Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-08
OLEOMARGARINE DESCRIBED
REPRESENTATIVE CIRCUITS SPEECH
on HIS BILL IN THE HOUSE.
The Many Patent Formulas Under
Which 1t Can he Made
Set Forth.

Nr CIRCUITS speech upon the oleomarga-
rine bill delivered in the House few days
ago was published in the Record today.
, Following is an extract from his severe
arraignmcnt of the oleomargarine frauds:
And yet this false-faced monster (oleo-
margarine) sits with us familiarly at table
in the dress of an old friend. and makes
hi; oily way into the very citadel of man
affections. Then. if in the silent watches
o. the night the stomach becomes suspicious
that il may be 'en tertaining an angel una
wares and yearns for Information as TO
the character of this nocturnal visitor
which the friends of olcomargarine tell us
GENES as an angel laden with blessings for
the race. il is respectfully referred TO the
patent office reports. Laughter.)
Patent OfHce Formulas.
Volume = * taken down and opened %
page -. ana the poor bcnighted stomach
asks if the. angel was made under patent
No. llsTb.. which is rs follows: This sub
s:itute for butter consists of a base of
yolk oil eggs. butter and milk. agitated in
zinc vessel that has been coated with solu-
ton of inter- But hearing no response. IL
takes down volume - and opens TO page
1879. and reads in patent NO 266.u TINS
formula for making substitute Tor Dut-
ter consisting of cottonseed oil or other
Vegetabls oils treated with solution OF
c:tus.iC soda in combination with farina-
ct-,lIs iIC;Ir. which had previously been thor
ouohly cooked in salt water as described.
incorporating and agitatng the mass. work
ing in the oil. milk. coloring and favorinS
a.; per process described But still there =
response. There can he no certainty NJ
the parentage of the child in this patent;
and lest the wondering stomach may find
some worse formula for the manufacture
of angels. it takes down volume - and
looks hopefully for the pedigree of its par
ticular guest in patent No. ,i0llS2. found
on page lI3:
A Soap Emulsion.
THE process consists in first forming a
soap emulsion of the fats or fatty oils with
caustic soda: then precipitate the lyes
then applying chlorinated alkaline lye or
chlor:nated gas. to the soap emulsion. as
described
Put this formula is found to be SO full
of yes and sounds much like a receipt
for making soap that the bewiidered stom-
ach ahandons the inquiry. declaring in
tones Of establishment that oleomargarlne
is. indeed. the mystery of mysteries Tar
profouader mystery than hash or sausage.
Let not this sad tale of a child without
a father divert attention from the fact
let ii the rather fix the mind upon 1t-that
so long as bastard butter is sold for the
genuine purchaser can be sure but that
he is ratng it. nor can he be sure, either,
Of what ingredients it may be composed.
1t presents the well-known condition of
every il egi;imate birth. namely. an uncer-
tain paternity: and a doubtful place in
the pedigree may let in bad blood so I'M
certainty to the ingredients of counter
felt butter admits the possibility that they
may be unclean and uuwholesome. Who
can Ia k with entire cnmposure upon this
possibility? Who will say that the things
ought not, like Caesars wife, to be
above suspicion?
Some of the Articles.
at will rot be pretended but that sub
s:ituta for butter made according to the
formula of VI. Mege the French inventor
is wholesome food product. But this
cannot be said of all the American devices
in which lard and vegetable oils and tai
lows take the place of margarine oil and
in which various acids and alkals are
used. some of which, every one knows,
are not only unwhOleSoIne. but absolutely
dangerous. The following are few of the
many articles named in the many patents
granted for the manufacture of substitute
butter: Bisulphate of lime, borax SAIL
cylic acid. benzoic acid, orris root. cotton
seed oil. bcarbonate of Soda glycerine,
capsylic acid. alum, capsic acid, sulphite
Of soda cows udder. sulphuric acid. pep
sin. taliow. lard, salt. corn starch, butyric
ether. causttc potash. castor oil. chalk
slippery elm bark, caul. oil of sesame. Oil
of sunfiower seed, olive oil. turnip-seed oil.
broma chloralum. chorate of potash, oil
of sweet almonds. oil of peanuts, peroxide
of manganese stomach of pigs. sheep or
calf, nitrate of soda, mustard-seed oil,
nitric acid, dry blood albumen. sugar. bu-
lyric acid, bicarbonate of potash and caus-