Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-04-08
Columbus Letter.
Especial Corr. of the Journal.l
CoLEMBUs, o., April 9th, 1880.


The Legislature will adjourn Tues
day or Wednesday of next week. The
past week witnessed the passage Of the
long talked of reorganization bills, and
now the work of renovating the State
Institutions Of Democratic rubbish will
begin. This is house cleaning seas0n
and good job in all the State insritu-
tions should be made. A remarkable
large number of bills have been passed
during the last two or three days of
last week, and il such earnest work
had been done 4 or weeks ago the
Legislature could have adjourned many
days sooner. The Reorganization bill
has been "written up" in the JOURNAL
enough to need no repetition of Its pro-
visions in this letter-and as far as
suitable men for the places that are soon
to be made vacant doubtless there will
be a dozen or so for each vacancy.
The Local Option bill for which near
ly two hundred thousand citizens of
this State have petitiOned for, was de-
feated in the House Wednesday by
vote of 80 to 55, II Republicans voted
in the negative and only 3 Democrats
voted in tile affirmative. On Thursday
the vote was recOnsidered and another
vote was taken on its passage, but this
resulted in second and final defeat.
On Friday bill was introduced In the
House BY Mr.. Harmon for the suppress
sion of making butter of impure ma
terial, and on Saturday Mr.. Covert
offered resolution requesting the
Boards Of Trade of Cincinnati and
Cleveland to investigate the Inanufac-
ture Of olemargarine and butterine,
and report at the next session of the
House. Few people have any definite
idea of the large amount of butterine
manufactured in this State. Thousands
of pounds are daily manufactured and
sold in Cincinnati and plenty of it has
found Its way into this city. In the
local markets it Is supplied to a large
degree. 1t is impossible to get at the
exact figures, for, owing to the preju-
dice which Is still held against IL In
the minds of many people (mOst of
whom doubtless, have been consumihg
1t the past winter the manufacture is
clandestIne and the process kept q
secret.
Persons who have used the article say
1t is q cheap and delicious" substitute
for genuine butter, especially in seasons
like the one just passed, when COWS are
on strike and farmers wives have no
way of supplying the demand. Bot
for the "butterine" the country article
would now range from 10 TO 80 cents per
pound. But this has been sold at from
% to % cents and under the representa-
lions of pseudo farmers (hucksters In
buekram) who offer it on the markets,
finds its way to the tables of the "first
families" principal hotels and board
ing houses. A few mornings ago one
of the members of the Columbus City
Council was seen laying in a supply Of
what he thought . choice article OF
cream made butter, and didn't know
any better until the next day when it
began to crumble and give forth an
unsavory odor. Candor compels the
advocates of the compound to admit
that it must be used when fresh to get
the best results.
By standing few days exposed to
the air when the temperature Is above
As degrees, the lard and tallow begin
to leave each other, and the coloring
mstter "annato" fades out. The in
gradients of which it Is composed are
cheap and abundant. They are chiefly
lard and tallOw and a colOring matter.
There arc also few chemicals used for
assimulating the ingredients, and max
ing them taste like cream butter, but
they are not held together for any
length of time. 1t seems that about
the only matter complained of Is that
the manufacturers put 1t on the market
as butter, and not what it really Il,
and thus defraud the purchaser. Some
body once said that at his boarding
house he always took hash, because
he knew what he was eating; he
was eating hash. Let these people
call the article by the right name, sell
ir as butterine and then people will
know what they are eating, and Mr..
Harmon or Mr.. Covert could no more
object to It's sale and manufacture than ]
they could object to the sale and manu-
facture of collars made Of paper IN
imitation of linen, as long as they are
called and sold as paper collars. A
law that wOnld prevent the sale of
butterine under the name of butter
In the markets would be good protec-
ton to the dairymen, who sell butter
on its merits which sometimes are
decidedly strong.
Secretary Sherman was In the city
last week at the reception given to the
members of the Legislature by Govern
ton In the Legislative Halls on Friday
afternoon and very pfeasant time was
had.
The election in Columbus yesterday
was rather surprise to many-strange
things will happen. GALLIA.