The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-27
Bogus ButtoE.

ALBANY. March 21.-The senate CON-
mittee on public health which has been
investigating the authorizations of food
reported to-day. They say they have
discovered wholesale alarming adultera-
ton, dangerous to the consumer and de-
preciaiIng property in the rural dis
tricts. Tie adulteration of butter by
tallow oil, bone oil and lard oil was
found to exist in almost every town
and city 10 the state, and IN amount to
equal half the production of the
ton has been 80 disguised
that often Only discoverable by chemical
analysis. O1t OF thirty samples of
butter purchased by the committee IN
New York, only ten we're genuine. No
labels To distinguish the pure from the
bogus butter are displayed as required
by the existing law. Bogus butter is
largely purchased by saloons and board
ing houses and second-classs hotels.
Poorer quality of bogus butter sells for
20 to 80 cents pound To latoring
men. bt tier grades at about 40 to 40
cents. the cost to the manufactures
ranges from II to 10 cents, an average OF
ID cents Several New York and Brook
Iyu concerns manufacture over 3,OCOOOO
pounds, much of it out of fats brought
from the west, for France and Italy.
The bulk of the bogus butter is manu-
featured in the west and sold in New
York to the detriment of the
states dairy interests. Dairy farm
ers have been driven out of business
and the consequent loss to the state is
estimated at from five to ten million dol
lars yearly. The committee estimated
40 million pounds of produce sold
annually in the state, and say the illegiti-
mate business is breaking the export
butter trade. The effect OF the decept
ion in the trade is deleterious to business
morals. Butterine can be sold at 10 cts.
q pound less than the natural but
ter. The committee quotes ex-
tensively from evidence to show
the evil, moral, commercial and sani-
tary effects of Rdulterat;on. The use of
nitric and sulphuric acids in deodorIz-
ing adulterated butter is particularly
condemned The committee recon-
given time, of the manufacture and
sale of all butter deliberations.
The living COW, asserts the commit
tee, cannot compete with the dead
hog. Tie commitIee also find 200, 900
out of 900, 900 quarts of milk furnished
New York daily, in 1882, were water or
skim milk and recommend the appoint
ment of state milk inspector and that
official shall be chosen to enforce anti
adulteration laws and be selected from
and to represent the dairy interests.
Accompanying the report was a bill
prohibiting under penalty of $500 or
SIX months imprisonment, the sale of
adulterated milk, keeping COWS for pro-
duction of milK in an unhealthy condI-
ton and deluting milk
with water 1t provides
| that every manufactures of butter shall
| brand his name and the weight of the
butter on the package Cars for the
sale of milk shall be stamped with the
name of the county where the
milk Is produced, unless sold ex-
lusiveIv in the couaty. A penalty
of $500 TO 81, 600 and Imprisonment fol
one year is imposed on the sale or man.
ufacture of bogus butter or cheese. The
State Dsirymen's association is appoint
! ed commission to enforce the prOvi.
sions of the bill. Thirty thousand dol.
lars is appropriated for this purpose.