New-York tribune., 1881-03-29
BUTTER AND INVITATIONS or IT.

COMPLETION OF THE ASSEMBLY, COMMIT TrEE's WORK
IN THIS CirY-sEvERAL oLEoMARGARINE FAc-
TORIES VISITED.
Yestorday was the third day OF the investigation
by the Assembly Committee on Public Health as TO
the need OF legislation respecting the manufacture
and sale Of aduteratcd cheese and butter aud oleO-
margarine Gilbert +. nenBhaw. produce dealer
at No Fulton-st.. and an inspector for the Buttor
and Cheese Exchange, was the trst witness. llo
sald IN part l have visited tho oleomargarine
factory Of the American Dairy Company, AL BrOome
and Hudson-sts and it was in very hlthY condi-
tloD The men at work were dirty, wore no cloth
ing excoDt bag around them, aud handled tho
material with filthy hands. The ioor was covered
with filth composed of dust, milk and grease. |
would not eat any OF tho product after seeing "
made. I do not think One-hfth OF the CONSUMERS
who use OlcOmargarine know u TO DC such: l
meyer saw moro than one retailer who sold Oleo-
margarine "a such. .
Walter Carr was recalled and asked his views as
to tho legislation necessary In regard to ole0nhr-
earine Il would he said, recommend law
prohibiting the mixing OF milk, animal fat salt and
cOOrng matter to produce an imitation OF butter.
III this cannot be dcne, would mako IL obligatory
Co color tho product so that 10 could be distn-
guished from butter. Should this be impracticable
perhaps tho easiest way would be TO prohibit the
cOlOIing of products from animal fat 30 as 20 re-
seinble butter. l do not think the community 10
benefited the fact that oleOmargarine lowers the
general price Of b6Ttor, because II oleomargarine
was known and sold on It's merits. /. conld 10
bought at about onehat the price II now sells for.
BY Offering an article that grocers can sell nearly
az high as the best butter, and so mako q big profit
the manufacturers give inducements for retailers
to push oleOmargaTine to the front"
j. NJ. Adams. n dealer in aud exporter Of oleOmar-
garne. said that It was made in various ways by
different cOmparics DeOdOrized lard WAS used for
the frat time this winter for soitcning the article.
Others used Tactic acid. Ho was in favor of n law
which would cause OleOmargaIlne TO he sold on ITS
merits. The quicker IL was done, the quicker II
would be recognized rs second TO nothing Tut the
finest creamery butter
Francis ID. MOulton. OF No. 227 Water-st, read q
long argument IN opposition TO oleomargarine. llo
Association, lac was familiar with tho views OF
farmers from Maine TO san Francisco, and they
were a unit against the oicomargarno manuiac-
turers
James Wilson, Of tho Commercial Company. ..rade
an address in defence OF OleOmargarine. lie said
that his interests were identical with those Of the
farmers. IIe was taking beef fat WOrth.G cents %
pound and moro than doubling 1t in value. The
French Government had pronounced oleomargarine
more nutritious than butler. and had imposed "a
high duty OH il as on the best butter. You have
q law" he said, TO compel RrOceni to put ticket,
marked DIeOmargaTiney on every parcel OF it
which they SELL Enforce that law. / will sub
scribe TO holp you do it,
Mrs. Amelia Lewis Editor OF Food and Health,
testified that oleOmargarino could be used in cook
ing the same as butter, and impaired no different
favor.
In tho course o' the day the Committee visited
tho manufactOry vi the Commercial Company, at
the foot OF West Fort y-epbth-st and saw the pro
cess of making OleOmargnribe The Committee
also visited tho factory of RAFFERTY, & Williams, 8t
tho foot Of East FOrtYsiXt-st and the factory OF
SchwarZchild x Sulzberger in East kOrty-ilf 1T.
The Committee returned TO Albany last evening.