, 1881-11-06

j LIE "AISu1L LIN .oO oO41GA.-
| The Legislature at the last session enacted
/ 4 certain law to prevent and punish the sale
| Of adulterated articles Of food, and also an
act to punish the sale Of any article as butter
J.; not made from cream or milk unless the
!: package containing such substance be con-
! spicuo.sly labeled with the real or proper
name of such article.
The manufacture of 'butterine - has now
become one of considerable magnitude In
this city, several establishments for that
purpose being now in operation in Chicago.
! Bu:terine is manufactured from lard, as
olcoMargarine is u Manufacture from grease.
These preparations. Of course, can be sold at
4 large difference il price as compared with
butter, but this very fact offers extraordinary
Inducements for wholesale and extensive
swindling. The price Of butter depends on
the crop of grass and the cost Of feeding the
dairy animals; the price of butterine de-
pends on the priceof lard. The manufacturer
OF butterine can allow the retail grocer a
margin Of 80 per cent between the price of
butter and the price Of butterlne, and on
every pound of the latter which he sells rs
butter lie makes profit 100 per cent greater
than he can make OH the sale Of pound Of
butter. We invite the attention of the pub
lie, especially OF housekeepers, to the follow
ing article from the Chicago Grocers' Bulte--
tin OF NoY. i, 1881:
The Bulletin is indebted t., a South Water
Street friend for copy Of the fall circular of
the Garden City Dairy Company, Chicago. an
Institution presided over by oue OF our most
manufactured OF an article which is doing uutold
1nJurt to one Of the most Important OF Aneri-
can Industries. The circular Is Of sufficient
''rchness' to warruat its publication entire:
FALL C1ncULAIs-tiAEDES CITY DAIRY Cont
r.; rAsf s. |" g Wuens' n:enue Ch!easo. cnIcAGo.
sun!.!en TINT io'' our sxlsrience IN The
@ sss sasxs,
81 tetnr rather unfavranie for Shipment Of Fos
GAKnES Cirr DAIRY CuMr1S1.
DAIRY HCTrEKISE.
% to o lbs. solid packed
" ~ ~ lps. solid PACKED .............3i
pncxed In new cneesc boaes \.
Rolls; i = Us r,'ch. prints, about Is each
ID sross, cadtss aesea tx IN iacx iii per rack
CREAMERY NUTTERrSE. -
u Il, s It's, solid pac:s,I
tolls, - its e:;ch. prints about i 10 each.
Kols, Il 10 ! los eseh: prints, about il each.
III il tsross, cad,cs acfcd tx IN rack psr rack
= 1t will, no doubt, be claimed by the Garden
Clty Dairy to,npnny that it is engaged in a
strictly lcYltinn1e business, for the that
its lard mixture is sou Tor what it really is, and
hence docs not in any srnse deFruuu the pur-
CHASER. DISTINGUISHED people rnny. however, be !
disposed to inquire why u legitimate business /
should be obliged 10 sail unuer false color5 us is1
the case Of butlErHe. If b:ltterine Is in Itself !
an honcsr article. and not ao inferior imitation !
PRODUCT why not give it a distinct ntllcncla- .
ture! Inc designation ut a thing with Il term TO !
which It is not entitled is ciehr1y m a1tc1npt ut
u araud: The appropriation of the TERMS solid
packcd,,"' "ruls.' prints" ana especially
OF It purpose to make IN imitation article seem
by cDncesinx It under the distinct
I've nomenclature of tho genuine Dairy. ac-
cordi,g 10 Webster. coutains 'no suggestion Of.
anything .hnt dues NOT pertain to tho 'couver-
sissu ut milk ato butter and cheese" The T.
,f tho ter'n BY rutterine manufacturers is, con-
entirety without warrant, and un-
lues sLlOnably fraudulent.
The Chicago housekeeper who inquiries at
MS grocery for good butter will be furnished
~ the salesman with two specimens, one
;alled tlairy'' and the other *:creamery,'
md be told the prices therefor, the ''crealn-
.ry" calling for from three to FIVE cents per.
pound more than the other variety. The
packages containing these descriptions of
'utter are generally placed under the counter
II SO arranged that they cannot be examined.
Whenever the package is not conspicuously
displayed the Inference is that the scream
ry" and the dairy thus offered for sale
$. 'butterine." Wherever butter is offered T.
or sale there is 10 occasion for hiding the
ackage. The law of the State imposes a.
eyere penalty for selling bttterine unless |
be- package containing: it is. plainly and |
onsDicuouslY labeled "bntterine" No |
erson will pay 70 cents per pound for
uterine knowingly, but the temptation
, sell butter1ne at the price of but
er is, there is too much reason to ! ,
Ear, too strong for the morality Of too many
:tail dealers. The average profit Of a re- !