Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-06

'There have been about seyenty-fiy patents
issued by the U. S. government for artificial
butter and combinations called butter" re-
marked a Patent office official to STAR re-
porter. 1.-The first patent was issued in 1873
and the last patent was issued on the 10Th of
January. Between these two dates the apple
cations for patents, as well as those issued,
demonstrate that considerable attention has
been given to this subject, and that the nature
of butter has been subjected to the analysis OF
the chemist, but perhaps more frequently to
the unscientific experiments of the dairyman
farmer. The first patent was issued to French
man, Hippolyte Mege, whose only idea was to
make a butter that would keep and would
therefore be suitable for long sea voyages.
Ihls was purely manufactured ARTICLE,
and 1t created great sensation at that
time, as such 9 thing as producing butter
from anything else than milk had never before
been heard. But old Mege took animal oil and
rather complicated chemical process produced
an article which was pronounced to be butter
and fully as good as the article made in the
usual way. man by the name of Paroffe
about the same time made butter by q some
what similar process, and believe that great
deal OF the butter was used.n
us this butter still in the market?' incurred
The STAR reporter.
no. replied the official; "iike all original
creations, it has been showed aside for the later
inventions. The first and original oleOmarsa-
rine Is no longer in use. But that is not because
il has been Superseded by anything better, for,
prime article. 1t, however, cost as much as the
best dairy butter, and the object of the manu-
iaclure OF butter since then has been to get
the people TO do this, and the pioneer was John
Hobbs. vino, in 1874, obtained a patent for
making butter by mixing with good butter a
certain proportion Of the oily part of suet and
milk A substance was produced which was
somewhat in tine nature of cottage cheese, only
Oh account of the butter mingled with it, It was
much richer. The proportion of butter was one
half to one-third. Soon the authority OF the
Legislature and of the courts was Invoked 10
stop the manufacture and sale of this imita-
ton butter, but it was decided that the mate
rails used were not injurious that it simply pro-
plded cheaper grade of butter for the use of
those unable to buy the pure article, and there.
fore the ELECTROMAGNETIC people were de-
flourish"
INJURIOUS PROCESSES
''There Is much complaint about the poor
quality of these manufactured butters,n OBJ
served the reporter.
"And no doubt" replied the official, "there ia
ample ground for sucn complaints There is
much that Is injurious in the processes EN-
ioyed In making and preparing butter for the
Market FOR instance, the cOloring substances
are largely used, and a rule there are chemical
preparations employed which are not Desirable
ia an article OF food. But the coloring is com
mon in the higher grades OF butter as well as in
the cheaper grades. Very often Injurious sub
stances are introduced in the Manufacture of
the patented buffers. No patent however, is
Issued when such substances are specified The
main feature OF these patents is milk IN some
form, more commonly rennet This prep
aration OF milk is mixed with butter thus
making combination which is cheaper
than when pure butter is solely used.
Very often extracts of animal fats
are used, but when properly prepared are
point. The fact OF the matter Is that these
prepared buffers are SO much like the genuine
difference, and Imagine that the majority of
people eat oieOmargarine under the in. preston
that they are eating butter made lntirely from
the milk of the cow. There Is no harm done
except when the manufacture Is dishonest,
but Ia these days the adulteration OF food ts
carried to such an extent that it is impossible,
even with u large purse, to escape using them
in some measure. The only way to do think.
is 20 trust that we will be saved from sch risks
just Is we do in the case OF risks of travel and
the ether misfortunes which are likely 70 beiall
us all. u =