The Meeker herald., 1888-02-18
Aaa..&t.tnnr.,.

Tho inquiry Wi .tsIri % lnrL and
its compounds " senate Committee
on Agriculture Me began la Washing
ton the other day1e end Interested parties
to the number ID m,y-iiye or thirty,
comprising MAJ iN.uTem, attorneys,
and experts, wer b ent, Samples OF
the various conn., la in tin pals were
produced, which b. been purghlsed in
open maraot, an chemically examined
by Professor S.1 Ieil OF Boston, who
testified that In mples bearing the
stamp OF Armo0 G Co., purp ruiinoI
family lard, ccnolu about 20 pev cent.
OF hogs lard VIII per cent. each oi
cotton-seed oil a ,lef fat.
Tho sanplo Fairbanks a Co.,
Chicago prime itlucd family lard,
was made OF sinl elements, hut had
greater proporttoi pI besf !It aud cot
ton-seei oil.
The sample eeaguB the stamp OF
iiils,ead " Cos pTp family lard,
aud another fIse, s4me lgm, stamped
in spanish ''pulS ci registered, uie.,
coll ninei. sof0rs.s tire ts.at, hAve been
carried, nos u particle ug hog lard, but
were made entirely ol beef Fat and cot
ton-seei oil.
With regard TO eo,ton-secloll, he said
It's healIhiulness as nn article Uf food
was stlll !, mooted question. Il w.s not
q matter fer chemists, but iOg medical
men 10 decide.
Fairbanks OF Chicago described the
history OF the modern Lard product
Twenty-nYu Years ago larl,O.l was
pressed f.on ;l.e hog product, leaving
sIoaTlne, "a hard, Way sub lance, g1r
which there WAS little demand. Then
a llnm ia Ncw York conceived the idea
OF mixing sicariIa with ordinary lard
and formed u compound which gave
better satisfaction. especially iu warm
countries. than pure Lard, Then the
packing houses. in making lauj, got tp
dumping into Ilio pans everything,
heads. feet, etc, and made product
which was offensive, having. ~ tie wit.
meas said, II ''hpsgy taste Tie gc-
iincrics cas-, about Tor something TO
ncn,iniiTe ,iiis anil found u iu cotton
seed. Oui of a hundred licrcri VI plrk'
cTs' Land the rcGaera 20. about one giusrc
Of mud and fi,i "as black as your coat. %
To tic refined production thcy now ai-
ioi twenty-five per crut. u cul,pn-seci
and fifteen Iur cent. uf 'icsrlne. which
. compound o,mpE.scs ihEue-tlgtlu u tie
Lard now on thu market. Once az tSirn
wlon tue compound IAN short puTo lard
had been supplied iocusiomtgs, anil tho
witness was oycrahumlmci 20 ones
with complaints that the ctsiumCp
wrrr dissatisfied. Tho trouble with
Squire, the witness said. arose from the
fact Tia. the t.i.nrts' arm lai secured
. large part u! sqgiros trade. especially
Ia Ncw Englana. and that gvi.ticman
hal a.lIa,t-l ,ha i'.ssa.c ui the b.ll b1-
;,',,' i,,.. s',,r g'l', ,,' take ',,l
'niirc,i by tie Bill. ani no license would
10 required TO sol puIe hog.fat iari
,haY would resume thc purchase al lard
manufactured by Squire.
The demand iur legislation dii not
come from the PIE. The constantly.
Increasing sales u Lard made by IN,
witness ,irn playod that the public
wanted their lard. when asked why
hn lid not labs, /, compound lati DO
said tie Amcrie 800 people wcEl not clu.
Gated ~ 10 tAc Ec Of oils set. lie Oh.
iccicd 10 being ,apcllctl 10 change ;ho
brand refined lard because that ialri
was par; Of lIis stock Ia trade.
Judge Wilson, attorney Tor Squire X
Co. read u petition signci 10y large
number OF manufacturers and doiicfs
In pure Lard urgIGg the passage 1f the
tile bill; also letters from two cracker
manufacturers ri st. Louis AMI Omaha,
stating that crlcl q, iu which was used
lard composed Ia part of coitoH.s seed oil
would become rancid in a fcw days; also
q clipping from the New York journal
Of Commerce. To- which It Is stated that
tho exports ~ lard from the port NJ
New York had fallen on 100000
pounds In the year ls,s as compared
with the year ls-i.
Mr.. Cromwell attorney for the ere
fined" lard manufacturers. said he had
n petition from over i've thousand per.
sons stating thai refined lard was not
an injurious article. lie said that II;
was not claimed cpttou-secd oil could BE-
used FOR cycry purpose, and he would
admit that /, was not 90 for crackers.