The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-02
BOGUS BUTTER.
Report Of a New York Stat, Senate
Committee.
Alarming Wholesale Adufersljons OF
Food Discovered.

The New York State senate committee
which has been investigating authorizations
Of food, saws in its report that it has dis
covered alarming wholesale authorizations,
which are dangerous TO tine consumer and
which are depreciating property in
tho rural districts. The aluItero-
ton of butter by tallow OIL bone oil, and
lard oil was found in almost every town
and city in tho State aud in an amount
which equals half the production Of the nat
ura article. The imitation is so disguised
hat often il can only he detected by chem
teal ANALYSIS. Out of thirty samples of al
legged butter purchased by the committee
IN New York only ten were genuine.
No labels TO distinguish the pure from the
bogus butter are displayed, ms required 10y
the existing law Bogus butter is largely
purchased by saloons, boarding houses, and
so,ond class hotels. The poorer qualities OF
bogus butter sell for from twenty cents TO
thirty cents to labOring men, and the better
grades at forty or forty five cents. The cost
of manufacture ranges from twelve to
| eighteen cents, the average being four
| teen cents. The manufacture III
| New York State is chiefly carried on in New
| York and Brooklyn, several concerns manu-
| featuring over 3.0OO,OO0 pounds each out OF
fat brought from the We t, from France, and
| from Italy. The bulk OF the bogus butter is
manufactured in tine West and sold in New
| York TO the detrimcut OF the States dairy
interests. Many dairy farmers have been
driven ont of business in consequence.
| The loss to the state is estima ed at
from Sj,000000 10 $l0,OOOOO yearly. The
,mmittee estimates that 10 0OO,O pounds
Of the product are sold annually in the State,
and the illegitua,e business IS breaking our
export butter trade Tho elect OF the de
CeptiOn IN the ade is delcterlous TO business
moras. Butteline can be sold at eighteen
cents less than natural butter.
The committee quotes extensively from the
evidence obtained TO show the evil moral,
commercial and sanitary effects OF adultera-
tions. the use of nitric and S1lphurc
acids in deOdOrlimg ndulterated butter IS
particularly condemned The committee
recommends the total prohibition, aitcr a
given tine, of the manufacture and
sale Of all butter authorizations. The
living COW, the committee asserts,
cannot compete with the dead hog The
committee also finds that .OO,OOj out OF the
jOO, 900 quarts of milk furnishelt 20 New YORK.
daily in 1882 were water or skim milk. The
committee recommends the appointment Ola
State inspector Of milk, mud also recommends
that the officials 10 he chosen TO enforce anti
aluteration laws be selected from AMI rep
resent dairy interests.
, Accompanying the report was bill by thu
committee. 1t prohibits under penalty q
500 fine, or six months Imprisonment, tn
, sale of aduliera'ei milk, the keeping of COW
for the production OF milk in an unhcalth,
condition and the dimtingo of milk with water
IL provides that every manufacturer Of butte
shall brand his name and the weight of III
butter on the package. Cans for the sale O
0 mill, shall be stamped with the Fame of tn
o county where the milk Is produced, unles
sold exclusively in the county. a penalt
: Of from 500 to 81 ,0O) and imprisonment 10
5. one year is impose on the sale or manufat
a turc Of bogus butter or cheese. The Stat
Dairvmens association is appointed con
>, mission TO enforce the provisions of the bll
!, and $50, 900 is appropriated for the purpos