New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16
ADULTERATION OF BUTTER.
WHAT o1EoMARGARINE Is MADE OF.


SOME OF IFS INJURIOUS NORTHUMBERLAND on
PEOPLE WHO Use IT, AND on LEGITIMATE
TRADE.
The Senate Committee on Public Health yes
teray resumed its investigation into the alleged Iesa
manufacture and sale OF imitation aud adulterated o5
products and their effect Senators low and Nelson 4u
Mr. Thornton counsel for the committee, were III auu
ance Several Oleomargarne manufacturers ana
were present; they represented by l. NJ seS'er %
counsel. . ~
The effect OF oeOmargarine on the human s'ou'H "-D
the extent to which milk aduersted were 'e SuJse'7
discussed. n.-,, -.,
RESOLUTIONS adopted by the New-York Retail Grocers
80, on NJ, q and addressed to the Senate Commit
Tee an pnbuc Health, were read. They urged that a
proper law should be passed by the Legislature, WIN
tnct nenaltfes prohibiting the sale Of any kind OF
iton butter a. butter and that wholesale or retail
dealer under heavy dne and penalties be allowed to sell
any imitation OF butter without stating what the aTE
Gle is.
Charles Noses Of NO Al F,rsave., the drst witness.
WIS formerly employed in the oeomargarne factory OF
Nathan * Coz in Grove-st. He said:
was q packer and packed the stun In tubs. some
times made It into rolls OF one and two pounds each
lost the nails my hands aud sores were made IN my
flesh and my feet made sore by tAe hquOI WLlcn
ran my boots and had eaten through them mad 20
80 Bellevue Hospital and the doctor told me would
xii ue / continued IN the business MY teeth were
made loose and are now loose many or them came OUT
M hair Of For seven days While IN the hOsPt@l1
sElt blood.
James Gardner No 229 West Eishteeuthst, testified:
Ikrew Michael Hearn. who worked in oeomargartne
factory eighteen months ago lie had to stop WORK
Tor the reason that ne was poisoned by the PoduI ne
died months after He died from the poison lie got
n his system by handling oleomargarine'
WHAT DEALERS N BUTTER AND CHEESE SAY.
Msnce!ia Folsom. Of No 20 Warren-st, commission
cheese dealer FOR twenty-five years in this city said:
The dealers have suffered greatly the sale OF mi
tauon butter The eject on the butter trade Is very as
astrous and ruinOus. would recommend system OF
license which would require the Endorsement OF 100 re-
putable citizens before license to make or sell oieO
margarine should De granted. believe ID allowing the
mia osFtf.f Inf r. ON ia ne
what IA As Is now sold II is not branded IL any way
f Of mis- state is ruined by the sale OF oleomargarne
~ least 70 per cent Of the retail dealers III TINS
civ sell oleomargarine FOR butter am
m iavor of prohbtory law If this business cannot be
stopped without H. could make much more money oN
6nt have never handled imitation butter ana do not in
tend 30. That stuff is purely mechanical uktule' anu
faudueuy sold Is very Injurious To an honest lnon>ty
and that eurlcnes the country anu II one
oi the other must 90 10y an means ol1D' t ANY lin
imitation butter, have lost my breakfast in TINS way
statc adul'erate butter with neutral lard Ibeleve
IN having % commission appointed ia edcn county 10
supervise closely an ibis business.
John Guth. OF No. l62 Chambcrsst, a produce com
mission dealer for thirty years testified to this effect:
would favor prohbltOry Iw for the protection OF
iyr be- .od # offered f1r Wat It is It greatly ngrcs
tuc farmers deal IN 10 only ms extent "Lrh ger
/ DO NOT Keep it VI hand.
Charles y Bo,chcu, Washington Market butter dealer
for twenty -seyen years, sad:
j AWAY. sold FOR butter -Iucyer knew u 10 De sold
for what 10 is u Is never branded a. imitation ouite so
i .s mon . INV, leHe e T, l9t 9S Of If msd
"U'r}Ir,ir31e on Inn. counter for thirty dave and Was
not able to SELL pound Of G This produc could not be
sod Tor what il is II sold commonly t VIII make every
dsryman a couujer.eiter aud every retail dealer
s1lHdlcr Iuayr known 0eou3rStriue sold tOr g. cents
pound when 1t cost only y or Il cents.
NITRIC ACID AND OTHER INGREDIENTS.
d. T. A. Pooler Of Goshen, Orange County. formerly
member 81 the Board OF Health ia this city ami now
member Of the Orange County Board OF Health and
vicepresiden Of the Orange County Farmers Mix Assoc
citation, testified the effects OF nitric acid
which l. used in the manufacture OF oleomarsarne. He
said:
wneu applied 10 the luman ntegument it first leaves
white spot which urn TO orange yellow; IL Is powerful
caustic destrOyI animal tissue 10 IN contact
with Upon the mucous membrane il leaves brown
spot Inc enamel OF me teeth Is rendered very wAe al
10y this acid IN Of fatal resusthe LESSONS were
i6inG III aT u t ~. 80 @ s an t i, ~, va III
tense and deeply liberated Administered internally and
lite and the action Of the kidneys Generally
produces a white coating the tongue and dryness
OF the mouth Sometimes after few days the teeth he
10 grow loose and the gums bleed. lis longer employ
ent occasions dyspepsia colo, foul breath headache,
feyersbness. debility ana constipation or dlaTh9a As
Cisnfecant Dr. stlue says: However efectua It may
have been ~ destroying cOnagOn the plan was found 10
have serious effect upon both patient and attendant
producing coughs by It's vapOr-. producing abundant se-
cTeuol Of mucs from the lungs and throat ana some
the foul odor Of the room and IN neutrszing
1ectous euvla Il Is with difficulty dgesied by delicate
mixture OF arnaceous articles As medicine II Is seldom
used administered internally except among the
vulgar"
t.-Is used making oleoulargarine whole
sonnet Aside from the question of adulteratlOu
the ards which sampled for could not DE
sidered rs agreeable wholesome articles OF food
Q-Nhat is benne Oil A-Sesdme fOllUm OF benne
Leaf plant Of Egypt. Italy and Africa OF south
Carolina. and far north Philadelphia but
does mature there The oil f. expressed from the
seeds. Dr. AInstie that II is considered by native
practitioners 10 possess emmenagOgue virtues.
Dr Poo.er said that the number OF stl births this
41 constantly and Of proportion with
the natural increase Of population with the increase o.
the Of oeOmargaltne, and that the records OF the
Bureau Of Vital Statistics-which give only about
half the actual uumber-sIowed that ia 1853 there
were SOC more than in 1879 The following table
submitted. showing the comparative dige-tbty Of fats