The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
Inspectors Find I25 Drums in
the Hands of a Local
Dealer.
FAKE BUTTER IN LOS ANGELES
Failing to Exculpate Themselves From
Guilt the Offenders Will Be
Prosecuted.

A law was passed by the last Legislature
requiring that all cheeses known as
''filled" and all oleomargarine should be
stamped as such. The State Dairy Bu-
reau at once appointed inspectors, whose
duty it is to determine whether these
spurious articles are being sold through
out the State.
Secretary William Vanderbilt, learning
that as large quantity as 125 drums OF
Eastern cheese had been shipped to
wholesale merchant of this City. sent out
an inspector, who purchased couple of
these cheeses and at once sent them to
Professor Hilgard of the State University.
His examination of the samples gave the
following result:
One sample marked "New York Full
Cream" contained only 5.46 per cent of
butter fat, 32.61 per cent less than is found
in pure cheese. The full components of
this sample were: Water $3.50 per cent,
butter fat SAG, foreign fats 1857. casein
25 SO, ash IL, other adulterants 297.
The other sample was nearer pure
state The analysis showed that the per-
centage of water was 30.70 butter fat 1851,
foreign fats 1910, caseln 26.S7, ash 1853,
other matter 2.49.
The pure article should contain 1885 per
casein, 1856 of ash and 1.67 per cent of
other matter.
The dealer in whose possession this
cheese mad been found was at once asked to
explain how he had come to Import this
filled cheese and claimed that he had
ordered the pure cheese. As he promised
to prove this by sending for the corre-
spondence in full on the subject Secretary
Vanderbilt has decided not to give his
name to the public until he has had a
chance to vindicate himself. The dealer
said that he expected the arrival of these
negotiations last Wednesday, but they
arrived not. nor had anything further
developed up to yesterday evening.
The secretary, however, has given the
dealer to understand that no further time
will be permitted him after next Monday.
Several samples of suspicious looking
cheese were brought in yesterday and put
through the micl oscopic test. No definite
results were arrived at and they will be
given a chemical analysis.
Though Secretary Vanderbilt is nom
| committal it would look as if the whole
sale dealer had been disposing of the
| cheese to the retailers after he had been in
| formed that the cheese was filled. In
| case this dealer fails to establish con-
! elusive proof of his innocence in the mat
| ter he will be prosecuted in accordance
| with the law.
| About 10000 pounds of oleomargarine
was also discovered in Los Angeles, much
of it being colored to represent butter.
No oleomargarine has thus far been found
| in San Francisco. Both the impure
cheese and the oleomargarine were i'm
ported.
Fully to understand the injurious char
acter of the article known as filled"
cheese it is necessary only to understand
| the process by which it is made.
| First, the butter fat is entirely extracted
| from the milk. Then mixture of beef
suet and lard is added to the SKINNED
milk, and through the agency of heat an
emulsion is formed. To this the rennet is
added, and the cheese made in the usual
| manner. OF course it is only to be ex-
| pected that the more unscrupulous class
of manufacturers will use rancid lard and
suet from diseased beeves.
Neither can dairymen be expected to
| compete against the sale of an article that
| can be made SO cheaply.