The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01

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well prepared oleomargarine, which
rarely contains more than ~ pen
cent. of salt. It is with poor butter
of this kind that oleomargarine will
and ought to compete. Bad, rancid
buffers are quite as unwholesome
as bad specimens of rancid oleo-
margarine; only it is rare to sec
oleomargarine rancid, becauaa it is
manufactured on a large scale, and
with the care which large operations
receive by skilled superintendents.
AS TO THE RELATIVE wlIoLEsoMENRss
of good butter and good oleomarga-
rine, / do not think there is any
thing to choose between them. Ii
has been said that, as oleomargarine
is not heated above 120 degrees
Fahrenheit, it may contain the germs
of disease in the animals, but so may
the fats constituting buffers which
have not been heated above 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit in the body of the
COW. So far as we know, when the
fats derived either from tho COW or
the OK are not rancid they are equal
" unwholesome. In both cases,
when they are rancid they arc equal
" unwholesome. Surely, carefully
prepared, wholesome butter fats
called oleomaagarine are much bet
ter for the poor at Is. pound than
badly prepared and dirty buffers ut
Is. Sd. or Is. Cd. per pound. How
does the honorable baronet propose
that government is to carry out her
resolutionsg The law already pro-
vides that an article of food sold
under name to which it is not en-
titled is punishable at law. Oleo-
margarine should certainly be sold
as artificial butter, and not as dairy
butter. But how are you TO enforce
the law in this case, when the pro-
ducts of the cow and of the OK only
differ in five parts out of the hum
dred. l should be very sorry to
decide from a sample of artificial
butter, whether it was from the cow !.
or OK; and when it is used for ad
mixture with dairy butter tile case is
still more difficult. Very few chem
ist would be prepared to swear that
a butter made half from the COW and
half from the OK was unquestionably
an adulterated article.
IT Is NOT LIKE cHIcoRy or COFFEE,
chicory is chicory, and coffee is cof-
fee. But oleomargarine and butter
are practically identical. except as to
their source and the absense of per
cent. of aromatic fat which probably
before long may be added from
cacoanut oil or other sources. The
goes on to say that such
artificial buffers as are hurtful or
dangerous should be prohibited al-
together. Certainly, rancid oleo-
margarine is q nasty and hurtful
but not any more so than
nasty and rancid butter which
abounds IN many markets. Both are
unfit for human food, although both
may be purified by well known pro-
cesses. The farmer has a much
better method than Legislation to-
protect his dairy produce from cheap
substitutes for butter. Let him cul-
tivate improved methods of cultiya-
ton, strict cleanliness, sufficient
washing of the butter, and fair treat
ment. Let him send such buffers to
the market without being laden with
salt and water to increase the weight.
and his superior and well favored
butter, with little tendency to rancid
ity, win keep its own position in the
markets in spite of the equally salu-
brious but less well-Aavored oleomar
garine, which will certainly drive
bad buffers out of the field, but can
not compete with really good but
ters.
After several members had replied
to the remarks of the distinguished
or spoken on the legal bear
ing of the question before the house,
q vote was taken on the resolution,
which was defeated by majority of
sixteen.