Smyrna times., 1880-03-31
Artificial Butter.
GoNGREssMEN WITNESS THE MANUFACTURE OF
oLEoMAEGARINE.

The American Manufacturing Company
Of Baltimore some time since eXtended an
invitation to the congressional committees
on manufactures and agriculture to visit
their factory, on Cross street, South Balti.
more, and witness the process of making |
eleOmargarine, or artificial butter, the sale |
Of which a bill before Congress proposes to |
prohibit. The invitation was accepted, and |
the following members ef the committees
arrived at Camden Station: Hons. NJ. r.
Wise, of Pennsylvania, chairman of COM
mittee on manufactures r. l.. I. Beale,
Virginia; w. NJ. Lowe, Alabama Joshua
G. Hall, New Hampshire; Il. q. HOrr,
Michigan; d. B. Moore, clerk to the COM
mittes Hons. d. Wyatt Aiken, South
Carolina; j. II. McGowan, Michigan D.
Wilbur, New York; A. P. Forsythe, Hi.
nois, of the committee on agriculture, and
the clerk, J. c. Ellison.
They were met by w. Morris Orem, pres.
ident of the manufacturing company; W.
7. Herbert, secretary; f. Fawcett mana
ger; w. S. Carroll, attorney, and w. II.
Brown, one of the directors. Taking car
riages, the party at once proceeded to the
factory, where they were joined by Mayor
LatrobO, Louis McMurray, Robert L. Bald
win, City Collector Charles Webb, John S.
Bullock, clerk of the Criminal Court, JAS.
M. Drill, and other citizens. Beginning
with an apartment where the 'caul.fat" of
| beeYes is received and cleansed Of impuri,
| ties, the visitors followed it to an upper
story, where it is cut into small particles by
| machinery, and subjected TO n heat Of l20
! degrees, rendering it into a liquid. This
| liquid is conveyed through pipes into watts
located in the story beneath, where it is
allowed to cool, and when it attains a GER
tain consistency it is placed in canvas sacks
and submitted to hydraulic pressure, in
LAYERS. The oil extracted is of a rich straw
color and tastelsss. The rSsduum-stsar-
inc in commercs-is sold to candle ma ers
and others. The oil is transferred to
another apartment, in which is a large
cylinder churn, the dasher, or paddles,
being run by machinery. Into this churn
is introduced one part Of pure milk to four
parts of oil, and whom the liquids have
been agitated = specified time the mixturs
is drawn off into watts halfflled with ice
While it is flowing into these watts mer
stand by with forks, resembling hay forks
mixing the fluid and ice during a cooling
process which takes place. When a vat il
filled it is wheeled TO another portion o
III" room aua the mass is transferred Il
Tables aud manipulated to free it from
prrllcles OF ice and permit the water ant
milk To tram ~. From these tables 1t i
pissed to another, where it is more thor
oughly worked" by machinery, and whcr
u quantity Of salt is added to each batch
All that remains TO he done is to send tia
butter through feeders into room below
where it is packed for shipment
Sixty hands are employed in the factory
The committees seemed Interested in th
= process, and appeared anxious to acquain
themselves, a far as possible, with all fact
pertaining to the business. 1t was state'
that there is little doubt that large quar
tity of artificial butter finds its way int
markets and is sold as a product of tn
dairy.
When the committee had exprsss0
themselves satisfied with the inspection tia
party adjourned to Rennert's Hotel an
- partook of dinner. Mayor Latrobe pres
ded, and in brief speech welcome
the visitors to Baltimore, and referred al
propriately to the growing interest man
tested in manufactures. ThO guests were il
:. formed by Mr.. Carroll that on the table weT
dishes containing the best dairy butte
and also specimens of the artificial produC
which they had seen manufactured. Th
two were so nearly alike that the cOmpap
were about equally divided as to which wi
which. Speeches were made by Congress
men Horr, Bsale, Hail. Aiken, Lowe, Fo
= sythe, McGowan and Wise. Mr.. Wise r
d ferred in complimentary terms to the gre'
aud rapid progress made by Baltimore
extending hSr commerce. ilattering a
lusiOn to Mr.. John w. Garrett and ii
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was greete
with hearty cheers. The other speake
were equally Sulogistic of the city and h'
enterprise. Messrs. Orer, Carroll and Fa,
cett made brief speeches, and, in respon
te a call from Mr.. Carroll, Mr.. II. A. Pre-
- ten, a journalist of Massachusetts,, wi
had accompanied the committee, made
few remarks. Mr. Orsm, speaking in b
half of his company, said that theirs was
manufacturing industry that did not see
an protection" from the government 9th
than that afforded to all Industries, b.
they simply asked that no impSdimsnts
thrown in the way by national or State lie
islation. At late hour the commit
/. arose and returned to Washington.-Ba
? San.