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] Monday. October 15. 1888.

I - 70 asBOGUs RUTTER. ss# 5aI Oleomargarine, abutterine, and other imit&r tions of butter have not been much talked about lately, but just now two of the great
 'tCentres of civilizationn- .and New York-are somewhat agitated by them. One hundred leading butter merchants of New York have united in requesting President Washington Winsor, of the Mercantile Ex- change, to calls meeting at the Exchange to discuss the question of the sale of imitation butter as pure butter, in violation of the laws ot the state, and to adopt such measures as may bs dseaaed advisable to prazeeuke and bring to punishment all offenders guilty of the fraud. And in Hartford on Saturday last a number of small dealers were arraignsd in the police court and punished for selling oleomargurine contrary to law, that Is, with out dniy adyertising it ass such, by putting the word 'solsomargarine" on each tub or package. -ssaz sss szz .5sa
 There has been, 1t is said, a great change in the manufacture of bogus butter. At first oleomargarine oil and large percentage of milk were used 10 make the imitation. II was thsn found that lard oil and large per centage of choice butter, when carefully mix ed made better imitation than oleonar- garine.s Finally, cotton seed oil was largely used, and now, according to the statement of leading butter dealers, grease of very low commercial value is skiIlfnlIy deodorized and enters into the compound. To give the mi tation butter color and flavor chemicals are used, 1t is alleged, which are unknown to J. e. A York butter merchant told reporter that to produce pound of butterine made up of oleomargarine oil, cotton seed oil and lard oil ohurned in milk it cost about twelve cents. The product was sold at fourteen to fifteen cents per pound at wholesale, and was retail cd by fraudulent grocers at from twenty-five to thirty cents per pound. The best inaita- ton, this dealer said, came from Chicago, where some of the dealers used the best lard oil deodorized and the best butter obtainable
 a The Hartford Times, in an interesting ar- ticle upon the subject of oleomargarine, gives it's readers some rather unpleasant inferma- tion. It says that there srs farmers in the towns surrounding Hartford who have for years brought in butter for dealers and fami- lies, and who are now, and for year or two have been buying oleomargarine in Hartford at seventeen and eighteen cents pound, carrying it home and having it work ed over into the size and shape of the pats or balls they used to make. and perhaps hay ing it favored little more with an extra touch of genuine butter, (and, it may be, stamping it. and then bringing 1t into town and selling 1t for genuine butter. If ques- tioned whether they made 1t, they will hard ly stand up to the falsehood of saying yes, but will say ''their neighbor, Mrs. Smith, made this, and they got it to try and see how 1t would suit.'' s,.zs..-s.z.
 There is no objection to the sale or use of oleomargarine if the seller is honest and the buyer wants the stuff. And 1t Is but fair to say that some oleomargarine is pretty good. For instance, that made in this oity. But 1t ought to be sold and bought for what it really is, and we are glad that the leading butter merchants of New York and the powers that be in Hartford are taking hold of the matter. There is law enough both in New York and Connecticut to regulate the evil The law in this State says:
 Section l. No person, firm OF corporation sAal soneE AoE sAAs ok AaVS III HIS oE its pos- session for sale or exchange either of the ar ticles known to commerce as eOleomaFgar- inc, ? 'Buttsrine." and sSuetine," or any substance made in imitation of butter and not made wholly from milk, without having the name of such article or articles plainly stamped or written on the cover or enclosed thereon. a a.Ise- 1H Ls
 SEQ. g. Any person. firm or corporation who shall offer. expose, or shall have in his or it's possession for sale or exchange any of the articles named in the preceding section, shall have sign conspicuously posted will letters not less than four inches ia height, wherever such articles are sold or offered for sale or exchange. the name of ssevery such ar ticle sold or offered for sale or exchange with heFadditioaal words for sale here"
 SEQ. 8. Any person or persons being con- victed of violation of this act shall be fined seven dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty daysssor both.