St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-10
EATING HOUSE 0LE0.
Dairy Commissioners Find
Bogus Butter in st. Paul
Chop Houses,
Eut Minneapolis Restaurants
Steer Clear Of the Greasy
Fraud.
Col. Bend Does Not Like the
Bookkeeping Of Comptrol-
Ter Roche.
A Dwelling and a Hotel
Seorehed by Yesterday
Evenings BlaZes.

Assistant State Dairy Commissioner
Jules Lawrence is on the warpath look
inc for the scalps of all persons who are
using in restaurants. eating houses and
hotels the vile compound which looks
like butter, but is made from entrailS of
pigs mixed with cleo oil obtained from
rendering the carcaSeS OF horses, cattle,
etc, and which is known far and wide
as oleomargarine. About forty days
ago Mr.. Lawrence started most Yigi-
liant crusade of inspection of some
restaurants IN St Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth. The object was to find Spuri-
Gus dairy goods used OH tables OF the
eating houses. The result showed that
the law was being violated in ST. Paul,
but in Minneapolis no trace OF spurious
goods could be found in the places Wis
tied. The Duluth inspection was com
plete in its nature, but the results of
the chemists analysis are not yet
finished. The places were Inspected
more than once, and as result Mr.
Lawrence decided last week to make Il
most thorough inspection of all places
of business in st. Paul where spurious
dairy goods were liable to be used on
tables OF III cooking food for customers.
Friday and Saturday MI. Lawrence
and Inspector }. ". Wilson armed
themselves with a copy OF the laws
which gave them power to enter and in
Spect buildings. test goods and. if nee
essary. confiscate the same. The prin-
"cipal article they were after was oleo-
margarine, the sale and use OF which
the dairy commissioners are determined
10 stop in the state.
The preliminary test of ''ole0" is very
simple, and Inspector Lawrence Yester-
day showed GLOBE reporter how all
persons can find cut for themselves
whether they are using butter or the
imitation compound. He placed some
butter of known quality in an ordinary
large spoon and held it over the flame
OF a spirit lamp. In few minutes the
butter was melted, and Mr.. Lawrence
drew particular attention to the white
1rOthy foam which dubbed in the
spoon. This is a sure sign in the test of
pure butter.
The difference appearing in testing
the OleOmargarine was very pro-
n0unced. 1t was submitted TO the same
heating process, but no white foam ap-
pcared, the contents of the spoon
simply being a greasy. yellow looking
oil which bubhled with the heat. The
test is 50 simple that it is easy for any
person 10 find out if they are being de-
ceiNed 10y dealers.
Mr. Lawrence made this test in
tWenty-one places in St. Paul. and
found that the following restaurants
Wtrei in the possession OF 0le0margarine
Which was at once con!iscateL:
w. &. Bridges, Al Jackson street,
one package.
W. n. Webster, 1872 St. Peter street,
one package.
Dayidscn's restaurant, 42l Robert
street. one package.
R. Munr0e, 526 ST. Peter street, one
package.
}. Mason, All st. Peter street, one
Mr.. Lawrence said he met with very
little obstacle in lis examination. bat at
MIR. MaSOn'S restaurant he found a tub
which answered the preliminary test
for 'OlcO." The tub was not marked as
the others were, but it was confiScated.
On Saturday MIR. Brown, the agent of
the Armour Packing company in ST.
Paul, came 70 the once of the dairy
commissioners and acted in a very bOiS-
ferrous manner. and demanded that the
unmarked package shOuld be returned,
as it was pure butter. ArmOurs are the
largest manufacturers of ''0leo'' in the
United States, and when the agent made
number OF threats against the Office of
the commission, Mr.. Lawrence quietly
asked him how long it had been since
the firm OF Armour had commenced 10
handle pure buttSr. This tloored the
agent, who departed in high dudgeon,
Vowing vengeance on the heads of the
commissioners. On Saturday twenty
TWO restaurants were inspected in Min
neapoliS, but no trace Of the use of
"oleo" could be found.
Mr.. Lawrence yesterday said: "The
persons who manufacture '0leo' do all
they can TO evade the law, especially
since the famous original package de
cision, but we have 4 state law
for the benefit of the people. and
this office will Go everything in Its
power TO break up the trade in this
compound. BY making inspections of
restaurants we find that when we con
tiscate "oleo' the men get frightened
and discontinue to use it. We will also
do all in our power to show the people
OF the state that it is dangerous to health
10 use "oleO," and when the demand
for 1t will cease, that will cut off its
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