The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-11

a courtroom a large portion Of the time
since the first Of July, when the oleo law
went into effect From Monday morning
until Saturday night a constant stream
creamery association and this and that
manufacturer of cleo flows into it.
These interests demanded to be heard
and they have been heard and an still
daily stating their cases. The commits
sioner ntimated that he heard but little
during the hours of the day but oleo, reno
waited butter and adulterated butter. Fig
uratively speaking he was compelled dur
ing the warmer summer days to take three
baths daily to get rid Of the odor of cleo
and renovated butter. as-~ts >~.-
And the end is not yet New points are
constantly being raised new schemes and
devices invented to get inside the law and
still:not meet the requirements Of the law.
The agitation and investigation are likely
to give the creamery man and the butter
renovator. a few more days of anxiety be-
fore the fight is over. = s2.z.us.~E i, ~
Just now renovated butter and aduIter-
ated butter are occupying the. center OF
the stage The former Is supposed to be
nothing but butter, produced from cream,
the flavor. of the butter having become
impaired by time, but which through a
process Of melting and working is con-
verted into a fairly edible quality of but
ter. Adulterated butter may be composed
Is,
the least of:whfch is or may be butter.
Renovated butter SO long as it is all
butter, is on all tours with gilt edged
creamery. It has free access anywhere,
but the product marked ''adulterated"-
and the law makes the marking compul-,
sory-meets with distractions at every
turn It is true the renovated butter must
be marked as, such and the marks must
remain upon the package until the butter
is consumed, SO long as the package re-
mains inside the boundaries of the United
Estates, but the "adulterated" article is
! met at>every corner BY difficulties when it
undertakes to leave these shores. .:5t.-
"TropIcal Butter.'' -
| The requirements of the recent act of
congress relating to butter products i'm
pose what the manufacturers allege to be
extreme hardships upon an article of do
mestic consumption known as tropical
butter" Just how this butter is made or
what it's ingredients are is a profound
| mystery which, the commissioner himself
apparently has, not been able to fathono.
This tropical butter is produced for ex-
portation exclusively. It is not used at
all in the United States, but shipped to
the West Indies, South America and other
warm climates. It resembles butter and
is said to possess a flavor similar In many
respects to butter. It is used In the
tropics by the poorer people in soups and
very largely takes the place Of meat upon
their tables. OF course it can be sold at
a, much lower price than pure butter and
seems to answer all the purposes Of but
ter so far as the tropical people are con-
cerned
The law requiring that the product shall
be branded "adulterated," however, seems
to have sounded the death knell OF this
1 industry, which in sections OF the coun-
try, notably in New York, had grown ia
large proportions. The people Of the tro-
i pics are willing to eat the stuff but they
i draw the line at It's being marked as
i ..adulterated." AS long as 1t has the
brand butter the people Of the torrid
region eat the mixtures with relish and
/ enthusiasm, asking not of what the Com
ponent parts may be, in fact, it is not a
question Of ingredients, but Of price. How.