Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-12-27
BUTTERINE MAKERS.
Use Up All the Grease from Stock.
yards and Packing Houses.
Interesting Particulars of the Dusf-
ness In Porkopolis-The Fight
In Congress over oleo-
margarine.

The following letter, which has been
received by Representative Tawney
from TN cmploye OF the Chicago stock
yards, explains itself, says the Wash
ington Star:
THE last 10 years the Chicago pro-
duction OF cleomargarine, butterine
and what not has steadily increased,
while the bygrease products Of packing
houses have steadily decreased In
former years all kinds Of grease prod
ucts were procurable for manufactur-
ing purposes.
"Lubricating fats, inferior fats, for
soap manufacturing and low grade
grease OF all kinds were ON the market
for any purpose desirable as well as for
export, but lately this has all been
changed. and The demand for so-called
oieo oil or fat has so increased thatthe
stock yards plant has introduced deo-
dorizing processes, so that all kinds OF
inferior fails and offal can be turned
into products which So into the manu-
facture Of oleomarggrine and butter
inc. Here IL Chicago are numerous fac
tories turning out so-called butter at
prices from eight to twenty cents a
pound.
These factories are in no way con-
nected with the stock yards; they are
always in the market as purchasers of
stack yards fat products. The trick
and mode OF doing business is as fol-
lows:
The melted fat and beef lard is saved
carefully; then transferred in nicely
painted wagons to the various factories
in the city. This part Of the process is
all right. But how about the thousands
Of barrels OF oleo Gil that leave the
stock yards in nicely iron-bound, var
nished barrels? Many people think it
is for export. Not 50; these barrelsare
flied with anything that can be proc
essed and deodorized and turned into
olco oil and then delivered to the fac
tories. When these barrels are e1nptied
they are returned 10 the grease pro-
ducers and illed again. This is the
piircipal ingredient in the much-ad-
vc.ised c1aae Of finely colored butter
inc On ia, saarket at the present time,
which is carefully gotten up for the
retail trade.
$50 much for the production of fine
grade hutterine in the city factories.
How abcat the product Of the packing
houses OF the stock yards? That is put
en- the market in bulk packages. In
these every fat product that cannot be
disposed OF otherwise finds its way into
the butteline. and is shipped all over
the country and sold as low as eight
cents a pound. No tallow is sold from
stock yards nowadays. Butterine
demands il all Soap manufacturers,
candle manufacturers, etc, have TO
seek their stocks elsewhere. Horse
oilers and dead animal contractors
and fertilizing producers furnish soap
tocks, etc. This is the observation
of 13 years as an employe of the
stock yards, where have seen the bust
less Of oleo and butterine grow till
everything in the fat line has been and
is being utilized in its production"
The oleomargarine fight in congress
is attracting attention all over the
country, especially in New England and
in the states Of the Mississippi valley.
Petitions are pouring in upon congress
in favor of the Grout bill and the news
papers of the sections mentioned are
taking up the fight in earnest.