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OLEOMARGARINE. 



the Medes and Persians. This product will remain sweet indefinitely, 

 because it contains very little butyric acid, which is the decaying prin- 

 ciple in butter. We call your attention to the opinions of a number of 

 noted chemists whose characters are beyond reproach and whose 

 opinions are of the highest character. 



I quoted Professor Wiley here in my paper, but as he is present, I 

 have refrained from reading that part of my remarks. 



There has been a good deal said about the melting point of butterine 

 being much higher than the temperature of the stomach. The temper- 

 ature of the stomach is 98.4. 



Eepresentative ALLEN. Are you a chemist, Mr. Miller? 



Mr. MILLER. No, sir; but that is the statement of chemists. Now, 

 in order to settle this question, I sent some samples to Professor 

 Schweitzer, who is professor of chemistry in the university at Colum- 

 bia, Mo., and who also has charge of the experiment station there. He 

 has been a lifelong friend of Professor Wiley, who will vouch for his 

 ability. He made a test of four samples; and the melting point of 

 these lour samples, commencing with the lowest grade, was as follows: 

 82.950, 84.65, 93.650, 96.800; and 96.800, wu i c h is the same as our 

 highest grade of butterine, is the melting point of pure butter. Where- 

 fore, the melting point of the highest grade is almost two degrees under 

 the temperature of the stomach. I would like to submit his letter as 

 part of my statement. 



(The letter above referred to is as follows:) 



COLUMBIA, Mo., April 10, 1900. 

 The ARMOUR PACKING COMPANY, 



Kansas City, KanB. 



GENTLEMEN: The four samples of butterine, the melting points of which you 

 desired me to determine, came to hand on April 7, and gave the following results : 



If the mean between the temperatures at which the samples begin to melt and at 

 which easy fluidity is attained are taken to represent the mean melting points, then 

 the results are: 



Melting point. 



Yours, truly, 



P. SCHWEITZER, 

 Professor of Agricultural Chemistry and Chemist to Experiment Station. 



Eepresentative COONEY. Will you permit me to ask you again what 

 position Professor Schweitzer holds? 

 Mr. MILLER. He is professor of chemistry at the State University, 



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