Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-11
HOW OLEn is MADE

, port on the oleomargarine industry
prepared under its direction by Mr.
John H. CARRIER, an 1owan. Mr.. Gar
. bers report deals With the manufacture
year ending May 81, 1900 During that
year he visited all the large centers of
the industry and personally inspected
seventeen of the largest factories.
!, This report shows the number of es-
Establishments in the United States en-
gagged in this particular manufacture
4 to have numbered twenty -four, of
which Illinois had seven, Indiana three,
Rhode Island three and all other states
and territories eleven The total CAPT
tai invested in these plants footed up
$3,023646, Illinois alone having invest
ed s1,131,S35. The salaries and wages
of employees amounted to $933,4i6. of
milk and cream these factories used
2S,6S4,395 pounds. 396,956 pounds OF
! butter nearly 34,0Ooo00 pounds of cleo
oil, 100000 pounds of neutral lard,
and nearly 100000 pounds of cotton
seed oil. The total value of these prod
ucts was S12.499.S12.
The industry was early introduced
| into the United States, but statistics of
its manufacture prior to 1886 are I'M
reliable. In that year congress passed
an act regulating its manufacture and
imposing tax of 9 cents a pound on
the product. From that date more ex-
act information is obtainable In 1887
there We're 21.5l3,537 pounds made. and
the present report shows nearly five
times that amount.
The number and character of the in |
gradients of oleomargarine make them
susceptible of almost an infinite num-
Der of combinations, and each manu-
facturer has his own working formula. I
So much depends on the handling of (
the oils and the regulation of tempera-
lures surrounding them at each success
sive step that different manufacturers
using the same quality of ingredients
in similar combination will secure vast
ly different results. The formula gen
orally in use for the higher grade of +
is shown by the follow
ing table:
Pounds
Oleo lard -. $500. -. :. 100
Neutral lard -. 49,. -. 1870
Salt 1890. -. COT
color. -. Il
This formula viii produce about So
pounds of oleomargarine. depending for ,
quality on the skill of the person in j
charge of the manufacture.
Cleo oil is obtained from beef fat by /
the processes If settling, erystallization /
and pressure. which separate it from
the steairn and the fiber. After the an
mal is slaughtered the fat is removed
and placed in vat OF warm water,
where it is thoroughly washed To re-
move blood and adhering impurities. 1t
s then chilled and hardened with
path of ice water, after which 1t is
inely comminuted by cutting machines :.
md melted in steam jacketed caldrons
It a temperature of about 100 degrees
fahrenheit. After a period of settling q
he crust of stearin which has formed
$ broken up, the cleo oil extracted by !,
he application of heavy pressure and !,
5 ready for the churn. IL
1t will be seen by reference to the q
quoted above that farm prod o
cts enter as fully into the making of
leo as of butter. The inference to be 9
rawn from Mr.. CARRIERS report is that ),
leo is Clearly and healthful. The fats :
hat go toward its making have passed /,
he trained inspector at the packing II
ouses and have his guarantee of free fl
ON from disease. They have beside Y
his been subjected to great heat itself Z
germicidal process. In the light of the
ensus report 1t is hard to see but one :,
eason for the adverse legislation t,
'hich has pursued the oeomargarine ii
ldustry from its inception.