Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-28
OLEOMARGERINE.
NAUSeATlNG DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW
YORK.
Butter Made from the Fat Of Offensive Meat
Immense Amounts Of the Bogus
Article Disposed Of in the New
York Markets-lardine
or lard-Butter.
A DUTCHMAN'S AMUSING STORY
BOGUS BUTTER.

The Oleomargarine Investigation.
NRN YORK, March 26.-The Oleomar-
garine Investigating Committee OF the
State Assembly continued their labors
TO day. Charles A. Butler was recolled,
and testified that some Of the manufac-
turers made oleomargarine from the fat
OF offensive meat, and extracted the lat
by melting at temperature OF 10 de-
grees, which was nearly 100 degrees be-
low the temperature necessary 10 destroy
animal life. In fact, he had little faith in
legislation as a measure to prevent the
sale OF the adulterated article for genu-
inc butter, but he thought small IL.
conse tee and penalty OF $500 for each
offense might do something toward the
suppression OF adulterated butter. He
would compel a grocer who dealt in
bogus articles to display sign OF lad ul-
terated butter aud cheese sold here
Walter Carr testified that an immense
amount OF the lardine or lard butter dis
posed OF in the New York markets is
manufactured principally in Western
New York This article is more easily
detected than oleomargarine. Both
lardine and oleomargarine have serious.
ly affected trade and weakened price.
Not one hundredth per cent. OF the DO.
gus article manufactured is sold Tor
what it is, and
Grocers Sell 1t at an Enormous Profit
for the reason that il they took only q
fair profit the customers would suspect
the character OF the article sold them for
butter, for the customers, II they knew
what they were getting, would not buy
it.
Considerable Merriment
was caused by the testimony OF the next
witness. who gave his name as Herman
Garshel and said he lived on Eighth
avenue and had no business. He told
how his daughter visited him one day
and brought with her some nice fresh
looking butter. ave all thought il was
splendid" he said, "snd my wife asked
her where she got it, and mine daughter
she say: In der Bovery between Spring
and Prince streets, where der Is shtore
dat had sign what said +: Fresh butter
every day, % cents a pound. | went
down and bought pound for my vile
and We eat some. but my wife she want
ell to fry some fish and put some dat
butter with it, Suddenly she said,
Herman der is grease in dis butter, und
we dun took it and put what was left on
der winder sill outside der winder. /
went down TO dat grocery store IN der
Bowery und asked der man il dat was
fresh butteI und he said yes, und den |
asked him where he got it, und he said
from Turbers (Thurbers.) l saw in der
paper about dis investigation, und /
brought a piece OF dat butter down,
und here it is," he continued,
throwing about quarter OF pound
stuff wrapped in brown paper on the
table. The sample was examined by
the committee 1t looked more like
axle grease than butter, and the pres.
ence OF lard or some other fatty sub
stance was apparent. Some OF the ex-
perts present pronounced it lard-butter,
while others were positive that 1t was
eleomargarine. II. X. Thurber, OF the
firm OF II. X. and T. b. Thurber d Co,
testified that he is now manufacturing
$500 tubs OF oleomsrgarne weekly.
Last wear he exported nearly one half OF
his manufacture, but this year only
per cent. He branded all his goods as
required by law, but was aware that
some OF the retail dealers removed this
mark when they had oleomargarlne IN
their possession.