New-York tribune., 1886-11-06
THE TAX ON OLEOMARGARINE O
NOW THE DEALERS REGARD THE NEW LAW.
49,, vxxxp AND OTHERS NOT DissATisFixD-

sos~. vxxRp AND OTHERS NOT DISSATISFIED
TAKING our LICKSsxe
sn~ enforcement Of the law taxing ehomarearne
a csusing something OF breezs among T"i
~.~.,-s and others who handle H. For years scores
spd scores OF dealers all over the city have occn
.e,,ue the stun whicn they bought OF from 10 10 10
cent? for genuine butter aud ut regular butter prices
80 lucrtiVe vas this business that many dealers
mover thought OF buying pound OF genuine ou''cr
sxcept Of the poorrss grades TO contrast with 'he
,,orc toothsonc and attractive olcomargarne ~
\ rule the patrons suspected that they we~
seting the bogus article. AMI II was seldom necessary
40 tell them except In the cases OF cheap rcSau'ahe
ami certain boari ne bouocs These places are now
,eud In their atons Of the oricr OF thinSs
A candid last skie grocer. who has made spccaiy
of supplying boarding HOUSES for years said yesterday
"Ihs new law Is going TO ruin eything Just
look al lt for a moment. 1 have, tor eNahPtc' p's
trade In 'olco.' and am willing TO pay Icenro ior
ealing A. But a. my customers ma OUT uia'
INC artiro which they have been using with perfect
p,t,sE,oton for years is the much abused oico.
mar ariuc, they win drop IL IKE not lovl"' s ana
uea vhec am Me, nc We erot 4, H. all Or try TO
"a them int Vloe about as easy 700 az iVH,ms ts
sier sp tie board ns houses Lott OF thc' places
have been using the artce: but OF cousc ,e oosn1 1
s@n know ,SS %Yvss gso eSey seg bs%cd % pound Sas
have a label with the WORT 'oleomargarino IN ie. @
can pui OUTSIDE wrappers over this so that i can be
set at the inqueye boarle. al rsns 700 W" and IN
sSeniy four M uutc- J. viii be all over the house
DO yoa soc MAJ trouble soSi sieg 70 Sr"T ,or ~ not TO
know, AID think that congress mae os,nv Vs St de-
scp,6n i = n,ce1say in every department Of lfe
! Cray, q butter AMI cheese dcalci OF no 80 80
tninS. . sati he. that the law cool one aud VIII
hasc e,ceneat ehcct Now every Gody "ho hnS m,S-
ms and eoe S no onfer tS SoS pecrs the TO cS Sy
ne % On is merits II hey like it better than genuine
butter they eet all they want But VIC snail no
at Gle The hundreds OF little stores up along the
Past and Ne-t skles that have been selling oeomar
sn he restricted 20 those wbo can afford to pay the
License fec Hence the law wiz nave gVod encc.
seh 1uy my,olf. but VIII just soon a. the demand
for It iustincs In getting out license. No, ]
nssls, but 10 think that Il l. an excellent sub
sttule for butter lhc immediate effect WI be TO
lessen the demand for artificial butter but ultimately
e VII ncrcase It. The question that Congress had
.SoSm sS bs S"r crsd by Of nehand % means For my
part lhink ogr lawmakers settled i Wisely, ,,r
,hep am"SSmsnfs made 10 the aS Ss scon as the
be statute requiring that every hotel. restaurant
and boarll, r-lonsc thet u-c- ocomarearinc 70 an
nouncc the iact on pacari that WI he visible 70
plete. aPa win certainly lc la..ed"
Mr. Asrbury: Of n A,crbury 4 Co.: o.: whoc'ile s1c l
eenses have a'rcay tcen taken out by the retail mon
IN ~ shurs. about io9 ~ CINCINNATI. and large
su-ionler. in III. c ty. Newark. Iatersn and other
surrounding cites that have already taken out IL
cerscs.
A prominent grocer Washington Market sad
81 have sOll Olcomaigarine slch t0 my customers
for year,. Most OF them use II for cooking purposes.
have tahen out my license and viii continue 60 sell
as before. never pTactiscd any deception In re-
fari to 4. and the law makes difference In
tic amount of my tr,de. ! think the majority OF
rru'able dealer, In the article Will say the same
Many peOf r. speak Of OeOmarcarine and buttcrinc
o. though they were the same Tho law, In fact.
recognizes only the frmer name and both substances
must be soll AMI stamped a, such. though the w's
OF the name buttcrnc In addition Is permitted. Tho
lnf Ia tvO ~ hig In NAL ipr lint
terine neutral hrl used. This IA made from a.
hctc1 fai larl prepared AMI rendered IN a similar
ranner 20 olco OIL executing that no stearnc Is
tacici, a = done In tho preparation OF oleOmar |
oar ne This hrl, after being properly cured In !
talt brine h. mixed with creamery butter anN churnct
with cream and milk In cold weather little alad-
oil Is added 10 improve IT, texture.