The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
LOOK OUT FOR BOGUS BUTTER.
A Microscopic View Of the Disgusting Impuri-
ties Which Diet Of Bogus Butter
Contains.
The Results of Careful and Prolonged lnves-
tisation by Prof Nachtrieb, Of the
State University.
BOGUS BUTTER.


The manufacturers Of butterine claim that
it is certainly cleaner, and at least as whole
some rs dairy butter. The old adage is that
seeing is believing" and the dairy commits
noners of Minnesota want the people who
eat butterine, the dealers who sell it con-
trary to law, and the lawyers who defend
them in so doing, to see with their own eyes,
aided by the microscope, the toothsome
morsel which the law would prevent them
from enjoying The samples analysed were
bought of storekeepers in Minneapolis. and
to the eve and taste were a superior aeuicle
of butterine The names of the dealers who
sold it are withheld until it shall be an
nounced in the courts as defendants for vio-
lating the law In the meantime they are
neither better nor worse than other men who
sell or defend the sale of the abOmination.
People Of Minnesota's fair cities, this is the
delectable substance that graces your dining
tables in the garb of wholesome butter?
How do YOU like it? The analyses and draw
ings were made by one of your own respected
citizens, in the name of the state and OF the
university whose learning Is employed to
defend the people What lesson does it
teach? We answer: First, that the busl-
ness of making and selling this imitation
butter is nefarious 1t is counterfciting in
it's most dangerous form 1t springs from
cupidity, and is carried on by fraud. 1t dis
places one OF the most delicious and
nourishing articles OF food with Q
vile compound. which, ii it had
not stolen the honored name of butter
would be naneless since no word has been
framed to express its real substance or char
acter That five hundred men and ten cities
of this great land may grow rich by fraud.
three millions of farmers must be defrauded
of an honorable business, and twenty mill
- af WI That
this object lesson may assist in arousing the
people to the naSure of this gigantic swindle,
and to it's purpose to override law If 1t can
not control it, this article is presented to the
people of Minnesota by the state dairy COM
mission w. Z. RICE,
H. c. HOWARD.
Commission.
PROF. NACHTRIEB'S REPORT.
The following is an extract from the illus
trated report of Prof. Nachtrieb, OF the state
university, to the dairy commission, OF the
samples of butterine given him for micro
scOpical examination:
&rThe examination of these samples was by
no means exhaustive, and they would proba-
bly yield much more than the accompanying
figures indicate. The best and cleanest
looking sample had o butter odor and taste,
and would readily pass for butter. 1t had
very small variety of living organisms. but a
great many spores which, under favorable
conditions. l have no doubt would have
terminated 1t alao contained masses OF dead
mould, bits of cellulous wood. various cOlOred
particles, shreds of hair. bristles, ETC. The
other two samples teemed with life and
Welded microscopic preparations OF the
mou,ds and bacteria that would have glad
dened the heart of the student OF biology.
The microscope revealed the fact that the
greatest variety of life existed in the inner
| portion of these samples, and that the outer
| portions contained the greatest quantity OF
| active bacteria The animals found in the
butterine belong to the type of protozoa.
Doubtful portions of worms were also
noticed Many of the protozoa, under favor
able conditions pass into an encysted stage
or develop spores within protected capsules,
and in these conditions lie dormant
till the environment is again favorable,
and it can hardly be doubted that
some of the many spores found in these
butternes were merely in dormant state.
The great number and variety OF organisms
| found in the samples, indicate the use OF
! foul water and q criminal filthy process in
| making it. There can not be the slightest
| doubt that the person who eats SO proInlscu-
| GUS and so lively a mixture as the butterlne
| examined. is running great risk, morally as
we'll as physically. The peace and happiness
| of future generations is greatly involved in
| the life of the present generation. By In
dulging in our homes articles of food filled
with spores and seeds of the various classes
| of the lower organisms, we are increasing
the dangers of parasitism Spores that now
| are harmless, may, by gradual adoption
through more or less circuitous routes, be-
come inimical to the health and happiness OF
countless millions"