New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
BUTTER THAT is NO BUTTER
TEN GENUINE SAMPLES OUT OF THIRTY.

branded as the law REQUIRES held another session
at the Morton House yesterday. Senators Low
Thomas and Nelson, and A. b. Thornton. counsel
for the committee were IN attendance. The room
| in which the committee met was filled with manu-
facturers, iobbcrs and retailers of OleOmargarine in
this city, who showed great interest in he proceed
ngs
| I. NJ. Seaver, banker, of No. % Wlitehan-st.,
! who wished to appear as counsellor for the manu-
facturers of oleomargarne asked the privilege of re-
futing some statements that had been made by GER
tain witnesses. and which were productive OF such
| editorials as appeared in The SUNDAY TRIBUNE.
He said that TIE TRIBUNE had taken up and
champ ioned the of the butter men as against
the oleomargarne men in advance of the evidence
Edward w. Martin, inspector of milk for the State
| Board of Health. testified that on November .,
1888 he visited the cheese factory of Lawrence &
Durland, in Orange County, and an analysis showed
that the cheese made there contained - per cent of
neutral lard and % per cent of butter fat. He was
informed by the firm that their daily production
was 5000 chooses each weighing five ounces. lie
was crossexamined by Mr. Seaver. He did not
think analysis would show deodOrizcd lard hut the
! samples examined had the appearances of contain
| ing it, He did not see now there could be any
| difference between deOdorzcd lard and other lard
| chemically lie did not know whether deodorizing
would destroy any living animaculcs not but he
knew $500 Fahrenheit would destroy certain germs.
TrichinG destroyed at 2I20 Fahrenheit, but
they do not exist iii fat He said extreme cold was
| necessary to destroy these germs.
| An INsrECTORS PURCHASES IN TWO CITES.
Mr. Thornton then asked:
Did YOU on about February u. 1885 ana On vari-
Gus days since purchase OF different retailers IN this city
and Brooklyn, samples Of bnteri If 50 please state
The wtness-webster walcott, No ~ Carmne-st
Practically no butter present in sample. Price DER
nj Nh glFe-E
inc. Price 81 cents. NJ. H. Moses q Co., No 317
Practically No no butter 9as pesc9 Price %
No butter a present Price 2$ cents NaF r Ldcy
S% o2o a. Noses AS%%t Me- fGE9 e p rSc
no butter present Price % cents T. n. Barry, No.
cents. John IL Bosclcf No l2s Washington Market.
PRACTICALLY no butter lr,scn Price - cents Charles
inc. Price % cenls 7. W. Heam No.lsO Fulton Mar
| 1913 Fulton Market Genuine. Price % cents id c.
A. Iudd, No:624 Eiglth-aVe. Practically 10 butter ute,
Eghth-ave About - per cent butter Price p cents.
butter. Price 20 Bennett Jarvis. No $50
rhird-ave. Genuine. Price 80 cents r. Roberts. 2297
Price rs cents scIccs Bros No. Isl First ave.
! Practically no huttor present Price % cents. II.
butter Price 30 cents. John Roth, No lOG Frt-aye.
! Genuine Price % cents. CA. Hermann. No 40 Tomp-
kius Market. Practically butter present Price %
cents. jill. Bullwiuke, No. 245 Bowery Practically
Price 2l cents. J Bryant. No. 514 FuoI-st, Brooklyn
Little no buttcr Price % cents. J.N KetclJn,
Not col Fult0nst., Brooklyn. Price 80. Err Cocker
No G37 FJtou-st. Brootl}n Little or butter Price
lyu Little or no butter. Price . cents. + & Rest
No - NyItle-aye.. B'ookyu. Little or no butter
Genuine. Proc 33 cents. {. P. Dro.cher, No. ~
Washington Market. Genuine Price 80 ccnts Nathan
Bros, No - Is GI9yc-st (samplc submitted 10 commit
lee at AGsnE P "a; all orgFn , it, Az lhCoe
quest OF thc Senate Committee, for analysis.
DR. LOVES ANALYSES.
Dr.. Edward G. Love, Of No. 60 East Fifty fourth
st was then called to the stand lie said:
lam a chemist and of The state analysts. J re-
cciycd the samples spoken Of 10y the preceding witness
ont OF tie thirty samples found Only tea W!Hc.
ge1Ume butter; tho Others Gd not contain more than
case dld not vary materially and almost entirely
ioregr fat and when the percentage of butter was less
than y per cent there practically bI.tt- Hf sl
According 10 ;hc formula and proportions given by The
manufacturer, Ian. crty before tie committee saHl-
day, which WAS: We take loo pounus oi oco oil, 900
pounds oI neutral 'tId ana 20 gallons or bcnc o, heat
iE" mixture 10 100 degrees Hd lA u INTO cAuu ccu-
tanning ABOUT tp p3l"s e." uhllN' ana cru Iie Nho.e
up together Ater g. Vc mk We ada 80 ounce, OF
proIGcj OF .Go4 pounds. pounds OF milk would
make - pounds of buttcl or = per cc' Of utjer not
; = 1I' d m i nm
contain just enough for the maker to thu Their,
butter ian it, hut simply the butter f3t winch gets
in occurs thcrc from the mix used. Ia Other woids
the product sold WIS nearly 100 per cent ta' Thee
samples all contained lard The mixture o. those iuWe-
dcu,s produces no chemical change Whatever it is sim
ply mechanical mixture.
The witness. on being crossoXaMiued by Nh !
Ccay.r admitted that and Iutt rine
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were htdllhy ana nutritious Whcu composed OF
wholesome AID pure ingredients, but he thought
that the lard would have to be cooked at higher
temperature than at present in order TO remove any
diseased germs which it might contain. This in the
process used IN dcOdoiIzug not now necessarily
done.
WHOLESALE Dealers TESTIMONY.
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commission business 1T No. $50 ChanIbcIs-st., was /
tho uevt witness and testified That he sold oIc, /
margarine ana pultefhc ~ WHOLESALE oHu}. lie |