The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
some shameful Revelations.

ter Of lard adulterations ought to
put the country on ITS guard against
the use of this article. In the in
ception Of this inquiry the Propo-
sitiou was to tax all lard not made
from pure hog fat. 1t was gener-
ally regarded as an effort to check
the use Of cotton seed oil as an
adulterant Of lard, and the purpose
of the bill was TO put tax upon
the mixed article of sufficient
weight to prohibit its sale.
As theinvestigation has proceed
ed, however, it has become appar-
ent that cotton seed oil, is the most
healthy ingredient Of the commo-
dity designated as lard now put
upon the market. As this oil is a
pure vegetable product it can new
er be affected by any disease. 1t
is is absolutely free from all the
infection to which the fat of the
hog is subjected, and could not
possibly become contaminated.
On the other hand, it has been
made apparent that in the great
slaughter-houses Of the West it is
impossible to guard against the in
PRODUCTION ofdiseased hogs. 1t has
also been boldly alleged that the
animals which die in the pens are
utilized and their fat turned into
lard for sale upon the markets Of
the world.
A witness yesterday represent
ing the butchers stated that "white
grease was utilized in the lard of
commerce. Our readers do not
realize the full extent of this
charge. This material called
"white grease" is the product un-
der a patent process of the render
ing of the carcasses of the dead an
imals gathered in the large cities.
whether they be dogs. mules, hogs,
horses, sheep or COWS. As is well
known there are fertilizing estab-
lishments in all the large cities
where these oarcasscs are utilized.
The fatty substances usually OBJ
tanned from these have been con-
verted in axle grease by being par
TALLY saponifed. A process has
been discovered by which these
fats are not only deodorizei but
bleached and an article known as
'white grease" made from the
same that is even better in appear
ance than ordinary lard. It is
this substance which the witness
says is being so largely used in
Chicago to mix with the hog fat
from the packing-houses, and en-.
ters into the composition of the
ard which now goes into our fry
ing-pans.
Such revelations as these are
certainly sufficient to turn the at
tention Of the Southern people al
least to the perfectly pure vegeta
bic oil which comes from the CO..
ton seed as a far more wholesome
material for the kitchen than the
alleged lard which is being manu-
featured in the West.
Even with the most careful SUI
pervision over the animals that 20
into the slaughter-house there i.
always danger of disease in bott
the meat and the fat of swine, but
when every hog that reaches a sity
dead or alive, must furnish its quo
ia of fat, and when the fertilizer
factories turn out white grease
from decaying carcasses as an arti.
Gle Of commerce designed. for Gull
nary purposes, It is about time for
Congress to pass law prohibiting
the sale Of lard at all. Perhaps
that may be the outcome if this in.
vestigation is pushed vigorously
and the public are made fully &C.
quainted with the bottom facts re-
lating to the manufacture OF this
artiole.-N. o. Picayune.
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