The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-10
A BOGUS CHEESE CASE.
Sundry Dairymen Are After Inform
alton From Commissioner
Howard.

The presence of Assistant Dairy Com.
missioners Howard and Julson in this
CITY a couple of weeks ago gave rise to
the surmise that something WAS being
investigated, but those officials were
very close mouthed. 1t appears ac-
cording to the representation of the
dairymen of Lake Crystal and vicinity
as reported bv the Union that n 'cheese"
manufacturer from Watertown, Wis,
came to Mankato on Saturday, April q;
he was in great haste; disposed of hIs
stuff at u low figure, from B TO Z cents per
pound, and returned the same day.
The boxes containing the cheese were
branded 'cream cheese, Wis" but stem
ellis, Iampblack and brushes are cheap
and do not always tell the truth. The
dealers who purchased the stuff retail it
for full cream cheese and for the same
price. But the stuff turned out to be a
very inferior article, and though the
dairy commissioners are said to have
been notified and furnished samples
(which they preserved for analvsis) moth
Ing has been heard from them as to the
matter, and the home dairy men are
wondering what the state dairy commits
~sioner's department is for. At meet
ing held in Lake Crystal last Saturday at
Norman 4 Marston's cheese factory the
following questions we're drawn up for
the consideration ofMr. Howard. They
appeared in the Union:
lst.-Why does it require four weeks
to a~nalyZe a sample of cheese?
2d.-How is il that our dairy commits
sloner can leave in the hands ofasecond
party the matter of investigating that
cheese at Mankato, instead of looking
after il himself?
3d.-When a quantity of cheese is
bought of the manufacturer under the
circumstances as that was purchased and
is being retalled by the dealers at Man
kato, entirely destroying a month or
more OF the market for our own home
production thereby involving great loss
and damage TO us, why is 1t not u case
requiring the speedy attention and in
spection of our commissioner after he
has been notified Cfthe facts in the case ?
4th.-What constitutes Il ease ~
5th.-Why is it that the analysis Of a
piece of cheese will require four weeks,
which would be ample time to allow for
the sale of u a load of this adulterated
stuff before anything could be done tC
put a stop to this unlawful and injurious
foreign competition?
These are some matters in which We
as farmers and dairymen are very much
interested, and would like have them
explained.
Signed,-C. NJ. Seward, VIM. Bergo
man, A. 7. Sherwiu, 5. q. Brooks, Al
fred Folsom, VIM. P. Marston, Geo. w
Norman, w. Machno Jones, Erland +
Linesoe, l.. A. Wood, ii. j. Knox, .
Swan. John Judson, Ed. Morgan, A. +
Sample, l.. Robinson.
According to Bro. Netf there could. b'
no doubt of the fraud concerned in The
sale of this WATERFOWL stuff as full cream
cheese, and he very sensibly says:
Our manufacturers in this county
make nothing but full cream cheese, an(
it cannot be sold at five to seven cent
!, per pound. The day the car lot was sole
at Mankato, full cream cheese was quo
ted at ii cents per pound. Ii We have
law that prevents the sale of bOgu
! cheese or any other impure food, l
' should not only be fully but speedily ell
. forced. A car of bogus cheese may b,
shipped INTO a town and disposed Of
which would knock the bottom out O
} the market for our " pure, home pro
: duct, unless radical measures are takcl
at once to prevent it. We think on
manufacturers and dairymen nave caus
r for complaint against Mr.. Howard if al
be true as stated elsewhere.