Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-28
SSuurna an0 Courier.
Monday Morning. March 2s. 1881.
LARD CHEESE.


 The prevalence of oleomar garine has caused those who are particular about what they spread on their bread to assume suspicious attitude towards everything labeled "butter, D and now, it appears we must be on the look out for delectable compound called lard cheese. This stuff has been in the market but short time. In the manufacture of lard cheese the milk is skinned of all the cream it is capable of bearing, and out of the milk so closely skinned, ,fand mixed with lard by a patented process, so-called cream produced, from which cheese is made
 This cheese is looked upon by some as an improvement upon the skim cheese. It is very deceptive, and resembles a good quality of dairy cheese so closely that it will bring several cents more pound than skim cheese. It is stated that one of the largest exporters of cheese has been deceived by it and has sent it to Europe as dairy cheese.
 About 8, 900, 600 boxes of cheese are pro- dueed annually in the United States, and at least half of this quantity is exported The advance in the quality of American cheese has been such that the finest grades are now looked upon in England as almost, if not quite, equal to the finest English grades. Naturally, the sale of lard cheese as the genuine article is looked upon with alarm and disgust by those interested in keeping up the reputation of American cheese, and movement is on foot n-New York and Boston to secure the protection of the interests of the cheese and butter trades from the injury threatened by the production of the spurious articles. At 8 hearing before the Assembly Committee on Public Health, in New York city, Alexander McAdam said that if it were known in Eng land that spurious article of cheese is on the market in America, and that it is hard to detect, the English cheese dealers would make the most of it and suspicion would be cast on the whole product of this country. He thought that the lard cheese should be branded as such on both sides; he did not see how it could be detected by it's color. William !etfreys thought the manu- facture of the spurious cheese was hardly extensive enough yet to materially affect the price of the genuine article but the subject was certainly serious enough to require leg islation for the protection of the cheese in terest Merely branding the goods, he thought. would not reach the root of the evil, as dealers generally rem owed the dis tnguishing bandages and lab els before offer ing the counterfeit article for sale. In or der to protect the trade, legislation which would reach the business in all it's ramifca- tions was absolutely necessary. All goods shipped to or from New York city should be subject to inspection by an inspector, acting under the auspices of the various Exchanges, and adulterated goods not marked as such should be conhscated He considered that lard cheese was unhealthful. Another dealer testified that he had sold to exporters about 400 boxes, and member of the committee told reporter that in thirteen creameries in New York State owned by one man lard cheese is manufactured.
 In this connection it is interesting to note that a New York commission merchant said that during one month last year single firm in New York city sold more oleomargar- inc than there butter sold in the city. It is to be hoped that before long something will be done that will make it impossible to sell lard cheese and oleomargarine for any thing else than what they are. The reputa- tion of our dairy products abroad demands this, and people in this country who want real cheese and butter and are willing to pay for them ought to be able to feel certain that they get them.