Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
0LEOMAR6ARINE We. BITTER.

Olcomsrgarinc has come 10 stny. II my
Que has any lingering doubt on the subject
ii will he dispellcd byp pcrusal OF The evil |
dcnce taken by the committee OF the New |
York Senate which IL investigating the sale
OF sdulteratcd focd products In that State.
One witness, Washington market commits
sion merchant, testified that during the pres
cnl season he had been handling about three
hundred tubs Of oleomsrgaline and butterinc
Cor lard butlor) day and that large guam
tilte OF the article were daily shipped from
the metropolis to all parts Of the State.
10 fourteen cents pound and but
tcrl1o from tn 10 tweniy-four cents. Some
retail srocers Testified to large sales Of oleo-
margariur ard said shat nobody would buy
poor butter while oleomarga,ine found q
ready aac The testimony of al The wilt
nesscs was to about TIC came edect--immenee
sales Of oleoGl3rgarlne and great falling of
IN the sales Of dairy butter
Tic dairy interests of the country, it Is
very evident, ars suffering from this compe-
| ti,on Of The INIT alton UIticle, and in he not
remote future will suffer still more. But
| lCT the dairy mGn can tlt.d remedy
Is net obvious People buy oleJmargarnC
net because they suppose it Is butter but
because they prefer it to butter, at the price.
| OF course there is eJme deception, but there
c4n not be much. for the reason that by {
familiar test oleomargarine can be easily dis
tinguehcd from the genuine dairy article
People buy il knowing what it is, and pre-
ferripg it to lhc inferior butter sold at tbt
me price. Then, again, all tie experts
tell us that It contains the same cons itueus
as butter and IS if anything little bette
butter than most turned ont by the darYnep
And as 10 cleanliness, the maker
claim, with some show OF reason, tina
the average oleomarga,ine is just q
clean as the average butter Of the dairy
Anyway experience proves that people vii
cat il, and the facts show that lis use is in
creasng every day. Az to legislation,
does rot seem clear how the law can 60 an
further than to require the dealer to tell hi
customers what 1t is that he is selling them
and this it now requires. Were the articl
harmful and injurou, OF course the LAY
might go much further than this; but tn
weight Of evidence is decidedly aganst. such
theory.
The daitymens laot resource, 1t seems
Us, is ~ make cheaper butter Vt butter {
T loser grade, but lower price, butter OF
. quality as good as that which il now mad'
> 70 this cad dairYmen should take bette
? care Of their stock than Is now the gener
, rule and procure the best stock that the
? meara will allow How little interest IL
"a average farmer takes 10 the improvement c
- his stock was we'll Illustrated here at HON,
few years ago, when the Target aud be
. herd Of improved cattle In the country wt
G sold to a western man because It's owner M
. with 10 sort OF support or encouragement
b. from our farmers. TteD, again, bett
g methods in dairying, more modern app
< ancce, more careful attention t. detalls,
II. more business Ike syceni--al these 81
% needed The better your stock 9nd Il
/. better yoUr cUe % Il, the more cornple
l. and modern your appliances, tie moie car
= ful and p0inelakinr your methods, the bett
It and the cheaper will be the product Of 70
DAIRY.