New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
OLEOH4RG4RIyE COyTROTERsY.
THE SUBJECT TAKEN Up BY THE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE

Washington. April - tSpeciaD-TEe oleOnar-
garine controversy in the House OF epresentattves
was transferred from the Committee Agriculture
TO the Ways and Means Committee to-day. Resolg-
tons OF inquiry offered by Mr. Tawuey. OF Min
nesOta, and Mr. GrOut OF Vermont. 20 ascertain
the character and amounts OF the different IN
gradients used in the manufacture OF cIeona-Earine
in the year ended June "a. 1883. and IN December
OF the same year were the subject OF a brisk dis
cUssiOn, a result OF which they referred
a subcommittee consisting OF Messrs- DalzeI,
Tawney and Underwood. vita ictructious 10 ex-
anime the laws relating 70 the jnparttag OF such
information by the Commissioner os Internal Rev
enue. Mr.. Tawney seemed 70 fear that something
would happen 10 prevent Congress from ascertain
ing The facts which are deemed essential n the
consideration or the proposed amendments or tne
OleCmargaIine law. out his tear Was PROBABLY
grOundess despite the that the representatives.
or the oieomdr Sarlne industry are eXertinS tnelr
lndrence TO suppress the infurUa --or-
margarine Manufacture in a letter received to-day
by Mr. rawney from correspondent VINO has
Chicago Stockyards, and writes from personal OBJ
servations- In part he says
The last thirteen years the Chicago production
Of o!ecmargdrine, Gutterine and wnat EoJ has
steadily increased, while the 1yErelse produces
mer years all KINDS Of grease products were pro-
durable for manu1actur1.1s PURPOSES L-uorleaJns 7
grade grease OF all kinds were ON the market for
lately this has all been changed and the demand
for sO-Called CeO oil OF fat mas so increased that
the stOcKyarcs plant mas .I+tI !-uced ueouoIzlnss
processes so thar all kinds OF inferior fats and
Offdl be turned products which 20 INTO
the manufacture of OieOmarsarlDe and 6uTterine-
Here in Chicago factories turning OUT
sO-Caled butter at prices from ; 70 - cents 2
pound These factories are in no way connected
with the stOCkyards- they are always IN the
market purchasers OF SrOCkyarcS tat products
The trick and mode OF doing business Is as follows:
The melted fat and beef lard Is saved care
fully then transferred in nicely painted wagons 20
the various factories IN the city. This part or tAe
process - all right. But how about the thousands
OF barrels OF OleO oil leave the SrockyardS IN
nicely iron bound Vanished barTeiS@ Many people
think II Is for export Not SO; these barrels are
filed with anything that can be- pr0cesSed ana
deOGOriZed and turned into OlsO OIL and then de-
liveTed factories. When these barrels are
eraptied they returned 70 the grease producers
and filed again. This is the principal ingredient IN
the much advertised grade OF finely COlOred butter
the market at the present time. which Is
carefully gotten up for the retail trade
for production OF grade but
terine the city factories How about the product
of the pacing houses or the stOCkyarts2 That iS
put the market in bulk packages IN these every
fat product that cannot he disposed OF otherwise
finds it's into the 0utteTine, and Is shipped all
the country and sold low eight cents a
pound. No JalOw Is sold from SJOCkyardS nova
DAYS Burterfne demands II all. Soap mauu1act-
urerS candle manufacturers, etc. have 70 seek
their stocks elsewhere Horse killers and dead ami
NAL contractors and fertihz.ng producers furnish
soap stocks, etc The inclOsed is the observation
OF thirteen years smplOye Of the stOCkyardS.
where 1 have seen the business of OleO and but
terre grow till everything in the fat line mas been
and is being utilized in its production