Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-18
WAR ON CIRCUIT Bill
The Oleomargarine Trust Pre-
pairing to Agitate For
Its Repeal
LOBBY AT WASHINGTON
Combine Of the Makers Of oIeo Will
Attempt to Secure It's Repeal at the
Next Session Of Congress - Circular
Sent Out Asking for Contributions
Miscellaneous News.

Minneapolis, Oct 18.--The oleonar-
gnrine trust Is preparing to make war
on the Circuit bill, which places q tax
OF 10 cents a pound on colored oleo.
The war is to be made by means of a
lobby at Washington to secure the re-
peal of the anti-oleo measure. The
combine OF the makers of the COM
pound OF oil, fat and grease are send
over the country asking for contribu-
lions to raise an effective fund for the
Washington lobby. The circular asks
for "25 per-" or as much thereof as
each dealer can afford, that the work
may be more effectual In overpower-
ing the law which now SO stoutly de-
tends the honest product of the dairy.
The circular then proceeds from
finance. to- juggle science. 1t dwells at
length orr the bacteria Qamiliarly
known All the "starter") that "un-
scrupulouY butternakars" buy from
chemists in quantity Ito add taste to
their product" On this subject the
Circular says.
Few people realize that bacteria, a
germ which bears disease, Is placed in
butter pulposely by the manufacturers
to give it IA fresh flavor. To make but
ter the cream Is separated from the
milk by what is called separator. 1t
is then placed In cans or pans, when
the diseaae-carrying germs are added.
They are secured from chemist and
the addition of these germs adds a
flavor which makes the butter bring
! cent or 3 cents more q pound In the
market"
When they are added to the cream
it is placed away to sour and the
germs can multiply. 1t is then ohurnet
into butter and salt is added. 1t is run
into tubs or prints and rushed to mar
ket, for in few weeks the germs die
and the butter becomes rancid"
The circular goes 10 some length to
tell how Oleo is made and how pure it
is. 1t insinuates that some cleo max
ers who add butter in the mess, make
a great mistake In doing So as they
run the danger of spelling the lovely
oleo. In this regard the circular says:
"A churn OF oleomargarine weighs
about 600 pounds. or little more. At
the factories they take 800 pounds of
NO. beef oil, extracted from the kid
ney fat. and 200 pounds Of No. l neu-
trail lard, making 500 pounds Of solids.
To this seven cans of milk are added.
The mass is then placed in churn
and heated to los degrees. little col
oring matter being added. The con-
tents are churned thoroughly, so as
to mix the ingredients. The mass is
then run in a wooden box, filled with
ice, the purpose being to cool quickly,
and prevent the ingredients from sep
arating.
When cooled 1t is placed on long
table and sixty-five pounds of salt
added, standing for day. when it is
then put in mixer and the salt thor
oily mixed. This completes the manu-
faoture, making what is known as a
churn and consisting Of q little more
than 600 pounds.
Some factories add sixty pounds of
creamery butter to each churn, CIV
ing the churn a butter flavor. But the
do not add butter, for the
butter becomes rancid in two or three
WcSAS dIku SpOllS IHc OleOIIlaTSdrln9,
some Of which has been known to keep
for two years and be as good as the day
it was made"
The circular fails to explain that the
keeping qualities" Of cleo are fire.
quently simply that any germ daring
to tackle the mixture to cause it to
become rancid, finds the proposition too
big q contract and dies in preference
to continuing life on oleo feed.
The oleo circular concludes with
general appeal, for the oleo men to
get together" in their own interests.