The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-06
S. G, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, $780,

writes: tMade according to the specif.
cations of Mege it cannot fail to yield 9
product that is entirely attractive and
wholesome as food, and one that is fol
all ordinary culinary and nutritive pur'
poses the full equivalent of good butter
made from cream.
It has the same appearance under the
microscope, and in chemical composition
differs from butter not in the nature, but
only in the proportions of its compo'
nents."
Professor S. G. Caldwell, of Cornell
University, New York, writes: "When
made after the Mege patent oleomarga-
rine when used in reasonable quantity is
a perfectly wholesome article OF food.
It cannot COM
pete with fine butter, but will prove
public benefit in driving poor butter out
of the market"
Professor 81. A. Mott, Jr., analytical
and consulting chemist of the CONNER
cial Manufacturing Company, writes: u
am clearly of the opinion that the pro-
duct called oleomargarine butteris essen
TALLY identical with butter made from
cream X X +
Il is destined to supplant the inferior
grades of butter, and be placed side by
side with the best product of the cream
cry"
I have many more testimonials before
me from men of eminence in Northern
colleges who have witnessed the manufac-
ture and analyzed the product, who testi-
fy similarly to the above concerning oleo-
margarine. But why cite any more. l
have "proved the pudding by chewing
the bag" and confess am amazed at the
magnitude of this enterprise. 1t is an
established industry, and it would be as
easy to stop the tsa6c in any other artl-
Gle of commerce as to prevent the manu-
facture of oleomargarine. A half mil
lion Of pounds are produced, sold, bought
and eaten in the United States every day.
Such fact speaks for itself. The produce
commission merchants of New York, and
the dairymer in their leagues all over
the North are combating it, and denonn,
cling it as the product Of dead horses, and
diseased beeves, &C., &C., all of which is
as idle as darting straws against the wind.
There are to-day eight millions Of dollars
invested in the manufacture of oleomar.
garine in the United States, and this in-
Yestment belongs to men of:as much push
and energy as can be found in Yankee
land, and it pays them handsome divi-
dend. Their product is sold at twenty
cents per pound, and can neither be dis
tinguished by the palate nor the olfacto-
ries from creamery butter that commands
ninety cents per pound. How legislation
is to remedy the imaginary evil is beyond
my ken.
I might write you much more of how
I have heard friends denounce this pro.
duct who never saw it, but sat and ate it
by yanother name; how I have seen men en-
JOY, as they thought, the delicious butter
while ! knew they were eating oleomar-
garine, and above all, I might write you
how was impressed during my recent
gisit to Gotham by the endless wealth
of that mammoth city, of their utter
ignorance of our condition, of the almost
ABSOLUTE destitution of principle in the
pBlitics of those people, and how little
the Northern capitalist i'm my judgment)
contributes to the maintenance OF the
general Government. But I must for.
bear, for have already, I fear, bored
you. Very respectfully,
D. WYATT AIKEN.