The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-26
OLEOMARGARINE.
Bons Interesting Facts About Its Mann.
fnOture and Sale.

fnOture and Sale.
OF the immense quantities. now produced
very little of it is exported by the manufac-
turers, but most OF it is sold directly to the
jobbers and much of II disposed of directly
TO the consumers In this city. II is quoted
at from 1 0 to IL cents pound wholesale.
The retailers dispose Of it at from Is to 80
cents pound. This can only be done by
palming 1t of rs genuine butter and its
sale, rs general thing, can only be accom-
plished by this deception. The mnnufac-
turers protest, in attempting to justify their
defiance of the law, that they never prac
tice any deception in selling the article, but
at the same time admit that the retailers nj
most invariably impose on their customers
by selling the stuff as the genuine product
Of the dairy.
The whole trouble" said manufac-
turer recently, "lies with the retailers. We
sell our article for exactly what IL is, but
the retailers sell it for butter. There is no
deception on our part and of course we can't
help what the retailers do"
But would any one willingly buy bogus
butter2 ?" was asked. The manufacturer
simply shrugged his shoulders adj walked
away. The same question was propounded
to a prominent jobber.
Why, of course not" he replied, "and
there is the iniquity of the whole business.
No matter how honest the manufacturer OF
iobber might be in selling the stuff, the re-
taller is compelled to practice deception in
disposing of it. There are very few people
who would buy bogus butter at any price
knowing it to be such, but there are thou
sands who buy the stuff for first or second
quality dairy butter and are nevsr the
WISER"
The great bulk of oleomargarine ia sold
in tubs and firkins, although much of it is
also made up by the manufacturers in
pound pieces, nicely stamped with sheaf
of wheat and wrapped up in piece Of fine
cloth, In exact imitation of and without any
mark to distinguish it from dairy butter.
The tubs and firkins are supposed to be
stamped with some mark designating the
character Of their contents, but as the re-
tailers have objected to this il is not always
done.
There are almost as many different re-
ceipts for making oleomargarine rs there
are manufacturers. All of the compounds,
however, contain fat, usually taken from
beeves, cottonsecd or some other vegetable
oil and a small proportion of milk. In some
instances genuine butter is used in small
quantities as a substitute for milk. The OBJ.
ject of using milk or butter is to impart the
favor Of the genuine article, which is con.
tanned in an essential ingredient of butter
called butyrine. In the product Of the
dairy there is from five to seven per cent of
butyrine, whereas IN oleomargarine there is
but one per cent Most Of the fat and other
unknown ingredients used in the manufac-
ture of bogus butter is sent from Chicago.
p. II. McGann imports immense quaint.
ties of fat and lard from Chicago for the
manufacture Of this butterine. The smaller
manufacturers purchase their supplies Of
lard and fat from the abattoir and local
slaughter houses. Philadelphia Times.