St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-20
ABOUT THE MILKY WAY.
Biennial Report of the State Dairy
Commissioner.
STAMPING OUT THE FRAUDS.
The Law Against 0leomargarine Has
Increased the Quality and Quantity
of Butter and Cheese. sr

State Dairy Commissioner Ives has
compiled the BIENNIAL report of his de-
partment for presentation to the legis-
latura next year, from which the fol-
lowing excerpts are made: what
benefit says the commissioner, ''has
the state derived from enacting laws
which are presumably for the purpose
of preventing deception in the sale Of
dairy products, and preserving the pub
lie health-what benefit is there in
creating commission and granting an
appropriation for its use? Much good
in every way has been accomplished. In
the first place, not a pound of Cleo
margarine is being shipped into this
state, whereas, three years ago nearly
100000 pounds of the spurious stuff
was sold to Minnesota dealers and con-
Sumers. The result of the Introduction
of this vast amount of bogus butter was
not only seen in the decentralization and
total paralysis of trade in pure dairy
products, but it did incalculable harm
to the health of all who became victims
Of the nefariOus traffic. Since the vim
dication of our law and the consequent
humiliation of oleomargarine. the lead
ing industry of our state dairying has
revised. The result is that to-day we
are on the high road not only to COM
tort and a competency, but to health.
In the year 1885 we had in our state
only about $4,000 mich cows; to-day
we have $4,000, or an increase in three
years of over AZ per cent. What has
been the cause of all this rapid and
wonderful augmentation? The only
sensible reason which | can give is that
hog butter has
HAD A FEARFUL SETBACK.
hn in fbsah ,,4N e
our state Appropriated 25,OOO,OOO
pounds. For 1887 and 1888 it will 90 be-
yOnd 400O0.0OO, or an increase of over62
per cent. The product of cheese has i'm
proved in like ratio. Fraudulent but
ter was not all the commission had to
watch, nor its evil and perniciouS influ-
ence all that we had to correct. Bogus
cheese and adulterated milk were the
little foxes spelling some most valua-
bic vines, and have claimed a large
share of my attention for the past
eighteen months. Upon investigation
the fact was revealed that the cities of
st. Paul and Minneapolis alone were
annually consuming 100000 gallons of
milk. Cities and towns throughout the
state were using in proportion a
like amount, but adulteratiOn
seemed to be confined principally
to the two cities named. The diabolical
work of many of these fraudulent milk
dealers resulted in bankrupting num-
Der of honest men, besides casting an
Odium upon the whole business. In
varlably the producers were found to be
honest, the milk coming up to the re-
quired standard, 315 per cent, averag-
ing over 81. The middle men and the
small peddlers in the cities were the
guilty parties. In order to cope with
this, and for the prosecution of deln-
quentS, it was found necessary to estab-
lish laboratory exclusively under con-
troll of the dairy department, where all
analyses could be under the immediate
supervision of the commission. The
secretary of the commission, w. S.
Eberman, who has been with the board
since its organization, and who is a
thorough and competent chemist, was
placed at the head of the laboratory,
rooms being fitted up in the basement
of the capitol building. Up to Decent
Der last, dating from the first of the
year, 1887, 1,500 samples of milk (
HANE BEEN TESTED AND RECORDED II
Mr.. Ives states also that the appoint
ment of state veterinary surgeons has
arrested the. spread OF. pleur0-pneumo-
MIA, and the crooked dealings of COM
mission dealers had been checked. LAS
Regards cUeeSc, lie continued. Il AN
more thoroughly convinced than ever
of our ability to produce quality as
good, if not superior, to that produced
in any state in the Union where dairy
| ing is made one of the leading indus
tries. My experience finds cOnclusively
that the conditions of the produc-
| ton of cheese is nowhere better
| than in our own state. | am
| fully convinced that, in all instances,
! mut b of the stock is not the kind re-
| CURED, and the methods are not the best
| for complete success: but still, with a
| little more care and little wedding out
| of inferior grades of cows, in addition to
| judici0uS management and application,
| the cheese manufacturer of Minnesota
| is sure to succeed. One of the most ia
| vOrabla signs which l have been able to
| discover is the fact that each year in
| creases the number of cheese factories
in our state by one-third. Another is
| the readiness with which dealers buy the
| Minnesota full cream cheese, and, lastly,
| the encouragement found in the univer-
| sally good prices"
The financial statement for nineteen
months, beginning January l. 1887, and
! ending July 81. 1883, shows total eX-
penditure for the department of S21,-
| 2S792. Salaries alone amounted to Sl5,-
| 530.47.