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We reproduce below the market quotations of oleomar- 

 garine in the style in which theyap})ear daily in the Chicago 

 papers. This also does not appear like an individual inde- 

 pendent food product, like cheese or eggs. 



THE PRODUCE MARKET. 



Bttttek— Firm. Receipts, 395,011 lbs; ship- 

 ments, 511.100 lbs. Fancy creamery, 28',<.@,2yc 

 per lb-, fine, 27(S;'J8c; fair to good, 23®25c; 

 choice to tancv cooleys, 24(®,26c; choice dairies, 

 22@24c; fair to good, n(ay20c; ladles. No. 1, 

 18c: No. 2. 16'/4@17c: packing stock, 16@17c. 



BuTTKRiNE— Steady. Fancy creamery. 19c 

 Tier lb, Illinois creamery and extra dairy, 17c; 

 Empire and Diamond dairy. 16c; Eastlake and 

 Lakeside dairy, 14 4c. Rolls, prints and 10-lb 

 pkgs. 'jC per lb additional. 



Cdeese— Receipts, 298.284 lbs; shipments, 

 340.850 lbs. Firm. Full cream, choice, 10^ 

 lie per lb; twins, sharp. 7@9c; Young Ameri- 

 cas, 7@llc; sour and out of condition, 4(g,6c; 

 brick. 10@Hc; Limburger, 10'/4@llc; Swiss. 

 10',4@Jli4c. 



California Fruits — Offei'lngs liberal. « 



Peaches, 20^1b boxes 80c@Sl 15: pears, 40-lb 

 boxes. S2@3.50: grapes, l$1.40@,1.60 per .Vj case. 



Eggs— Receipts. 4,028 pkgs; shipments, 3.903 

 pkgs. Firm. Fresh northern,. 20c per_ doz. 



We are not opposed to any valuable food product which 

 is or may be put upon the market " in a separate and distinct 

 form, and in such manner as will advise the consumer of its 

 real character." We repeat what we said last year : — 



" We are not prepared to dispute the statements of honest 

 scientists in relation to the value of oleomargarine ; we are 

 ready to admit that there is a theoretical oleo, which, if put 

 upon the market honestly, on its merits as an independent 

 article, might have proved an important addition to the 

 world's food products. But the ordinary commercial oleo- 

 margarine with which we have to deal seems in many cases 

 to exert a benumbing influence on the moral sensibilities of 

 those who handle it." 



In the above we do not overlook the fact that there are 

 degrees of digestibility, and that butter is superior to oleo- 

 margarine on this score. 



At Chicago, Armour & Co. displayed a bulletin announcing 

 Massachusetts as one of the States where its sale is pro- 

 hibited ; and yet it is claimed that the receipts of oleomar- 

 garine in Boston for the year were 228,554 packages, against 

 188,380 packages in 1892, — an increase of 40,174 packages. 

 Armour & Co. also made this assertion : " The United States 

 has approved of its sale by its acts of inspection, regulation 



