Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-04

Washington that sell such an article: but that
the article that WHOLESALERS at 10 to II cents per
pound is proper article of food. doubt II It
| is. why is it not marked by its proper Nance
Why violate the law by stealing from the farm
er his trademark. Dairy" Why print this
ready to run away in case of being caught ?
Why, Mr.: Butterfne manufacturer, IL you are
engaged In legitimate business and are max
| ing healthy article of food, do you not boldly
| mark across the middle of the top of your pack
age, In Roman letters. the word .'Oleomarge-
another name or no name at all: Humanity
| has reached that stage in progress when the
question of what We shall eat and drink is alb
| sorbing much attention. How can we best
nourish the bodies we inhabit during our brief
residence here Is question of vital i'm
| portance, not only to us, but TO our posterity
| that may live here during the ages that are to
come. Too much care cannot be taken of what
we eat. The more Intellectual and cultured q
| to this subject. The man who for the love of
gain engages in the business of poisoning or
food under false names sbouid he rennired to y,
stop such business at once. 1t was in this spirit
that an intelligent Congress enacted the law l
trict from the greed of selfish men, Shall that
law be executed? Shall this
PIRATE ON THE SEA OF TRADE
| be required to haul down his false colors and
sail under his own black flag, If sail he must, or
| shall we witness this law q dead letter under
| President Cleveland as it has been under Presi.
dent Hayes and President Arthur?
Under the law every pound. of "oleo," or "but-
| fscated. Section 1 of this law reads "And
every sale of such article or substance not SC
| stamped, branded, marked or labeled SHAH be
roid, and no action shall be maintained for the
price thereof"
| Section 3 reads "Proof of the SALE or offer. OF
exposal, alleged shall be presumptive evidence
of knowledge eff the character of the article So
sold or exposed" Neither the manufacturer the
wholesale dealer or the retail dealer can collect
one penny for anything that is not genuine
butter and stamped with the word "oleoma
gerine, and the exposure of the article, whether
SOLD sole or not, is presumptive evidence of guilt
Inc market Is IN such a condition in cOnse-
quence OF being loaded down with this abomi.
nable trash, that it is difficult to sell genuine
wanting to consign fine New York dairy butter
| have to answer them that cannot sell it here
except at heavy loss. The question of what is
| people will persist in buying a mixture com.
posed of the fat of all kinds of animals as but.
yer, because 1t Is cheap, then the farmers will
oe oDllSed TO sell their cows and turn their at.
Ient1on to getting living in some other way.
There is a belt of land lying between the 10th
| from the Atlantic to the Pacific that seems to
| be specially adapted to the production of butter
ana cheese. The damage to the farmers resid.
Ing In this region by the sale of the fat of dead
| animals for butter is incaIculable.
| ,. With regard to the cleanliness of the estab-
| llshments where oleOmargarine or butterine is
| made, know but little, never having seen the
inside of but one, which proved to be a soar
factory c on the East river side of New York
i
| allowed to see, though free to investigate how
| the soap was made
A SAMPLE oLEoMARGARINE FACTORY.
AT the time of the great flood in February
| 1881, an oleomagarine factory of neighborine
city occupied stable near my place of business
| ior the storage of suet gathered up from the
butchers. A large quantity Of that article lay
| Tor twenty-fOur hours under water saturated
| with water-closet and stable manure filth A
rev DAYS afterwards, meeting one Of the pro
prletors OF said factory, commenced condofinl
| with him on his heavy loss by the flood To my
| surprise he assured me that they lost nothing
! de said the filthy water in which the suet hat
| soaked for twenty-fOur hours did not damage i
in the the least as after being thoroughly rinsed
| IN clean water, 1t became cleaner than before
| This would indicate that, so far as that factory
is concerned, this business is conducted in /
| cleanly manner, though it is not pleasant Il
think of eating butter made up largely from al
article that has soaked in such filth for twenty.
| four hours.
| am sorry that the condition of things in thi,
| District are such as 10 make the publication O
an article like this necessary. have waitet
for years, hoping that the authorities woult
take this matter in hand, but have waited il
! vain. Under the old city government no sucl
state of things would have been allowed for ,
week Had the mayor not executed the law
the city councils would have called upon hin
at once to know the reason why. Where tn,
/ people have no voice in the making Of law
they cannot be expected to take much interes
am in receipt of circulars and visits from
| crummers urging me to deal in butterine an(
| oiIIoiaL game, anu " take the agency for tht
sale OF these articles. Ihave persistently refused
| to have anything to 60 with them or to sci
ANYTHING of the semblance of butter that is no
genuine butter. The result has 6een hat abou
every lot of dairy butter 1 have received ha.
had to be closed out at a loss. Having suffered
| for six years heavy pecuniary loss rather thar
handle this counterfeit butter, or speak out or
this subject, do not longer propose to remain
| silent. Neither will hide behind uom d.
plume, believing that truth shot from behind
masked battery will be very likely to fall pow
| crless upon the world; therefore, all such com
plants should be made over the writer's own
| signature. T. H CRANE