134 OLEOMAEGAEINE. 



These people talk about an ideal oleomargarine. They do not talk 

 about the kind referred to by Dr. Bartlett, of Brooklyn, in a letter to 

 Dr. R. D. Clark, of Albany, N. Y., which I wish to read: 



" BROOKLYN, N. Y., January 18, 1886. 



" DEAR DOCTOR: In reply to yours of the 12th instant, I would say 

 that all I can say of the oil 1 showed in New York was that it was 

 manufactured on Newtown Creek by Mr. Henry Beran. Mr. Beran 

 has the contract for the dead animals and offal of the city of Brooklyn. 

 The oil in question was made from the comb fat (so called) of horses 

 that is, from the top part of the necks of the horses which were obtained 

 from this city and tried out by the contractor. The horses were such 

 as die in every city from both accident and disease. There were a 

 large number of horses killed in Brooklyn last year that were suffering 

 with glanders. Whether any of these horses helped to make up this 

 oil I do not know; nor does Mr. Beran. The specimen I had in New 

 York was a very fine oil, and it shows that an oil can be made from 

 dead horses which in taste and naked-eye appearance is as palatable as 

 the best ; oleo' oil. 



' ' Mr. Beran has told me that he is satisfied that some of his oil has 

 been used for the manufacture of ' oleo ' butter. He has always been 

 very careful about telling me to whom he sells it and he evidently 

 thinks it is used for that purpose; in fact, he says he knows it has been. 

 I give this as his own statement, and for what it is worth. I could not 

 prove it. From the odor, taste, etc. , of this oil I am of the opinion 

 that it can be used to make c oleomargarine,' and that its use for that 

 purpose ought to be strongly condemned. I also hold that the use of 

 lard tried out at a temperature below 130 Fahrenheit should be pro- 

 hibited. Hoping this will answer your questions, I am, 

 i c Very sincerely yours, 



"E. H. BARTLEY, M. D." 



He says he feels satisfied that that oil was made into oleomargarine; 

 that there was entirely too much for any other purpose. Now, the smile 

 is so audible that I must pay attention to it. When we commenced to 

 investigate those q uestions these frauds were practiced. They are not 

 practiced now. Our law has hedged you about, and more capital has 

 gone into the business. You have put the business on a higher scale 

 than it ever was before, and you are making as good a commodity as 

 you can out of the stuff you have to make it out of. We only ask 

 you in fairness to step one notch higher and do not make it resemble 

 butter. 



Do you know that in the great State of New York there are 1,600,000 

 cows? Do you know we have 250,000 persons engaged in farm work? 

 And yet you seek to come into our market and drive us out and ruin 

 that industry. Is there anything fair about that? We ask you to 

 stand up like men and sell your commodity for what it is. Then if 

 you can compete with us we will stand it like men. Not many years 

 ago we were in the meat market. We raised cattle in New York and 

 sold them for meat. We sold cereals. The Genesee and Rochester 

 valleys were great wheat fields. Then the wheat fields of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley were opened up, cultivated by machinery. Then South 

 America opened up her wheat fields and produced grain at 37 cents a 

 bushel on shipboard, Australia opened up her wheat fields, and now 

 Russia is opening up Siberia to the production of the cereals. We 



