Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
IMMIYATION BUTTRH.
Some Pleasant Reading for Butter
Makers and Consumers.
IFrom the New York sun. J

1t was bogus butter-men's day before the |
Senate committee on public health yestcr-
day. Several Of the slaughter house cream |
cries in and around New York were repre- |
scented in the committee rooms at the Morton
house. Some of the sellers Of the queer who
had been subpnnaed did not come to time,
and one maker whom the committee had
been trying to find had MT been official dis
covered.
George IIildebrand a commission dealer in
produce in this city, was the first witnes.
lie testified that he sells about 1926 tubs of
counterfeit butter day, on commission.
When he receives the stuff it is branded
only with the shippers mark. 1t Is branded
oieomargarine in the witnesses store. The
butterine as well as the other is branded oleo-
margarine. He brands the butterine cleo
margarine because he thinks 1t best TO do
| so.
Chairman Low-Isn't it because the butter
is made Of hog fat and the oleomargarinc OF
| beefp
The witness said that was not the reason.
| He declined TO tell the prices at which he
was selling the bogus butter to the retailers.
He did not know what the retailers called
the stuff when they sold 1t to their custom
ers. He declined to tell the names Of re-
tailers to whom he sells; but he thought
better of it after the chairman had told HIM
that the committee would insist upon an
answer. He gave the names of several
grocerymcn and also f"vOred the committee
with the current prices of oleOmargaIine and
butterine, which, he said, were from IL to
IA cents and from 10 to "a cents to the re-
tailers. The witness said that he shipped II
=. | unnb Hnal nf Cnuripns huttpr n SaTatDJa
J.B .Quinlau, grocer at GIT Eighth avenue,
corner OF Fortieth street, testified that he SELLS
from tve to seven tubs of the queer week
at retail. When child or anybody else
comes in and asks Tor 80 cent butter, he sells
! them bogus butter. His clerks have no in
>, structiOn. except to sell the stun as oleomar'
garne to persons who call for that COM
, pound. He pays about l4s cents pound
Tor oleomargarine, and has sold it as butter
, for :S cents pound. lie sells the spurious
a article because he can make more money or
: it than on butter.
Charles A. Rudd, a retailer at 32l Seventh
=, avenue, just above Twcnty-elghth street
! and also IN Eighth avenue, testified that ht
sells bogus butter for genuine. His sale
amount to about 10 tubs each of oleomdrgar
inc and buttGrine a week The witness saiC
:, he had sold butteTiue for ms much AS s;
u cents a pound.
y j. III. BOScnen, teacr IN DuIler, cnecs'
!, and .eggs in Washington market, testified
II that he deals also in counterfeit butter to TIN
e extent of some 10 or 1G tubs week, AbWl
J. oue-thIrd of this is sold for what it really /
to boarding house keepers. lie sells it be
cause he can make more money than by sell
- ing butter.
Charles r, Droste OF "a Warren street,
, member OF the butter committee OF the Mel
= camille exchange, testified that he bad heard
es on what he regarded As good authority, tha
AZ some oil the cIeamcrics in The west wei
IL using neutral stock prepared lard iOr adu
IN tcraling their bujtr lie ha' heard {
one creamery >eudirg East ndultIatc
butter with This package Conta,r
on,-twcnllelh lard stamped on Il
or tub in small letters. TIE creamery men
M the West are drivenlu this because they ha'
" to compete with bogus butter in the Ne
", York market They say ii they are prouc
III ed In New York tnty viii send pure cu.te
If there is only little II Ia butter Il ca
not be detected eXceid hy chemical Rrhy~l
II il ,h11H tr Luu.ri Eu,I' .,.. N"'l
An tan bullcI Nas adiI,l, iAl,h Al hi'o. o. - %
destroy our cAlut liAit
ne 10 reply 10 question asAei ~ ne of /
les bogus butter men, Mr.. Dloste said thai II
re-, were compelled 10 choose between very che