The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-27
Oleomargarine.

The war between tho dairymen and
the manufacturers Of foleomargarine, or
beef butter, wages hot. While butter
sells in the Northern markets at forty
to fifty cents pound, olcomargarine
can be disposed Of profitably at eight
cen or twenty cents. III consequence
Of the charge made by tho dairymcn
that the manufactured article is large
~ used to adultcrate butter, and is
even sold as butter, tho Now York
Legislature, several years ago, passed
law which has boon copied in other
stastaf stst aE EesavNar|"GGo GoRR R"9d9r s. hSssyy penal
shall have tho name plainly branded
or stamped upon it. The manufacture
ers assert their ability to improve
upon the cow, and claim that only an
unreasonable prejudice fostered by
dairymen alone prevents oleomarga-
rine from running butter out of the
market.
An exchange describes tho manufac-
ture of the article as follows: "Oleo-
margarine Is made out Of caul fat.
This fat is cleaned, melted and the
tallow eliminated. The oil remaining
Is mixed with milk and placed IN a
steam churn. The proportion of milk
IS l23 gallons or l25 pounds to 500
pounds OF oil. After being worked
tor twenty minutes, tho oil and milk
are churned into butter and arc drawn
OIL into a large tank filled with crush
cd ice. Being carefully mixed with
the leo, the oleomargarine or butter
(tor 1t was unanimously agreed by all
present that 1t was butter) is scparat-
ed from the water produced by tie
melting leo, and, after being properly
salted, Is packed in 1lrkins and ticrces
ready tor the market"
Advocates of the now article claim
that there Is no difference between OK
tracting the butter particles from tho
COW ny artificial means and by the
natural method. They say also that
the process Is cleaner, and that no
hairs are found to disgust the hungry
Doarder. A persistent effort is making
TO remove prejudice and to popularize
the use OF oleomargarinc. The latest
attempt was the capture of number
OF Congressman.
Invitations wcro issued to them nv
manufacturing firm to visit the fac-
tory and attend dinner at Rcnnert,s
restaurant in Baltimore. Before din
ncr 1t Is said tho Congressman rather
cautiously conceded tho merits of tho
euphonious compound. But under
the Establishments Of the table, thew
waxed enthusiastic. The Augusta
Chronicle thus reports the after din
ler speeches:
Congressman Hoar was II, that mol.
low condition which made a bill
against oieomargarine like a bmli
against the comet. lie was IN favor Of
tne wholc business and "feeling and
thinking that the company were doim~
well IN making wholesome aud nure
! 1000 product at price within tho
reach Of the workinglnan. In conclm.
q sion. the speaker stated that no ono
need fear that he would ever Aid IN
any legislation to hamper manufactur.
ing IN tho South, and looked forward
s to 9 time whom business mon Of ali
sections would consider their intcrests
! the same, and the result of this feeling
would boa Congress lcgislatin9 for afI
parts Alike" Congressman Beale. of
5l.v irglnia, went tho whole animal. He
Il 4 .a,t, sag , u nave behold to-day the cow
WIN ~, ,.,e, her. one hundred teats distilling,
i,ut.nnn it.nns' Dus pure and nnadnlterated
with the statement Of, hia ssas'
faction that the oleomargarina was a"I, ~,
that tts makers claimed for IL. and ~ t,,at ~
its manufacturing .wonld steadily I'm ~.
4 crease. g. Col. ID. Wyatt Aiken. s ~ ~
s9D 9 ~ tll Carolina, q grave man and ono
2ot me pest experimental farmers and,