Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-03
UOTToN-s oil.
How It is Made and What It
is Used FOr-The Fight of
the Hog Lard Men
Against the New
Bill.

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From the N. Y.-world of Sunday, March 10
The oId-time fight between the
manufacturers of hog lard and cot
ton -seed.cil lardzhas been renewed
at Washington this session, and
during the past week representa-
tives of both interests have been
telling all they know about the
subject to the House Committee on
Agriculture. AS usual the hog
lard men have been the aggressors.
They caused to be lntroduced a
bill providing for the branding
upon packages of lard containing
cotton-seed-oil a statement to that
effect, and also imposing an internal
revenue tax upon the same. Two
objects were sought by. thisbill
enc the injury to the business OF
the cotton-seed-oil men, which
might possibly ensue from the
popular prejudice supposed to ex-
list against any but hog lard and
second, such an increase of price
in the cotton-seed-oil product as
would make impossible the selling
of it for less than the hog product.
The cotton-seed-oil lard men met
their opponents more than half
way. They accepted the PROPOSE
ton that their lard should be sold
for exactiyewhat, it; is-a cotton
seed-oil compound; but in their
bill they also provide that pack
ages of hog lard, when adulterated
or compounded with other sub.
stances, shall be branded with a
notification to that effect. And,
tof course, they-:1rejected the pro.
posed impost. Both bills were re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on .Agri.
culture, which has been taking
testimony rs to the processes OF
manufacture, composition and
healthfulness of the various kinds
of lard. &
As already inrttfimated; the fight
is an old one. Itthas been waged
on the same lines before several
State Legislatures and Congress es
and has usually ended in favor o.
the cotten-seed-oil lard But, the
merits of the case have never beer
properly laid before the people:
and the public has been led to sup
pose that-a desire to- benefit then
has swayed the philanthrepie
statesmen who have attempted tt
| abolish the manufacture Of cotton
seed-oil lard. Meantime the PEG
pie have discovered that'they were
tgetting a better lard than they die
when they were restricted to thu
thog product, and consequently
have not troubled themselves much
about the dispute. There has beer
lno public cutlery whatever agains
the cotton.seed.oil lard, and thu
attack has come entirely from thos,
interested in competing industries
It is we'll that this fast should b,
'4borne in mind when the question
is considered; for there isnuch t,
he saidsin favor of cotton+ssed-oi
Hard and against hog lard. a.Ad DIP
into the - I ht-a ar 4-.@
l HISTORY OF LARD .AMANUFAGEUR
: in this country will help to, clue
: date the, points in dispute. Anime
fats have always entered .largel
into the cooking. of. the Teutons
peoples. Other races have pre-
ferred, and still prefer, the veg,
table oils, and the latter seem I
be. the healthier. .e.. Certainly
!. takes a strong stomach to,assimila1
( without aualms the. food cooke
z with pork fat There isla ,grsas
: ness about such cooking that a
- ticlss prepared with vegetable OF
are free frem.~sThe,Ynatural pr
assumption as, to. healthiness is ali
Z in favor of the vegetable oils, sin,
J. animals are liable to disease maj
/ of which maybe transmitted to tho
= who feedapon their c~areasses- Fl
hog. is. especially liable to diseal
2 and is notoriously unoleanly. ,Th
:. the Teuton, and especially, Il
( Anglo+Saxen, should prefer to u
4 the4at from this animal for COO
ing seems almost a'.reproach> uni
i. is rteAmtembered that the disco
q cry Of vegetable substitutes in Il
Q ATTITUDES inhabited by him is
recent date. .
II In the United States hog la
i used to be the universal cookil
medium, and when the capaciti
of the country for meat raising /
q gan to, be awaited of 1t was natul
q that lard making should hayebe
undertaken here oman Aextensi
scale. 81, At. first the, lard .manuf;
~ ured here was lard in the STR
sense of the word-tried out fire
leaf lard, Then other fatty pr
:. tions of the hog were thrown, il
ID the rendering tanks. In fact, t
is demand in Europe for Amerie
IN lard always. exceeded the quaint
n. available for export, and the ten
tat'pr"to sell hog grease for Il
was too great to be resisted.
es and by, when animal oils came
IN be required in mechanics, a n
ia avenue of adulteration was oper
. up. 1t was found that what
manned of animal fats after the
he had been pressed out of them COZ
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