The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-10
- MoNROE- LOUISIANA SATURDAY. MARCH 10 1888.

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them under foreign brand AZ from " |
to - per gollon. As the merit Ut pure
cotton-seed oil becomes better known
and existing prejudices against Il are
swept away, the market value nf the
oil will naturally Increase from year
10 year. Tho average prtco paid TO the
planters for cotton seed during tho last
season has been something ike SOU
pee ton more than during the season
i,nmediatsly preceding. We doubt
not hut that the value of this product
will continue to increase, though per-
haps not every season rs rapidly as
during the one just past. We may
consider 1t certain that within q very
few years we shall find good cotton
seed oil tn be worth 81 u gallon IN our
home market. People will have be,
come accustomed to buy II under It's
I own proper name at such moderate
price, rather than to pay three or four
times the amount for exactly the samc
article under foreign name And In.
bel. The Southerners, who raise thol
seed themselves and are familiar with,
the process of Misunderstanding tho OH
know their own product 10 be infinily
superior to lard for cooking purposes,
aud have used it for many years. In
recent work DR.. Jesse p. Battershaii,
PHI. D., r. G. s.; Chemist United States
Laboratory, says:
| Asa result of the NahliG'y lately
given to the subject oil faod adultera,
ton u popular impression has been
produced that any substance employed
90 an adulterant OF or substitute for
another IS to be avoided per Sc. Per
haps the common belief that for all
purposes cotton seed oil Is interior 10
olive oil is the most ssriking iilustra-
tion Of this tendency. Now, as mat
ter of fact, pure cotton-seed oil as at
present found on the market Is less
liable TO become rancid than the pros,
duct Of the olive, aud for many cuii-
nary uses II Is at least quite as scrvicea-
BILE. The sale Of such products under
their true name should not only be III
!. lowed. but under some 'c!reumstances
even encouraged.
All new food products require time
to secure their introduction into gene
raj use. It was with much difficulty
that Europeans were first Induced to
accept tho potato as a regular article OF
diet, But when valuable ftod pro-
! duct comes upon the market at price
much below tho cost Of other similar
articles the new product certainly
comes To stay. Coitou-seed oil being
equal TO olive oil is superior to lard
8 aud cheaper than either is bound TO &C.
cupy large place in commerce, 1T II
= ouly a question OF time when cotton
y seed oil will superseue all other fat;
= and oils for cooking purposes. Pnysl'
!, clans agree that nine .tentes OF Ameri
> can dyspepsia is, due to the use OF lard
= in pastry and cooking. Physicians
/ likewise agree that the use OF Vegetable
g cotton. seed as substitute for lard vii
u remedy this difficulty.
The growth of tho cotton-seed indus
II try and its benefit TO the country may
e be illustrated by fsw facts. Ia lS7!
>, only one-sevepth of the available cot
q ton.saed Of the United States was aclu
ally miiled for oil, while during th
last year, with far larger crop, 1T i
- estimated that two-!htrds or three
o lourths of the available seed has beer
= thoroughly utilized. Tho price of cot
U ton has been declining for years, liE
: the price of wheat but the loss TO tn
- planter In tho price Of his cotton seem
: TO have been mole than made up
~ him in the steadily increasing valne
y his seed; and this while our wheat dea
~ ers have felt tho force Of compe'itio
$ from India, Russia, and many othe
o. distant markets In tho steadily d.
w creasing price OF our staple cereal; ou
9, cotton planters, on the other hant
~ have received profitable returns iroi
~ their crops because of the value OF co
i" ton seed, although the price OF the co
ton alone has declined as aforesaid. w
as have spoken OF cotton-seed oil az
IS National industry, and 80 ii is. III
e seed is raised in the South and tt
u crude oil Is manufactured In Sou'hci
ne mills. Bat this crude material Is r
~. fined chiefly in the North, there bell
at ext nsive reiineries ia Chicago, :
'eF Louis, CINCINNATI, Pntsburg, Phil
Ae' delphia, Brooklyn, Providence, IL.
ei etc. Then the settings or foots q
r. used for soap by nearly all the gre
ne soap manufacturers Of the North
70. that cotton.seed is in no sense 81
g" tional product.
Twenty-Five years ago Europe
W. ceived proportion OF Its annual 81
tne ply OF cotton from India, Brazil, a
ieu many other countries. To-day IL
,ei said the United States produces fot
req fifths of the worlds supply OF cotlt
$50. In 1881 it was said that the capaei
US. OF cotton was SO great that the State
'"o Texas alone was capable OF produci'