San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-20

ferred to In the LIGHT. As q specimen
OF pernioious class legislation, II Is
without any redeeming features, and
has nothing, whatever, to commend it.
The charges OF the UNIV holesomeness Of
the oleomsrgarine product have been
most effeotuslly disposed OF by the best
authorities on food and food adultera-
tions, and the contributions made to the
literature OF this subject are
continually Increasing. That the
present act bears heavily up
on an important and growing indus
try Is not so much complained OF as that
1t is a discrimination against the public
purse, the public health and the public
convenience for the benefit Of few
dsirymen who are directly interested In
orowding the production OF oleomargar-
Inc out OF the market.
A late number OF the Medical and Sur
gicsl Reporter has very valuable con-
tributIon on this subject Of artificial but.
ter and Its sanitary qualities. The au-
thor, DR.. Ludlow, Of Easton, Pennsylva-
mia, pronounces most unqualifedly as
to the wholesomeness and desirableness
Of artificial butter as an article Of food.
The doctor says it Is much more whole
some and every way better than much
OF the butter found In the markets; the
quality is uniform and the supply mex
hsustible; 1t has brought down the price
Of butter fully fifty per cent. and is real
ly boon to the man In moderate cir
cumstances. Referring to the fact that
artificial butter cannot be distinguished
from dairy butter by sight, smell or
taste, and that 1t will be manufactured
and sold, the doctor calls upon the pro-
fession to protest against adding to
the cost OF so valuable and I'm
portant food. The article In
question deals very plainly with the
matters at issue, and is quite direct In
its statements, as though the writer
knew whereof he affirmed. Among
other things he says by way OF cOnclu-
sion:
The wise fools calling themselves reformers,
who, few years ago, went about lecturing
upon the injurious nature of fat as food, did
great deal of harm in exciting prejudice
against fat ham, bacon, picked pork, and
other forms OF wholesome fats; and now
delicately prepared fat, SO closely resembling
butter as TO be easily substituted for 1t, is to
be driven, II possible, from the market, for
anla pf I'D IN ha n
special industry. Congress had better subsi-
die the dairy interest from the surplus In the
treasury than to collect this additional tax d.
reetly from the people. 1t is proposed to re-
duce the tariff on sugar. This would very
likely not reduce the price Of sugar to the
consumer, and II 1t did, so much the worse.
Sugar is too cheap already, and too much is
eaten for the good of the public stomach,
while palatable fat food, which the people
need, is discountenanced by a@prohibitory
price. ] have no interest, pecuniary or 9TH
erwise, in either dairy-made or artificial but
ter, but as practitioner of medicine, my at
tention is called to forms OF food that may not
make a recourse to cod liver oil so often
necessity.
Such statements as the above, In call
ing public attention to the real results
Of this inequitous class law cannot fail
Of doing some good, and the LIG"T
would be only too glad to find
some means Of awakening public
opinion to the real necessity Of the re-
peal OF this obnoxious legislation. Cat
tlemen are Interested in this question as
one 10 some degree affecting the price
Of oattle,as by the operations and restric-
lions and Determinations Of the law the
value Of the animal fats is reduced and
consequently the price of the animal, by
so much, Is deteriorated. The hardship
1t works to the poor and those who want
a good butter at moderate price is the
great reason for the repeal OF the law,
which is disgrace to The Dational con-
gress.