New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
MAKERS or BOGUS BUTTER.
GIVE RIG FIRMS IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
.cvxow1rpGlNG THAT THEY VIOLATE THE LAW

.cKxowIrDGING THAT THEY VIOLATE THE Law
Is 1T CONSTIrUTION.L1
There are five firms in this neighborhood which
Nave prosperous oleOmargariEe manufactures
rhey are Van Ripcr & Co., of Nos. 3 and Front
al. Morris l. Nathan Il Co.. OF No. 2412 Grove
st.: f. Lanferty * Co. of No. lSS West
Uouston.st: Arnsburg a. Co., of BIooklyu; and
p H. SicGaun of BROOKLYN. These five factories
nre not running at their fall capacity, owing, the
firms say. to the unfortunate agitation
made by the dealers III pure butter
nnd the STATE Dairy Commission against the
sac If their bogus product. Nevertheless, despite
nnfavOTabe circumstances, according TO Nathani4l
Waterbury, who sells OleOmargaIine AT wholesale
Mt No. ll5 Warfen-St., these live factories manage
10 grind out and nut upon the markct about l,o1O
packages OF bogus butter day. In ADDITION 10
fbis the receipts of the compound from the enter
prlsing West, especially Chicago are no small item
1t IL only recently that these outside receipts
have been quoted, but / he Producers Price Current
has been giving them lately. In ITS last Issue the
receipts of butter tor he week ending Decembcr
l. are stated to be SO, packages including 22O2
packages of buttcrine. Consider nG mat TINS -
purchased at about l. cents pound by the Tetali
grOccrs who immediately sell II for 3OcentS IN oIdtf
10 pr itect themselves By not having susp'cl0usY
low price it will be that tho prOil rcapcd by
the groCcrs tins CITY for the sale of bogus butter
is about sSl 900 week; or . ~ oo a Nem
is a large hve-story brick budng. The sign. A.
dornoy Manufacturing Company-OleomargaTino
Bntter" Is on the front OF the building
in conspicuous white letters. Within, the looS ar
piled hign with tubs o. the compound wHile the
elevators groan undcr the weight OF the Ioas or II
NOV d from floor 10 floor Everything one tonches'
the door knobs, desks. furniture. etc. Is greasy
I've sell OeOmargalne for wnat II Is Slia 4
member of tne firm, and II me re'a'l UpCoiiS
choose TO stick n sicn reading d cents Il pound
into tae tub after they get 1t from us It Is not our
fault If the pubiIc mistake 1t Tor butter. me
manufacturers want II SOD Tor what IL is - wei as
ANYBODY else. for we are confident the publc Will
buy 1t ANYHOW. Why shouldn't they I what IS
better than a pound of nice sweet oleomarrarinc Z
90 Are yOu not Olating the law OF 1850 every
time Won sell Il pound OF OleOmar yarlue tlat looks
We confess that, bat We contend that the law
is unconstitutional. Why should IL be wrong ior
us t. color Ole0ma garlue when 1t Is Teht i0r the
farmer 10 coior his bdttcrf Ii the farmer dj not
color his butter and we DID not cuiOr olromar2arine
they wouid both be SO white You could not tell
"iiave You over been indicted by the Grand
JuWi' ;a,;o. ho los,
time about six weeks ago, but the Grand jury dld
not bring in an Indictment. WHY, we do rot Know
We got TWO letters from Mr. Van Va 6enbur I'll tei-
ing that he had evidence against Us III wo cae9
and demanding the civil peraty-$l, 600. we
declined to pay IT. He prosecuting
us aud anxious for his SUIT TO oe determined
TINS agitation hurts or business"
MIR " atornury, of WarIeu-st.. SAID that he knew
he was violating The law every time he sold pound
of uleOuArgarne that rcscmDlcd butter Bit 10
did II in the faith that the law WIS uncOn'tliu-
tlOnai lie WIS alXioIS for tno Suprcm" COart u
decide he suit brought against him Tor selling INC
compound lie unde, stood hs case won!d be rcacheu
in January. "Thc export tr%do IN dairy pIolucts,
SAID he " has fallen Oft $lOO0,O0O within seven
months because of Tins agitation. sell IL 'o W aV
it IS and wish the eta G GFGGsr T CT name me
Oleomargdrne thinks, hurts Il in the pMbiic cSii-
nation NV bills AL read rs follows: lhs Is not
designed. offered CT sold a. and Tor butter or
dairy product
III. WaIcrOnry said that he thought the dairy
trade of the city aud country was only waiting an
opportunity to ally itself with the Ols0marGarihe
people which they were beginning to see was
real blessing to them