The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-06-05

J DIR. Charles NJ. Iresson, the VOL
known scientist. saws tnc.u are many
Tcgctahl" matters which are harmless
TIM, could bc used in iiniiug olcomar-
Ca:ino, uterine and sucriur. 50 as to
be abe 10 distinguish them from gcnu-
inc butter lie mentioned that the coll
oring matter derived from the alkauet
root was cn'rc,y harmless. and IL
used ia coioring artificial butter ia the
same proportion that annaito is used
TO color genuine butter. would give ii
delicate pink bur. Water street COM
mission men generally favor somo
method TO distinguish the bogus"
from the cool.
/ Threc-,Uurths nf the butter now sold
IL Philadelphia is artificial. Some Of
the stuh is only ono half butter. the re-
maindcr bciug common lard. In many
eases the composition is simply bcof
fat chemically treated. with no more
genuine butter IN II than j. contained
III axle-grcasc. Tho way in which
4 1!ccmargarinc, butterinc, and all arti-
fetal tut'ers are sold,n said President
mcdonald. Of the National Butter,
/ Cheese and Egg Association, "is an
Outrage upon the consumers and the
dairy Interests Of the country. The
limitations are sold To the butter dealers
and groccrs at from Ii 10 2j cents n
pound. and they buy knowing exactly
what 1t IL. Their customers arc not so
fortunate. ] do not know Of retail
dealer In this city who does not sell the
artificial article as the genuine product
of the COW. What effect would il have
to compel the manufacturers TO distin-
tinguSh the artificial from the genuine,
Jy making the former pink color?
Why, it would simply kill the business.
VINO would buy pink butter? Not
even the bo!dest boarding house keep
.er. 1t n ridiculous 30 talk abmt but
.crinc keeping down the prico Of good
butter. The bogus is foisted upon the
consumer ut twice its value, and, In
addition, tho buyer is deceived as1t
the stuff purchased. Philadelphia
housewives have always been prcju-
diced IN favor of the print rolls. That
makes this city a good field fur tho ar
tihcial article. which is printed nicely.
majority uf Il ctmrs from Ch cago,
though New York furnishes fair sup
ply. IL Governor Cleveland signs the
bill now in his hands, prohibiting the
manufacture and sale Of imitation but
ter. the industry will be killed in that
state" President Macdonald suggest
ed that IL would be an excellent Thing
dor butter buyers 10 ask tho seller il tho
butter was genuine. IL the answer was
given in hcsi,ating sort OF a way the
customer should not buy. In short
time, he thought. the dealer would be
brought to realizing sense that he
was swjndling his patrons.
A visit 10 several butter commission
houses on Water street developed the
information that TO change the color Of
the artificial article would result in
death-blow TO its manufacture. One Of
the largest dealers said if il were tinted
differently from the genuine he would
resc!nd al his standing orders. lIe
would not have pound of pink olco-
margarine in his place only at manu-
faeturers' risk. Almost 75 per cent. of
his sales consist OF tho buttcrinns.
Thousands Of families nrc supplied
with fancy rolls Of apparently fresh
butter, for which they pay big prices,
alnder the impression that il is the gen
uigC ar!clc. THrcc fnm.ics out Of four
do not get what they expect. and none
are the wiser for the experience. The
big profit in selling but,cyinc and Ike
compound, are temptation 10 the gro
r"ryOr'tu. aud he sac; itccS his hGrcsts
20 r4aes none. ~ IIS ,j.Ait Eecortl