New-York tribune., 1886-11-10
REAL AND INITIATED BUTTER.
FEW oLEoMARaARINE LICENSES ISSUED.
vALx OF ENFORCING THE STATE LAW TO PREVENT
THE Us. or CoIoRING MATTER.

..,r M ryroxCiNG THE STATE LAW TO PREVENT
THE USE or CoIoRISG MATTER.
ma law taxing oleomsrgarine has been In opera
can over Q week; yet only about 10 reta hcensos
Nave thus far been taken out in this city "hen "
= remembered that, according to the reports OF inc
revenue collectors. over 3,OoO dealers have been
handling the article here and that between 4oc anu
800 licenses have already been issued In such places
"A Boston and Cincinnati, the small number issued
here seems remarkable. Several reasons for this are
syen but the principal the fear on the part Oh
retailers that the State law in regard to the use OF
eoloring matter will be enforced against them theS
1et it be known that they sell oleomargarinc. IN
deed the do not hesitate to say that they
viii invoke the aid of this statute to crush the but
terinc business. prominent COMMISSION mcfohan'
sah yesterday
al do not sec why the dairy men should hesitate
10 resort to this the State 1t was passed 10
protect their interests, and seems to me that IL II
needed Just > much now as ever In what way
Why because o,eomargarine Is still made to initiate
butter They talk about it now being put on the
market for Just what it Is but that Is mistake Lev
the makers of the stuG put it on in its uncolored
state and they can't sell it, Why Because 1t Is
pcary white color, almost repugnant 10 look az
So long as made to look like natural butter 50
long will deceive the people; and THINK uiS
shouId be stopped, especially when there Is law Oh
the statute book against it They talk about it being
a eodsend to the poor. This is all boSh. "hy'
olcomarsarine has been sold right along for as hucn
rs genuine butter and in some instances ior moIe.
Dealers bought the stuff at 10 or IL cents ana solu
~ ond ND or on the pure article No wonder they kick
now. AS matter of fact. this new law will be one
%m % Give the dairy business stimulus increase the
production good butter and brng down @ me the prHes
competition will now have chance TO i've; - ,r,ot
The oleomarearine advocates are indig AZ he h
asked e cooriUr ohs Ur matter ss We as the butter
ct
have great deal to say about oleo, b9t as an 1a. AZ
tier ter of maas1s ins1 there Of esa S%as hy V mix
with it, and yet they forever preaching about the
Ibis statement was repeated to a dairyman, who
denied it in the most emphatic way Lheie iS t no
dare to use @ bottle Of Foeo OH They would b. be
found out in time either by their customers or the
bogus butter men,, who are constantly on the alert
matter ma e' As have simply this to say 1t is not
every knows needed with all bntters r. bnt Itn even
farne people They now placing their stun Glt on
the market, not imitation OF butter but ior Jus.
willing to send it in its natural condition not as
o counterfeit of genuine article The fact is, they
tinung to deceive people"
There are a great many retail dealers whose trade
I'm oleomargarne iustics them in taking out licenses
but they stii hold back and a few run the risk of
coming into contact with the limited states eSss authoT
is not an easy matter to prevent this said deputy
small tub Of oeo for, as they claim, their own
use They keep it in their back rooms or down
cellar Nothing but genuine butter is found In their
shops yet if a customer comes in for oleo they are
ready 20 supply it TO him. Unless we could catch
them actually selling the stuff, Is almost impossible
1t was related yesteray that the oleomargarlnse s
nanufactur had decided that unless the retail
dealers take out licenses more rapidly the makers
will open branch stores all through the city and defy
the State law, the constitutionay of which is to be
tested soon in the courts Assistant Dairy Com
missioner Van Valkenburgh is in Chicago this week.
and it Is not likely that any of the dealers in oleo
margarine will be prosecuted until he returns The
butter say that there will he the liveliest kind
fight before the bogus butter get the coorlng
law repealed.