Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-16

has not both artificial flavor and sr,is
cial color in t. The purpose NJ tb.ss
decisions Is TO appeal more strongly Z,
the sense OF sight and the sen.a ~
taste Of the purchase WHY sb,yii
butter alone have this artificial r1l1I
right?
THE market is f1l OF fraulu,srt br,
ter and butter ffkas, and lt ls not 1.a5,
margarine either
Renovated butter Is The host of cha
frauds. There is more renovated tyti..
made In this country than Thor. Is ~
oleomargarne. and this Kind of ba .larI
butter making Is on the Increase. THE
makers went so Tar as IO steal fho
model Of the package specially do.
signed by the department of aerIrul.
ture for export butter trade This sfuf
Is made by blowing Ola rlucF butter
through milk. re-churnIng 10. and fba1
marketing It as pure ElgIn creamery
butter.
"Sousing butter fun Of salty water Il
another fake Much % the butter uav.
on the market contains as high as 20
per cent and more OF these foreign suh.
stances; one-hfth OF its body Wh4v.
The diaries buy the pure butter fqt as
a solid. then initiate ID f0r the market "A
30 cents per pound Tor water
ut does seem 20 an unbiased man I'm
the moon that Congress has ID bIeg p
and more legitimate field In veg Inc
the dairy industry aud me sellers of
dairy products In eliminating the fake
products, branding the low grade lIt.
tiers for what they are ana M clearing
the butter markets Of Us frauds stuffed
and inRenius products Than 10 hauasg-
ing a wholesome and iagt'mat, COM
pound product Ike oleonargaine.
IF every pound OF butter made were
Of the oleomargarine character 10 would
still be the puroduct Of ne American
domestic animal and farm Hence &c IS
one class of farm product and farm aui.
NAL seeking market which ls also
sought by another set OF farm animals
Has Congress or the one SET right To-
destroy the product and The field of that
other field Of farmers and stock raisers?
Think It over quietly and lmpartially,
How long will the live stock lndustrle.
Of this country permit such provincial
selhshness?
THE relative importance o. butter
and oleomarg8rlne in the business al.
fairs Of this country Is magnlded By tho
intrusion ~ the controversy between
these products into the arens Of nation.
al politics This controversy Is borne Of
greed.
1.-THE supreme effort Of The forming
creamery trust Is 10 eliminate an com,
petition so as 10 widen the margin be-
tween the cost ~ production and the
selling price so as TO increase the profit
The cow-milker and the poor consumer
Is alike eliminated before the natter "
the profit is figured The poorer u the
people must then eat COW butter az the
creamery price. or lick a meat skin
Napoleon knew that the poor plebIaus
Of France needed a cheaper equivalent
OF butter and he humanely asked the
famous discOyerer Of oleomargarne %
discover a cheaper butter for his people
But the butter fellows are not az hu-
name or as reasonable as the aulocrt
Of France. The poor winter white but.
ter Is cheap enough for them. but Who
ever heard OF O creamery labelling ne
10 cent waNy stun winter" and us
richer 30 cent yellow summer butter
summer Yet both are made. though
all "a colored and sold for the heheE
priced and higher grade stuff M the
final day the Great Judge may say 90
the creamery conscience: 'Depayt En-
ter the chute. Your way Is still erased
to the eternal kitchen whence yourbut.
lyric flavor shall forever RISE
The speaker was followed by Hon ..
W. Wilson. who spoke on THE Bl,.
tered Side Of the Question as follou
HON D. w. WILSON.
The Hon. d. W. Wilson. Of Inluas
spoke Of the Buttered Side OF ts
Question" He said In part:
"The discovery that animal Fat was
practically the some as butter fat. a.
though il did not contain that spec hl
element that gives 10 tne butter II.
flavor and aroma, but having the nutn.
cious parts which were equally as val.
liable as the real butter. was LOOKED
upon with much favor by the CONNER
cial world. II was only "a few yeau
after the manufacture of 0lelmargar
inc In this country until il was seer
that, made as 10 was in The semblanc
OF butter. there was an opportunity tO
fraud In its sale that could d. takCI
ohN duNuAt hlt anu tt NAN very carry
In its history sold for the real article
The continued and persistent sale OF
colored oleomtrgarine for butter wai
so great that about thirty States had
passed law 10 prevent the sale of cleo.
margarine Colored 10 initiate butter,
but with all this legislation, the result
has not been of much value or benefit
excepting In few States la which the
dairy industry was largely developed
and a dairy and food commission was
established TO enforce the law. The re-
suit has been a very large sale OF oleo-
margarine an over the country pruc-
tically the majority OF which n not
sold for butter. has actually been con-
sumed as butter
THE Groul bin. which has already
passed the House provides that a tax
OF ten cents per pound Boz placed upon
oleomargarine colored % initiate but
ter. and reduces the tax upon oleo-
margarine In iis original state Ga a
quarter Of cent.
1T has been believed and the facts
would seem 60 bear out the statement
that, until the element ~ color is elm
mated from oleomargarine the element
OF fraud In its sale viii not be eliminat-
ed. il Is a serious question whether
any other method than that OF eliminate
ing the color from oleomargarina can
be found TO prevent this fraudulent
sale. large number OF people who are
interested both az producers ana con-
srmers Of dairy products believe this
10 be a fact, and II this be- true. there
.an be no good reason why the color
should not be eliminated.
There Is not a person In this hall but
would prefer honest dealing in food
products. and believe Is as
ready as myself 20 90 any
thing 10 assist any measure hat
VIII bring about so desirable q thing
Is The actual sale OF food products for
What they are.
The agitation along the lines of pre-
renting a fraudulent sale OF oll0mar-
'arine has been great and persistent.
md the sentiment Of the whole country
: IN favor OF the proposition The
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