Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-19

A PLEA FOR
BOGUS BUTTER.
Editor Times Republican: An edi-
torial on Meat Inspection Necessary
followed by one on Bogus Butter" in
yesterdays T.-R. is suggestive. Has ~
ever occurred to the T.-R. that much
of this bogus butter" cry is dema-.
gogy, pure and simple? Does any one
believe that mon like Lacey and DOLL
yer and Cousins would Join in such a
hollow cry We're it not for the fact that
a large proportion of their constituents
are interested In the manufacture OF
butter? Hasn't this thing gone about
far enough? Isn't it about time to call
u halt in a crusade that has for its only
object the protection of my interest?"
The manufacture Of bogus butter"
has become !, great industry, employing
millions of capital and thousands of
men. The use of bogus butter" is5
steadily increasing and yet congress is
now trying to destroy this industry by
Indirect, insincere, dishonest and hypo-
critical methods solely to catch the
granger vote.
The writer is a manufacturers OF 500
called pure butter. as pure as it can be
made by the methods now in use. and
the only ones available on farm. The
hired man milks the COW with dirty,
griny hands, ina filthy stable. without
washing the udder. The milk is per-
mitted to stand in pals untilshis chores
are done, when 1t is taken TO. the house
and the flies and manure strained and
the milk that makes pure butter Is
turned into sour cans or poorly washed
crooks and set away in tank or a
mouldy CELLAR! If the butter is made
on the farm. it is made under circum-
stances that are seldom if ever cleanly,
land If taken to dirty creamery the
conditions are even worse.
But,his isn't all. The II. n. says, "A
lrecent statement disclosed the fact that
a very large per cent of cattle sent to
the Chicago market is infected with tu-
lsbereulosis.' While this is probably not
true, it is undoubtedly is true that a
Very large per cent of COWS sent to the
Chicago market and Very large per
Icert Of the COWS from which pure
butter is made are infected With tuber-
iscLlasis. Every dairy herd tested In
Iowa up to date has shown the Ireva-
lience3of this awful disease TO an alarm-
| ing extent, and yet these are the ami
mails that make pure" butter and fur
Inish pure milk to babes.
! Notwithstanding this. congressman
land others are waging, under a wholly
mistaken notion Of duty and without
knowledge of facts. a relentless wa,
| against one of the most healthful food
products ever discovered. Please exam
line the list Of ingredients used in the
8manufac.ure of oieonargarine given ir
1 your article on Bogus Butter and sa.
what one OF them is pnhealthful. ! an
Il country manufacture butter that Ar
Il rlollrz NH buy II isaused for flayoring
i and must be the highest and fines
product Of the must modern creamery
4 The beef fats are taken from a class q
slcattle-thc latest and finest steers
THAT are not afflicted with tuberculosis
Ito any considerable extes...
IL is a well known fact that consulnp
zion is largely confined to dairy cattle
In. there anything unhealthful abou
neural lard ar cottonsede oil?
a This whole warfare is a sham. 1t is !
Wal. against progress and improve
q methods and purer food, and In m
opinion COW butter will in the end hav
no WELD. as the cradle did to the reaper
j Legislators may for time conceal thei
!. motives by passing laws requiring tn
manufacturers Of oleonargarinc 10 US
I pink. green or purple colors, but sue
Legislation is nothing less than an out
slrage. The manufacturer Of a food prod
uct has right to color II as he please:
50 long as he does not use an ingredier
that is unhca!thful. When men sa
they are nor opposed tothe manufat
/ t,,.c ~ o'eomargarlne, that all they az
Is that they shall not be permitted ,
palm bogus butter" on the consume
:. by giving IT the color of pure butte
Y they are either dishonest or thoughtlcs
/. BY compelling the manufacturer TO co
or il pink, or green. or purple, they hor
!. to drive the manufacturer out of exis
!. ence. Wha; is the color Of pure butte
anyway? Let some travelling man wi
lis compelled to eat the dirty, flacci
4 colorless grease set before him on II
9 average hotel table. answer. Butt
made from COW on dry feed is pract
. caliy colorless; with grass 1t assumes