The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-06-30

our use as "olivc OIL" and VIC wsr.
Sh probably with feelings of pra,i,nJ,
our Europe IN cighbors for bov;no
US with "a better quality of oil than
-" ,ne sc 1ming low price of from 81
Nsa'lon-a product which had gone
ya few months before, leaving rs
GENT Tor each ealIcn exported the
sum of from thirty to forty
scrap of information, which
rp"n us so unex xpectedIy. was tho
"e" industry to spring into ex
,"r country, TO: the case appear.
'nat II cotton seed oil could be
p Europe and thus converted into
fble salad OIL" the same mirb. bo
--Au GSrs; q mill lHs& &9F 9sFutsatfhe4 and another
~ now, at the opening of 1882, there are.
zine mills Is successful operation, refining
\ from MY to one hundred barrels of oil per
day' One OF the largest plills is a, Mont
Somery, in my own State it re6nes 100 bar.
rels or about 5000 gallons dail;. The
crude oil is 'orth say 40 cents per gallon
the refining process brings it up ia value to
trom 10 cents to 81 per gallon, with ve.y Ii,
tic loss IN the operation. Basing a calcula-
'ion upon these figures, one secures some ide,
OF the Immense amouGt that is added TO the
va'ue OF this cotton seed product by rein.
'nS-the Montgomery mill alone NAV be
safely put down as adding over 81 900 pcr
day why, it sounds more like an extrav
agant romance than n stern reality. bu, il
is entirely real. nevertheless
But the true climax in our romance !,
real lille has nat vet been reached. A new
use Tor cotton seed oil has been discovered
an account OF which forms the most rcmurk.
aoie part OF the story AS already stated
the discovery was made that we were con.
sum,pg, as salad Oil, large qusn,itiessyof
lE e2es8R iss9a pre: lqSs fhippsds 10 US from
'oa@e' 4 wsSe if5Si d 49, 1 = = = : ) -
unimportant cotton seed OH. and came back
as the popular aud much priced olive oil '.of
the East" 1t was as good as the real olive
oil IN every particular, at least. This led to
an inquiry into the uses made of the real
olive oil In the countries where produced.
developing the fact that it was the culinary
oil (thsEmeat and lard) of the people over
there and straightway suspicion seized
upon few scientific minds in this country
that possibly our cotton seed oil might be
made the same for us. Why not, since it
was SO like olive oil that we could no, tell on
from the other? But how were we to know ?
by test, of course; but who was brave epoupb
to make that test |? At last the bra ve man
turned up. aud "wonderful to tell" he had
"found it, Refined c,tton seed oil WIS
everything that conll be desired us substi.
tute Cor lard, or other animal fats, in Gull
nary operations. For frying steaks, TO-. fry
ing fish for shortening bre I'd, cake aud crusts
Tor making 2ravies. and so on, it was even
superior to lard. impardng no unpleasant
navor or oior whatever; in word bripuipo
no unsatisfactory results, dietary or other
wise; but. on the other hand. making
lighter and better bread cakes and crusts
than could be made with lard. and proving
decidedly more digestible, to say nothing Of |
being considerably cheaper. A pound of /
cotton seed oil, costingn more than 10
cents under the most unfavorable circum.
stances, will 60 fully as far, in a culinary
way, as pound and half of lard-when
pan OF steak has been fried with it the
OIL which IS not absorbed by the steak may
be poured back into the eau, and used
again at another time, being just as clear
and pure as before it was put over the fire.
There Is something about it which prevents
a union with animal impurities AS Sd6.
sequence of all this, it is coming rapidly into
extensive use, and the>sooner it gets fully
in the better for the people,. undoubtsalv
And the strange story ofy"Cotton seed
the Greatest Wonder Of The Day" cannot
DC permitted to stop even here. The
chemist bus lately discovered means of
converting cotton seed oil into an excellent
substitute for butter----an article fac supe.
r,or TO the best oleomargariue ever.n,ade and
cheaper. 1t fills all the Offices of butter
both for culinary and table use, and is com.
ing rapidly into general favor as it seems to
give entire satisfaction wherever tested. And /
here we pause TO await he next step.
Concluding, would state that 10 the fore.
going there is nothing based upon either L.
uncertain reports or nIere theory. All the n
acts as set forth have been gathered with
,reat care from the most reliable SOURCES
many OF them from actual tests ind expe
renee as, for Instance, those relating to
he use OF cotton seed oil as a substitute for Q
"rd and butter, the writer having been | i
's,ng 1t in his own family for a consider.
BILE length of time with the most uubouuded
His preference for it in all
as"s where lard isexpeoted to figure has
aused Its permanent adoption with him to q
N entire exclusion of tho other. .
A FATAL FEUD.-Galveston, june q
L disnooh from, Il,no rn~.. . III