Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-15
COTTON-SEEo OIL
Its Value an Article Of Food in Europe
and America - Extensively Used.

1ts Value Article Of Food in Europe
and America = Extensively Used.
IChicago Tribunal
There Is large market for cotton seed
oil in this city, and an establishment where
the refining process Is carried on. The
oil is supplied to soap makers. lard refners,
bakers. confectioners, grocers. bottlers of
olive oil, paint mixers, screw cutters,
manufacturers Of putty, butterine- max
ers, etc, the material reaching the con-
sumner through all these and other avenues
Of trade. Special efforts have recently
been made 10 introduce II to the attention
Of bakers and through the grocers and
butchers TO households for use in cook.
ing. 1t is said 10 be preferred by those
who use it because ii Is pure and whole
some article of food, about which there Is
not, and can not be, a shadow or taint of
disease of any kind; while the hog and all
other animals are liable to cholera,
trichina- and other diseases for which
reason their product carries with it the
seeds of bodily ills to the human family
through the medium of the kitchen. II
Is strange that the public should turu up
its nose at the article which is pure and
wholesome while willingly buying and
using it as an sdulterant OF lard, butterine,
and other articles used as food
Bakers and Others who use cottonseed
oil are as yet backward to acknowledge it.
chiefly owing TO the prejudice that exists
in the public mind against its use, which
in turn is due TO a general knowledge of
the fact that il is sometimes employed as
an adulterant But some of the most pro
gressiye bakers and merchants are grow
ing more disposed 10 openly proclaim that
fka,r fha snlA ar1 rr,w shnsr
reasons therefor. of curse the principal
cal, which should. however, be a strong
proved that the article is healthy. 1t is
estimated that for bakers use Lee
pounds of the oil will do the work of four
pounds of lard. while the cost at whole
sale is at present a quarter of cent per
pound less for the former than for the
latter.
In the manufacture Of high grades of
soap cotton seed oil has no superior, and
large soap makers use several thousand
barrels of il annually. Lard refiners are
also heavi buyers Miners in the west
use il almost to the exclusion of other
kinds of oil for illuminating purposes as
it is non explosive and gives q very good
light But its chief value will vet be
found TO lie in its qualities as an article
of human food, as it is builder up and
sustainer Of bone and sinew. 1t promises
to be a great aid to consumptives and
other weak constitutions.
Cotton seed oil contains no less than 95
per cent of nutriment This statement
is found in a report recently made TO par
Lament by the purveyor If the English
army in regard to the use of certain arti-
cleS as food He recommended cotton
seed oil as a heat producer and substitute
for other fats. and largely as q sub
stitute for meat American cotton seed
oil has also played an important part in
the rapid recuperation of France after her
| exhaustive war with Germany. The
| French are large raisers of cereals, and as
they cost the consumer about four -fifths
as much as meat the French people have
eatea their cereals and sold their meat,
using cotton seed oil in the place of the
latter. serving it up in combination with
preparations from grain in the many
palatable ways for which that people are
noted spain, Portugal. Italy. and other
southern European countries are habituai
| consumers Of cotton seed oil. while Ger
many. England, and Russia use large
| quantt es mostly as food. In the army
of the last named country it forms part
of the regular rations, and it has found its
way even into Siberia, where the hunters
carry il with them as a part Of their regu-
lar supplies.
| sIarSslI.on N o
London Daily Eewsl
Mr. r. G. Halliburton, a son of the
| author of sam Slick. who is now on 8
visit 10 Jamaica. gives a deplorable &C
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