Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-31
AS PURE AS SNOW.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MERITS
OF BuRKuARDTs FINE LARD.
An ACTIVE RICHMOND AGENCY.
This Desirable Household Article
Handled by tho Il. w. Gates & son
Company-Rapid sales Since Last
Junc--some Astonishing and Anus
ing Figures.


The +. W. Gates G Son Company. sue
cessoss 10 the woll-Known house Of Gates
q Brown, Is one concern at least which
court, the investigation OF pure food en-
thusiasts. This company. which has its
blk wholesale grocery establishment at
No. l6 south Fourteenth street makes a
speciality OF the Henry Burkhardt Pack
ing Companys pure lard. which is IA
nous throughout the Union for its merit
and purity. Every nousekoeper will tell
YOU the important part which good lard
plays I'm a kitchen. and you yourself are
not apt 20 be slow I'm detecting the pres
once OF inferior lard in your household.
But aside from the good or bad navors
which this product OF Fat pigs produces
The doctors and chemists can tell you the
Importance of pure lards.
FREE FROM ADULTERANTS.
Tho Bukhordt brand. handled by the
Z. W. Gates & Son Company, IS TO use
The vcrr ncular OF tho sidewalks tho
real thing" That Is 10 say, it contains
absolutely no adulterants. For IoF'y
,eors tho Rurkhardt Company have re-
fused To- change their original way OF
naking lard. which means, II the truth
must be stated. that they have declined
TO nu their purses by fraudulent methods
which would place an adulteraied nru.le
on the market Many concerns. IN the
manufacture OF lard. have constant re-
course TO sal soda and rice flour, both
81 which ingredients are deleterious 20
health. The sal soda serves for bleaching
purposcs. while the rice gives sunening
qualities. The soda. as everybody knows,
has decidedly corrosive properties, WINE
tho rice being uncoOkeo. rs necessarily
indigesublc. Neither the rice nor The
soda is used in the manufacture OF the
Burkhardr lard. the makers, win Il
laudable disdain for, unfair melnoDS'
stu adhere TO the old-iasnlohed PiV
~ rendering in o. kettle over q SLOW
charcoal fire. Their estabnsi'iil0', -. -,
pa,fon. o.. but their goods are Niuey
lnov., and much sought. Jniortunaley
for the general public, the head OF the
hcuee has acquired competency, ana
does not now strive 10 greatly increase
I've sale of his product. He is satisfied
~ do q conservative, but profitable, pusi-
ness without heaping up fabulous rlcht7'
and hence does not seek agents Win 'le
same zeal that more avaricious mer-
chant would DO lie has. however con-
.orfed 20 allow the house OF b. W. Gates
boYrh they are frequently put In the
.osifion Of begging the manufacturers 10
md them more Of this very saiaOle ar
uc.e.
COLOSSAL SALES.
THE Richmond concern produced The
orsrcv last June. and forthwith put their
..,f. Ola Tho local markets. 1T took them
.v,,. f.ve 10 sell the first carload OF
Exon bounds. for the people here did not
then know the merits of the lard me
..,.rf carload. how ever sold in thirty
..,s which shows that it has O. knacS
az euictiy getting into good society. Inc
t.ra carload melted away OleuratiNely
-r.akInD in eighteen days, WINE inc
trrth. I'M six days left naughl DuI
...,ea snot on the memory OF the job
bsrs Think Of it, good people lin"si"2
,rt,- A carload of lard means, ana pause
and effect upon these figures. one num-
.-.4 and forty thousand pounds OF IL
consumed since June last! Lard ike TINS
doesn't have 10 hunt up its family tree
and 1.-Two on the reputation OF lts pIco0|
cseeor. It sells on its merits. and what
81. better stiu. IL does not deceive JUS
friends. When you take II ID your
midst" ~ does not leave behind q horIlu
train of demons In the form or lndlses-
ton. dyspepsia, and stomach Complaints
GENEROUs-H HEARTED HOGS
A raspcctable Virginia hog mot one OF
the r,zor-bsck family generally weighs
about 800 pounds. and VIII Yield from oO
10 90 pounds of lard. Doubtless western
tIgs are no less chubby. Now, make ihe
Calculation yourself The 10000 pounds
of Burkhardt's pure lard represents rom
200 10 $50 hogs who have laid down
their useful lives for tho good OF me
body u0iuc-f0r the cause Of pure loo"'
Doubtless this vast herd OF swine lh
marching TO the sacrifcial altar. cohsoieu
themselves ty saying. in the words OF inc
poet Horace: "Dulce 81 oecoium pl'
patria mort st IS sweet and honoraDie
10 die for ones country. And surely II is
when suffering humanity can be saved
from dyspepsia. Indigestion. and the ago
mics Of a rescntnn stomach. Yea 1t is
but proper that the pure food commits
sion" recently appointed by Congress
should sit in judgment on Burkharot
lard so that those self-sacrificing hogs
nav get their need OF praise.
ANOTHER CARLOAD AT HAND.
Even now another carload lot Of the
'ard is waiting TO be opened on the spur
rack Of the Il. W. Gates & SON Com
many. This VIII probably so I'm still short
III, tir,a for houcokcopere and grOCorS