St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-02
IFrons the New York Tribune.


From 3O,05,O to 100000 pounds of caul
fat ale br,sught daily from the large
battoirs OF: this city and vicinity to
be rendered. into oil, Il considerable part
OF which, it turn, is manufactured into
butter. lts is with reference to this
traffic in ;lftiticial butter, or oleomar-
garInc, that;t law Was recently passed by
the Legislature of this State. 1t is en-
titled IAN; act for the protection of
dairymen, and to prevent deception in
the sales Of butter.n
WhateveF may be the merits of
oleomargarine, it cannot be denied that
some rersoz zIs are still somewhat squealn-
ish about using it, and would not in
dulge half SO heartily We're they to
discover that the substance of which
they are p,Irtaking sin the semblance
of butter ''%is not the " legitimate pro-
duct OF the dairy, and is not "made
exclusively OF milk or cream" but is an
article lingo which the oil or fat of ami
mails, not produced from milk, enters as
a component part"
In view Of the interest excited in the
subject by the passage Of the bill, some
inquiries were made by a Tribune re-
porter to ascertain the extent of the
manufacture and use Of Oleuniargarine
in this vicinity, what is claimed for it
by its advocates, what butter-dealers
think of it, and what will he the effect
OF the new law. The law provides that
all packages containing artificial butter
shall be plainly labeled with the name,
"Oleomargarine,n and that all retail
dealers, vi hen selling it, shall furnish the
purchaser with q card, also marked
"Ole0margarine."
To ascer rtain the value of oleomargar-
inc, two classes We're cOnsulted-thuse
who made it or the G; from which it is
made, and prominent butter dealers.
The estimate OF these persons seemed
to differ. /" 1t is a contemplate fraud"
said the first dealer whose opinion was
sought. !" You might as we'll make
hutter out OF castor oil, no matter what
the soft-headed professors who furnish
them wltli certificates say in its favor. 1t
looks we'll enough for u while, but in q
month the parts disintegrate and you
won't have anything to do with it,"
Other dealers were less decided in
cOndemntng it, but all who were visited
stated that they did not deal in it, and
seemed t. regard it as vely Important
to avoid giving the impression that they
had anything tn do with it. Some ad-
mitted THAT OleOmargarine hears II close
resemblance to dairy butter, and that
it can NOT be distinguished from it un-
less the Uer cent of oil is very ylarge, and
thatit VIII pass for u fur quality of
butter.
The persons who make the oil and
butter were more positive in it's favor,
saying: : 1t looks like butter, it is but
ter; its cpnstituents and their relative
proportions, as determined by analysis,
are the SNme as that of dairy butter.
1t is made from the fat of newly
Slaughtered animals, and as much care
is exercised in making pure article as
is used ib making dairy hutter in the
best regulated dairy. Only prejudice
preVentsIt from being regarded as Il
valuable esfood product"
There sre two kinds of oleormagar-
inc. The first may be called the urigi-
nal and genuine; in making it the oil
is adultetated with just enough cream
to allow Df its being churned, the pro-
PARTON Gf cream to oil being about 1
to 30. The original and genuine is made
in large factories operating under the
he abl le tp distinguish this article from
dairy bu{ter quite readily, lacking. as
it does, the "texture'' - Of the latter.
The second kind is that in which the
oil has been largely adulterated witt,
cream-nerbaps with SO or go per cent.
OF cream.
This kind is made by country dairy
men, and, it is believed. in considera-
BILE quantities; and to detect it's com
position battles the skill of any except
the mostexperienced dealer. The man
ufacture pf the " original and genuine .
Is still quite limited, and much of it is
exporteds SO that the quantity in the
market ia really very trifing-a pro-
tlacted search would be necessary to
find any,. At least, those who make il
so represent, To what extent the new
law will protect dairymen, good house
wives and confiding boarders remains
to be seen.
The manufacturers of the "original
and genuine" will probably comply
faithfully with its provisions, since the
detection .of violations is, in their case
easy. Many of the retail dealers will
perhaps, Furnish with each pound OF
half pound sold beautifully tinted
card marked "Oleomargarine." But the
dairyman: will doubtless continue tc
buy oil, aauiterate it with cream, churr
it into Substance in semblance of but
ter, and consign it to the city labeled
not o. mas' but Choicest. Creamery
The side door of a bar room says the
| Chicago Eost is like a great MANY neo.