Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-21
LANDS A BODY BLOW.

LANDS A BODY BLOW.
ID. Wiley, chief chemist Of the depart
ment Of agriculture, has made state
ment which Is calculated TO cause con-
stetnation In every butter making COM
munity In the United states. Or.
Wiley saya that, az he reads the pure
food law. which goes into effect on the
first OF January, 1t VIII be unlawful
after that date, to use any colorins
matter whatever In butter or cheese.
At the present time the creameries OF
the country. OF which there are several
thousand do not send out single
pound OF butter made from dry fod-
der" cows milk. which does not con-
tain coloring matter OF some kind
Generally this is found TO be an aniline
die, which In Itself IL deadly poison
OF courre the quantity OF this aniline
dye IL so small I'm each pound OF butter
az 10 make II absolutely harmless But
the department Of agriculture seems
disposed 10 hold that the law prescribes
all deleterious substances In FOODS no
matter how small the quantity, may be
For a hundred years or more butchers
and farmers all over the world nave
used saltpeter In the preparation OF
corned beef, hams, etc. But the con-
aress OF the United states has sudden
iv discovered that saltpeter Is, In itself
Injurious 10 health and In consequence
meat packers and butchers, whose pro.
ducts enter interstate commerce VIII
not be permitted 10 use this drug
BAD FOR CHEEsEMAKERS.
Every cheese factory In the country,
and especially those manufacturing
cheese for the European market, uses
ANIMATE 10 give It's product the color
demanded by the trade. During nine
months out OF every IL the milk pro-
duced In the diaries, OF the United
states IL so devoid Of natural coloring
matter that cheese without foreign
matter, would be white as milk itself
White cheese IL not marketable In Eng
land and IL the department or agricul-
ture bars annite It win practically ruin
the exrort cheese trade, already seri-
ousy injured by the competition OF
Canada.
But tho worst blow TO the dairy inter-
ests which the "anti-coloring" order
will bring about will be the disadvan-
tage under which the dairymen win
labor because OF the competition OF the
manufacturers OF oleomargarine. The
latter are permitted 20 place their pro-
duct on the market under tax OF half
a cent per pound provided Il Is not artl-
ficially colored. Uncolored "oleo" Is
rather more yellow than uncolored
butter made during the winter months
and II the agricultural department In
slsts that the pure food law bars but
ter. artifcially colored, from interstate
commerce the Great bill will have been
enacted In vain and 'oleo" VIII make
serious inroads In the butter trade,
COUSINS HAS RESIGNED.
Congressman Cousins of Iowa, has
resigned the chairmanship OF the house
committee on expenditures OF the treas
ury department In order that his entire
time may be given to his committee
OF which he has become the head, for
eign AFFAIRS, succeeding the late Rob-
ert Hit, OF Illinois. Mr.. Cousins be-
came the chairman OF the committee
having to do with the expenditures OF
the treasury department during Speak
err Reeds administration, having trad
ed with Gen. Grosvenor who desired a
place on mines and mining. Mr.. Cou-
sins speaking of the resignation told an
exceedingly funny story of how one OF
his good farmer friends looked upon
the craftsmanship During one OF the
congressional campaigns In the Fifth
district Mr.. Cousins was stumping In
n friends district while he came to
Mr.. Cousins district. At one of the
towns In the district an old farmer
came up TO the member OF Congress
after his speech and asked him whether