The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-02-27
EliLEp CHEESE AND oLEo.
Danger to the Dairy Industry of Ohio
from the sale of Spurious Articles.

Union was organized in Chicago for the
purpose Of ayertinga a most serious calam-
ity that threatened the dairy industry of
the United States, by reason OF the COM
paratiyely unrestricted sale throughout
most Of the states Of limitations of but
ter and cheese that were being placed
upon the markets Of the country as gen
uine dairy products. The National Dairy
Union is making gallant fight against
the spurious articles that are being
palmed off upon an unsuspecting public
as genuine butter and cheese.
The attention of the public has been
especially called to the sale of oleOmar-
garine colOred to initiate butter, and
which is being sold in all sections of our
country as butter. The sale Of OleOmar-
garine cOlored to initiate butter is forbid
den by law in Ohio, and every person
who so sells il, either at wholesale or re-
tail, is liable to heavy fine. NOtwith-
standing this legal prohibition, large
quantities have been sold in our state in
violation of the law, and the producers
of milk have suffered a serious loss on
this account during the past year.
The most serious danger, however, that
now threatens the dairymen Of Ohio, is
the sale in our state, and in markets to
which Ohio cheese naturally goes, Of inn
mense quantities Of ''filled cheese at
prices far below those for which genuine
cheese can be produced. Under our Ohio
cheese law the sale Of filled cheese in any
form, OF under any brand, is strictly for
hidden under the penalty of heavy fine
for every such sale. This spurious arti-
Gle is manufactured in the northwest, and
is usually branded full cream cheese"
although there is really little or no cream
in it.
In its manufacture nearly or quite all
of the cream is extracted from the milk,
and neutral oil and other foreign sub
tances are introduced that give the arti-
Gle the appearance Of genuine cheese,
and by the inexperienced it is regarded
full cream. This counterfeit article
branded as Full cream cheese" is sold
in the markets at from Gls to ~ cents
per pound and thus practically shuts out
genuine cheese, unless prices are accept
ed that are ruinms to the dairymen who
produce milk. Warm weather develops
an offensive flavor in filled cheese
that gives the lie to the brands
under which it is sold, but this is not
noticeable in cold weather. and hence the
trade in genuine cheese during the pres
ent winter has been nearly at stand
still, and the dairymen must suffer in
the end.
The assistant dairy and food commits
siOners in northern Ohio nave been very
energetic in their attempts to bring the
viOlatOrs OF the cheese law to justice, and
thus to put an effectual stop to the un-
lawful business in northern Ohio that is
so seriously crippling the dairy interests
our state, but the delays Of the law are
proverbial, and serious loss to the dairy
men who produced milk during the sea-
son Of 1894 cannot now be possibly avoid
ed. Two firms were recently convicted
Of selling filled cheese in Cleveland, one
Of whom was fined $50 and the other
5000, and other prosecutions are now in
progress. 1t is hoped that the state dairy
and food commissioner will adopt such
vigorous measures to suppress the unlaw-
full sale Of spurious dairy products
throughout the entire state as will pre-
vent serious loss to the dairymen of Ohio
during the approaching cheese and but
ter making season. In all such measures
the dairy and food commissioner will be
heartily supported by the active cooper
alton Of the manufacturers of cheese in
northern Ohio.
TIE large eastern cheese markets are
seriously depressed by reason of the enOr-
nous sales of filled cheese through the
United States, and the great markets of
Liverpool and London are gradually de-
clining for the same reason.
1t is well understood that but cOmpar-
atively small quantities of either OleO-
margarine or filled cheese can be sold at
any price, il offered under their true
names.
The producers of milk are justly en-
titled to the reputation gained in the past
for butter and cheese, and no one should
be permitted to rob them by stealing the
name and good will of genuine dairy
products, and thus be enabled to amasS
fortunes rapidly at the expense Of farm.
ers who milk cows.
Bills are now pending in congress,
which, II they become laws, will prohibit
the sale Of limitations Of dairy products
under the names Of the genuine articles
anywhere in the United States.
These bills should be promptly passed
The manufacturers Of cheese in north
ern Ohio have recently organized undel
the name Of the Ohio Cheese Manufact
urers Association, for mutual protection
and for the purpose Of vigorously co
operating in the enforcement Oftheexist
ing0hio cheese law. Every manufacture
Of cheesein Ohio should belong to this as
sOciation and the fight against the un