, to be rendered Into oil, >,
considerable part of which, in turn, r.
manufactured into butter. 1t is Will.
reference to this butter, or oleo-marga
rine. that law was recently passed h.
the Legislature of this State. 1t j.,
entitled "An act for the protection q.
dairymen, and to prevent deception j..
the sale of butter" Whatever may h..
the merits of oleo margarine, it canpe+
| be denied that some persons are SONS
what squeamish about using it, am
would not indulge half so heartily wea.
they to discover that the substance of
which they are partaking Sin the SEN
| blance of butter" is not the ''legitima,,
production Of the dairy" and is np'
''made exclusively of milk or cream
but is an article, "into which the oil la
fat of animals, not produced from milk
enters as component part. The lar
provides that all packages containin@
artificial butter shall be plainly labeled
with the name "Oleo- Margarine" an,i
that all retail dealers, when selling j,
shall furnish the purchasers with !,
card, also marked "Oleo- Margarine
10 ascertain the value of oleo-margs
rine, two classes were consulted-thos
who make it Of the oil from which it j..
made, and prominent butter-dealers.
The estimate Of these persons seemed
to differ. 'It is contemplate fraud,
said the first dealer whose opinion VIZ
sought. "You might as we'll maxi
butter out of caster OIL no matter wba,
TIE soft professors who turnisla.
them with certificates say in its favo,
1t looks well enough for a while, bns.
IN month the parts disintegrate- an
you have nothing but grease. Butte
dealers won't have anything to do wifi
1t" Other dealers were less decide4a
IN condemning it, but all who were VI
sited stated that they did not deal in ii
and seemed to regard it as very impos~
tant to avoid giving the impression that
they had anything to do with IL.
Some admitted that oleo-margarin.
bears close resemblance to dairy bal
ter, and that it cannot be distinguishes
from 1t unless the per cent of OIL II
very large and that it will pass for .
fair quality Of butter. The person
who make the OIL and butter we're more
positive IN its favor, saying: Itlooks likt
butter i tastes like butter, it IS battes,
It's constituents and their relative pro-
portions, as determined by analysis, az.
the same as that Of dairy butter. 1t l.
made from the fat of newly slaughtere8
animals, and as much care is exercised
IN making a pure article as is used Ii
making dairy butter in the best regn-
ated dairy. Only prejudice prevents
it from being regarded as valuable
food product"
There are two kinds of oleo -mares
rine. The first may be called the s.os-
iginal and genuine;' in making it ths-
OIL is aduterated with just enough
cream to allow of its being cburned. tbs,
proportion Of cream to oil being abon1
to 20. The "original and genuine
IS made in large factories operating
under the Mege patent. Butter-dea]-
ers claim to be able to distinguish ths-
article from dairy butter quite readily.
lacking, as it does, the texture of tie
latter. The second kind is that jan
which the oil has been largely adulter-
ated with cream-perhaps with SO sr
90 per cent. of cream. This kind is
made by country dairymen, and, it is
believed, in considerable quantities;
and to detect It's composition battles tbs.
skill of any except the most experienced
dealers. The manufacture of the ''er~
lglnal and genuine" is still quite limit
ed, and much of it is exported, SO that
the quantity in the market is really
very triHlng-a protracted search would
be necessary to find any. st least
those who make it SO represent. TO
what extent the new law will proters
dairymen, good housewives. and conGa
ing boarders, remains to be seen. The
manufacture of the Original and genn-
inc will probably comply faithfully wist,
its provisions, since the detection of It's
violation is, in their case, easy. Many
of the retail dealers will, perhaps.
furnish with each pound or half-pound
sold beautifully-tinted card marked
"Oleo Margarine" But the dairymen
will, doubtless, continue to buy oil.
adulterate it with cream, churn it iuaa
'a substance in semblance of butter. !"
and consign it to the city labeled no.
20 NJ" but Choicest Creamery
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