Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-26
THE GENUINE AND
THE COUNTERFEIT

st. Paul MINI, July 23.-The con.
test between the producers OF butter,
who are demanding only honest compe-
| tition between their product and olco-
| margarine, and the manufacturers of
| oleomargarine, who are striving for the
| elimination OF protective legislation. is
| not based upon equality In the two
| products as the oleomargarine people
would have the public believe. Al the
recent hearings in Washington every
oleonargarinc witness laid particular
emphasis upon the claim that cleo
margarine Is Just as pure. wholesome
and nutritious" as butter Some of
them claimed even more than this.
arguing that It is produced under more
sanitary conditions.
no sane person can be misled by such
claims, providing he gives thought to
the question. II Is the same old story
OF the producer Of the substitute claim
ing the superiority OF his article over
the genuine
For several years the writer was
compelled 10 listen for hours at a time
TO the claims Of manufacturers of arti-
ncial food products that in using their
particular articles the consumer was
not only getting better quality but was
also saving money They were always
protesting against regulations which
were intended to prevent fraud IN the
sale OF those products. They termed
such regulations outrageous and auto
cratic" and accused the legislative
body OF the state OF discriminating
aglins pure, wholesome and nutri-
tlous" food products.
In spite OF all such protests, our state
law-mahing bodies and our federal law
making body have continued to
strengthen such regulations and TO
make the line OF demarcation between
the genuine and the imitation as com
plote as possible.
We should not lose sight OF the fact
that butter and olcomurgarinc have
never been. are not and never can be
equally pure, wholesome and nutri-
tious." They are not Identical IN any
particular. except as tho manufactur-
er Of oleomarcarine In producing his
article initiates butter, and this fact
alone proves thnt they are not similar
Leave out those ingredients natural To-
butter and oleomargAtlne would neither
taste. smell nor look like butter
Congressman J VI Nelson OF Wis
consin clearly emphasized the foolish
ness Of tho claim OF the oleonargarine
people when he said.
1t Is well tu remember that Congress
cannot repeal or set aside the funda-
mental facts OF nature, or 81 human
nlture. Can Congress by law make an
artincially painted flower equal TO ma
turc'e blushing rose? can Congress by
law make water flow up hill? Can
Congress by law turn hungry wolves
loose in sheep folds and reasonably eX-
poet that they viii not destroy the
shecp7 can Congress by law make
beasts Of prey ply their NATURAL IN
stlncts I'm daylight rather than dark
ness2 II Congress can do these un-
reasonable things II II can defy natural
law and common sense, doubtless then
IL has also the power 90 make good by
law the assertion that oleonnlrgarlne.
a HETEROGENEOUS compound mechanical
Is mixed in n machine, the child OF
greed sold for gain Is the peer OF but
ter as n food. the product Of nature
prepared IN the living organism OF the
cow--man's best friend from the begin
ming of earthly pilgrimage as a race,
the prototype OF the kindliest gift OF
God to man-our mother."-E. h. Sla-
ter