Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-21
No Condolences in Statements.

No Confidence in Statements.
81 want to call the attention Of the public
to the fact that there IS absolutely no con-
fidence to be placed in the statements of
makers of oleomargarine, concerning their
product and its ingredients. They will not
tell the truth about the matter even under
oath. -ir s"" L -.rra' 80
Last summer when Senator Mason was
investigate the food questions and adul-
terations the manufacturers oeomar-
garine throughout the west appeared be-
fore his committee for the purpose of testi-
flying regarding the composition of their
product. They We're all put under oath.
THE first witness under this head was
not a manufacturer, but a Chicago provf-
sion expert named Geo. M. Sterne. who
was before the committee at the request Of
the oleomargarine makers. The portion of
his testimony relating to this subject is
found on pages 221 and 222 of Senator Ma
sons report:
80. In the manufacture of oleomargar-
Inc there is nothing that comes under the
head Of adulteration?'
"A. Absolutely nothing; it has no adul-
teration in 1t whatever
90. 1t is manufactured as compound
of butter and oleomargarine occasionally,
is 1t not, or frequently?
IA. That is not the way we put it at
ALL No oleomargarine maker today uses
any butter
Senator Harris. That should be glad
to know. I had understood that butter
was used in the manufacture of oleomar-
garine.'
"a In this way: We take the butter fat
from the bullock, just as it comes from the
same feed, the same grass. the same every
thing that the COW feeds on. Those fats
are taken and processed only to the extent
that they are cooked that the tallow ele-
ment, as we call 1t, is withdrawn from 1t,
taken out by an entirely mechanical pro-
cess which leaves the butter fat absolutely,
as far as chemistry has been able to deter
mine the bllfter fat that is produced
by the milk of the cow.
40. He does not buy the buffers and
mix them?
"a Not a pound. But the fats, both
the neutral and the oleo, have been
cooked
Then followed the testimony of Henry
c. Pirrung of the Capital City Dairy Com
pany Columbus. Ohio. the charter OF whose
concern has recently been revoked and its
business ordered wound up by the supreme
court of that state for Continued and re-
peated violations of the state laws. Mr..
Pirrung said
"'A. 1t must be understood that we buy
all our oleo oil and neutrals from the pack
ing houses, not having any facilities Tor
making own raw material
20. AS you use the words let me ask
questions. This oeo oil-that is part OF
the beef product is 1t not?
One Description of Oleo OIL.
IA. Oleo oil is selected fat from beef
that is usually obtained from the caul Fat,
and is in appearance a. beautiful yellow,
having granular appearance, and looks
very much like yellow butter. That is one
Of the principal ingredients, which we re-
ceive in nice new tierces- direct from the
packer. secondhand tierces never being
used by packers long as We have been
in the business. which is over twelve years.
Now. the neutral whiefTe we receive is a
beautiful white predict made from the leaf
of the pig only. and m taste Is nut-like and
in, ,slN
state that @e the oeo 81 aSo neutral in
Just the same as a housewife would use
flour in making bread-thtf Is the quantity.
The yeast of butterine, axs.we term it. is the
milk. cream. salt and geoEing Now, those
combined are churnex in u nice steel or tin
churn, mixed as YOU might say. for twenty
OF thirty minutes. then 'aow into a bath of
ice water, in which 1t congeals and gets
the grain incidental To butter
Then came w. 81. Muller. manager of
the butterine department of the Armour
Packing Company of Kansas City. Mo. Mr..
Miller deposed as follows upon this point:
'Butterine is composed of the follow wing
ingredients: Oleo OIL neutral. butter, cream
milk and salt. and highly refined cottonseed
Oil is sometimes used in limited quantities
in the cheapest grades
Next was heard Mr.. John Dadie man
ager of the William J. Monkey Rutterine
Company. Mr. Dadie swore as follows:
~ have listened to the evidence of the
two former witnesses. and to their story as
to the method Of manufacture. the irgre-
dents of which butterine Is composed. and
It is practically the same story of each
manufacturer in the business. The ingre-
dents that we make butterine from are
oleo oil, neutral lard. milk, cream. butter.
color and salt
Then came W. c. Potter. manager of
the butterine department of Swift & Co.
Mr.. Potter testified
1--WE use the same materials as have
been already mentioned and We use no
preservatives other than salt
And Charles H ThomDeou manager of