Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-03

Blow Dealt to ft by the Pennsylvania
Legislature-what Dealers Say About
the Matter.

From the Philadelphia Times June .
Oleomargarine was yesterday quoted AT Ioi.,
| to 10 cents per pound, wholesale Retailers
disposed of the article AT 25 cents per pound
and found purchasers The hot season always
has deleterious effect upon bogus butter and
its price. but the law recently passed by the leg
isiature has added somewhat to the accelerated
decrease in price Dealers are Respondent and
are wondering. in n dim way, il the law can he
clrcumvented. A visit TO the prominent com.
mission and wholesale produce dealers on Water
street resulted in the conviction that domest ic
produce dealers, as whole. are not in favor oi
the sale OF bogus butter, as IL is now governed
Messrs. Green d Corish, when spoken 10 on the
subject ana asked as "a the effect of the law.
were outspoken in their denuncation Of inita,-
ton butter Both partners were alike i'm their
opinions, which put i'm the mouth OF Mr.. Green,
was about rs follows
OPPOSED To BOGUS BUTTER.
"Oieomargarine or suine or any kind of spur
ious butter is objectionable not only 10 the con.
sumner, but TO the commission men. We do no,
handle 1t, because there Is very little money i'm
il to the wholesale dealer All dealers know
the quotation price and we are doing well If we
sell at half cent profit. The retailer however.
who deals direct with the consumer, disposes oi
the bogus AT about the same price he would get
Tor the genuine article Ii good butter IL selling
Tor thirty,iwo cents per pound oleomargarinc is
'io ai ;ntr's cents Is necessary to put the
price nigh. SO as not 10 let the purchaser dis
cover the spurious nature of the butter by rea.
son OF its cheapneSs. 1t will be a good thing il
the law Is enforced, and we hope il will be. An
appeal to the court OF last resort has been made
in New York and II the lower courts are sus-
tained the manufacture and sale Of spurious
butter will be almost at an end, as other states
VIII be governed by the result in.Ne York"
GLAD THE Law WAS PASSED.
Mr. Drenner. of Hunter & Drenner, who said
the firm has been large dealer i'm bogus butter.
and who is regarded among the commission
men as man well qualified to speak on the
subject, was emphatic i'm his discussion OF the
matter.
IT will be enforced. 1t has already been shown
that the only way TO detect the bogus from the
genuine article is by analysis. and a close
and scientific inspection will be necessary Ia
prevent frauds. L will be candid and say that
our business has been largely that of spurious
butter and In the last year represented in oleo-
margarine alone SI50,0o0. OF course we made
some profit, but the margin is too close To-
day New York and Brooklyn Manufactured
oleomargarine Is selling at ten to ten and a hall
cents a pound. We cannot sell it at over eleven
cents. while the retailers get twenty-five to
while the retailers sell il for butter.
THE PUBLIC DEFGAUDED.
w lille our business has been very large In
the article, know that the public has been de.
frauded by the retailers. also know that sew.
enty per cent of the bogus butter manufactured
* made Of material that would naturally be
deemed deleterious to health. 1 know and
| carcasscs OF dead animals sell the oil rendered
| from deceased cattle 10 oleonlargarine manu-.
iacturers, and these cattle either die natural
death or from Injuries received In transporta-
! ton. y retailer cannot sell bogus butter fol-
| what it is, and has to put the price up to the
genuine article in order to keep up the decep-
tlGn. ii has come to such a pass that ither the
DAIRY interests OF the country win have TO be
curtailed more than they are or the limitations
VIII be driven out of competition.
GOOD INVITATIONS DRIVEN OFT
1.-TWO firms in Chicago manufactured a line nj
imitation butter made out OF the finest Elgin
creamery butter and the best leaf lard, which
was good, but the decrease i'm the price of genu.
| inc butter has caused them to suspend manu-.
! facture. To-day the best butter in the world
sells at twenty cents per pound wholesale, and
the oeomargarinc nulacturers who for the
! last year have been cutting each others Threats
are getting proportionately lower in their
prices. To sell cheaper they must use cheaper
materials, and now when the country is ex-
demic and food is carefully looked to, the
Sideration.
There is plenty of money In il, burI would
prefer the profits OF the legitimate article TO the
preservation of a fraud
JoBBERs AGAINST THE LAW.
Among the jobbers the almost unanimous opin.
ion was that the law was unfair and would be
imperative. 1t was "class legislation and not
in keeping with the spirit OF the institution.
No organized effort has yet been arranged TO
fight it, but the jobbers and retailers are now
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of joining forces TO
test il. The result i'm New York is anxiously
looked for and will have a great deal To do In
determining the course of action to be pursued
here.
In the markets the retailers are blue Several
were found who admitted that they made an
average of fifteen cents per pound on bogus
butter, as the only way they could sell it was to
put the price as high or nearly as high as good
butter in order to complete the deception.