The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-11
BULLGREASE BUTTER.
1t is Sent to CreamerieS to be
Worked in With Good Butter.

We do net raise now the question
as to the effect ofoleomsrgsriue. Thu
would depend en- the mater III USE o
and the methods OF manufacture; AL"
TO great extent nn the mental auO
physical organization, or the !gUur-
ance Ot the consumer. Our presen
purpose is to emphasize the fact that
the whether named oieom"r-
garine or what rot, and whether buIl'
up on basis OF hog-cholera lSrd or
refined soap grease or decent rue'-
is everywhere under false pref oce
The trace is ditguieed and hidden; II
covers up It's TACK: 1t hreAEs the
law every day For example. ther
is a point in a certain populous city
at which one might sand and WITH
out stirring a step throw etones into
the windows OF not less than five small
shops where tue stuf1 is sold tor bpt-
ter. &c into thtee places; search tor
any Sign; peer about on tub or pack
age tor some plain brand such as n
state statute rtqIires, and you Will
not fDd #; and should you venture TO
intimate suspicion you would stand a
good chance Of being pumms:ily
elected. And this is a sample case OF
thousands.
So oleomsrgarine WI rms its way.
And it is poilurng even the dairy
fountains A conscientious CORES
poudent who has looked into the mat
ter very carefully tod our readers
awhile ego that the stuff is slyly chip
ped to creRmeries and worked in vito
the legitimate product OF the faithful
COW. There are Indifferent honest
farmers making butter on their own
premises who are not above buying
this bogus article as a shilling
pound Tor the purpose OF Extending"
their goods to be sold at 80 G. II not,
Why the advertisement in papers that
penetrate the rural districts Offering
''oleomargarine in small quantities."
1t is this temptation to deceit, it is the
treachexy of the whole manufacture
and trade, that We object to, and lot
the compound itself. If it will take
its proper place in the open market
and stand or fall on its its;nobody
would deny to it fair field. II in
straightfor ward way it can comp te,
however sharply, with COW butter. no
body could reasonably object. Bat
as it comes OF a rat that gnsWs in
the dark, as sneak thief, as q law
breaker, as piraticaI craft that with
fair surface showing, sails the COM
meEcial seas. it ought to have a
quietus in the shape of killing tax
such as is now proposed in Congress,
since no other means have been found
effective.
In answer to the special pref, x
that it only completes with second or
third-rste butter, and does not really
affect prices of irst.quality goods and
therefore must have the ben ficent
effect of lifting the general dairy u a
higher level, we note that about the
time that Professor Arnold was speak
ing for his clients before the ways
and means con- miltee in Washing
ton, a leading commission mer
chant of New York City was sending
q check to one OF his consignees OF
choice butter, with an explanation
that tie sharp decline-12 C. per
pound within week.-mrs. ION
account of a large quantity Of lard
butter from the west. This coincl-
depce, suggestive and curious, militia
tes against the snowy argument re-
ferred to, which has been from the
first the leading stock in trade of ad-
vocates and others ssldshly interested
in oleomargaripe. Aud their mum Der
is legion. and Increasing day by day.
The 8 R!istics are too mu"h under
ground for even census experts, but
one writer estimates a manufacture
and sale in New York City alone
that threatens to extinguIsh the
dairy industry OF the Empire State. "
However that may be, it is certain
that the eDcroachm ent is aggressive,
and it seems to be powerful enough
to have beguiied lately to its defence
one hitherto in high favor as an apos
tie OF honest dairyiDg.