Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-26
BOGUS BUTTER.
Five Big Firms In and About New
York City
CONSTANTLY VIOLATE the LAW
In Selling 0Ieomargarine that Looks Like
Butter---The Makers Defy
the Law.

New YoRK, Dec. 2s.-Thsrs srs Eve
firms in this nsighborhood which have
prosperous oleomarRarine manufactures
They are Van Riner & Co.. Of Nos 8 and
s Front street; Morris L. NstAan 4 Co.
Of No. "a! Grove street; E. Lanferty /
Co, Of No. lss West Houston street;
Arusbure 4 Co.. Of Brooklyn: and P. b.
AcGann, Of Brooklyn. These Ave facto-
.iics - sot naliag Ct tAsir fan capacity.
o~ine, Tie firms ~, to ths unfortunate
agitation made BY the dealers in pure but
ter and the State Dairy Commission against
the sale Of their bogus product Never
thsles. despite uniavorable eircumssnces.
according to Nathaniel Waterbury. who
sails oleomarearine st wholesale st No.
lis Warren street, these ave factories
manage to grind out and put upon the
market sbou. 1000 packages Of bogus but.
ter . day. In addition to this the receipts
Of the compound
FROM TIE ESTrRPRIsISG wSsT
especially Chicago, are no small item. 1t
ID only recently that these outside receipts
have been quoted, but the Producer
Price Current has been giving them lately
In its last issue the receipts Of butter for
the week ending December ls are stated
to bs 306l9 packages including 1902
packages Of butterins. Considering that
this 10 purchased at about IL cents .
pound BY the retail erocsrs, who immedi'
ately cell il for 30 cents in order TO pro
tect themselves by not having Q suspicious
ly low price, il will be seen that the prof,
rssped BY the grocer 10 the city for the
sale Of bogus butter 10 about Isl 600 .
week, or $4,2l2,0O0 Q year.
Lanfertys factory, At No. lss West
Houston street, is . large 6vestory brick
building. The siSn, "Aldsrnsy Msuufsc-
turing CompAny-Oleomargarins Butter"
is on the front Of the building 10 conspicu
GUS white letters. Within, the doors are
piled high with tubs Of the compound while
the elevators groAn under the weight ot
the loads Of it moved from floor 10 aoor.
Everything one touches. the door knobs
desks, furniture, etc. 10 greasy.
I'VE sell oleomsrgarine Tor what II is,
said member OF the firm, "apd IL the
retail grocers choose to stick . sign read
ing
70 CENTS FOUND
into the tub after they get il from Us il V
not our fault il the public mistake il iof
butter. The manufacturers want it sold
for what Il 10 a. we'll ss anybody else. for
We are confident the public vii buy il any
how. Why shouldn't theyf What 10 bet
ter than q pound Of nice sweet oleomsr
garineH
Are you not violating the Law Of 1885
every time you sell q pound Of oleomar
sarine that looks like butterY'
I'VE confess that, but We contend that
the law 10 unconstitutional. Why should
il be wrong for Us TO color oleomArgarins
when II is right for the farmer to color his
butter? II the farmer did not color bis
butter and We did not color oleom argarins
they would both be so white you could not
tell them apart.
Have you ever been indicted BY the
grand jury
Efforts have been made to indict US
the last time about six weeks ago, but the
grand jury did not bring in On Indictment.
Why. we do not know. We got two let
ters from Mr.. Van vslksnburgh telling u
that be had evidence against us in two
cases and demanding the civil penalty
1000. We declined TO pay II. he Is
prosecuting rs and We are anxious Tor his
suit 10 be determined. This agitation
hurts our basinsss."
Mr.. Waterbury, Of Warren street, sAid
LIE KSEw He MAS
violating the law every time be cold =
pound Of oleomargsrine that resembled
butter. Bat he did Il in the faith that the
Lac vss unconstitutional. He Va anxious
for the Supreme Court 70 decide the suit
brought against him for sailing the com.
pound. He undestood his case would bs
reached in January. Tho export tradein
dairy products" said he, has fallen o6
$4O00,000 within seven months because
Of this agitation. ! cell Il for What Il is.
and I wish the retail grocer would do the
same Isell Il a. Prepared Beef Fsi, fos
the name oleomaf. arine. ] think. hurts Il
in the public estimation. Ny bills oil rssd
- folloss This 10 not deal snsd. offered
or sold ssand for butter Or . dairy pro
duet"
Mr.. Waterbury said hs thought the dair1
trade Of ths city and counuy va Only
waiting an opportunity 10 ally itself vitk
the oleomaresFins people. which thsy we're
beginning to sss vss . real blsssins V
them.