Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-23
WHAT TO DO WITH OLEoMARGARINE.

important Eastern information con
corning oleomargine and its uses.
and the effect upon the market for
the genuine of having the imitation
material on sale. 1t will be seen that
evidence is advanced which refutes
the specious claims of the apologists
for the fraud. who are causing their
articles to be published in the daily
papers. These items Of Eastern evi
dence may be taken as supporting
the positions taken in our article last
week.
The question now arises; What
can our dairymen do to protect their
interests which are assailed?' The
dairymen must act together if they
are to exert any influence They
ought to organize in their own neigh
borhoods. and then send delegates to
a general State meeting. This State
meeting should discuss the subject
with all the light attainable, and
then should resolve to do certain
things. First, perhaps, to appoint a
competent legal committee to draft a
law to be presented at the next aes
sion of the Legislature, to prevent
the sale of oleomargarine without
plain statement Of its character
second, to appoint committee com
petent to draw up popular descrip
| tons of the produc: which is being
sold as butter, its materials, methods
etc. etc. SO that all may know what
they are invited to eat; third, to ap
point Il committee to ascertain from
! the public press of the State whether
they will uphold the legitimate pro
duct and the Legitimate producers OF
whether they will aid the counter
feiter by praise of his mixtures and
condemnation of the genuine. Every
journal which gives forth an uncer
tain sound on the subject should be
proclaimed SO that the agricultural
interest may treat it becomingly
These and many other things should
be done by the combined dairy inter.
est, and money contributed by all tC
carry them forward. If the people
are once thoroughly aroused on the
subject. there is a prospect that the
ill-effects Of olcomargarine selling
NAV be avoided. Ii the makers ART
to be allowed to slip along I'M
checked in their greasy paths the
great middle trade in butter will be-
ruined and the profits Of the fancy
makes much reduced, because oil
course all butter which is elevated tC
escape oleomargarine comes into
competition with what is now fancy
and all will be cheapened. What dc
the dairymen proposes to do in this
matter?
There have been sporadic efforts al
organization to oppose oleomargar
inc. Del Norte organized some
months ago, and reported to us {
strong club ready to work against
fraudulent products, Bodega die
likewise. We have heard nothing OF
these organizations of late, but have
no doubt they will be found awak,
and ready to take part in any genera
movement which may be set il
motion by the dairymen. Santa
Cruz dairymen are meeting rs We
write, in the Count House at Santa
Cruz, and we trust they may sound {
clear note which will rally the legiti
mate producers in all districts. This
is the only way in which anything
can be accomplished.
The dairy interests of Californis
cover a vast amount of capital, and
employ small army Of men. The
industry must not be imperiled by q
single company of mixers who. from
their proximity to the slaughter
houses of the metropolis. are en-
abled to grind out almost unlimited
amounts of grease butter. Let all
the dairy districts hold meetings and
elect their best men as delegates to q
central meeting, which can adopt
wise measures to set forth this fraud
mit proper light, and then secure
enactments to prevent the tallow com
pound from appearing in the markets
except as it bears clear marks of its
origin and lcomponents. Rural
| Press
Hop PICKING IN PUyALLUP. The
Tacoma Ledger, published in Wash
ington Territory, says: Hop picking
in Puyallup valley has about reached
its conclusion for this year, and the
result is estimated at about 100000
lbs. OF dried hops. The yield ex-
ceeds the expectations of the growers.
1t is thought to be 100000 lbs. in ex,
cess of the estimate made several
months ago. This is from 600 acres,
and the average is therefore 1866
pounds per acre. Not few yards
run over ton to the acre, while in
some. fields there are patches that
grew 2400 and $500 lbs. to the acre.
Mr. l.. +. Thompson realized from
one acre the large amount of 2700
lbs. The present market price is So
cents, but some of the product has
been sold at much lower figures, and
yet it is supposed that if the market
is sustained until the entire crop is
disposed of, the average pricerealized
will not fall short of Is cents per ID.
This would indicate a gross income
of S450,000, and deducting from this
the cost of production, which, at 8
cents per ID. would amount to 500, 600
this hop growers of Puyallup valley
will have left a net profit of $500, 900,
which is a large sum of money to di-
vide as profits among So growers.
A DELICATE INSTRUMENT. The
Yale College heliometer. with its del
icate mechanism, was packed in the