Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-13

Sis 4ss cotton oii with olivesoil
waa n 44Npreiadlcial health end
Ethat hsSmxtnye isnow madeSWithl
oils. NJ from flax and Mnts, and that.
Composition coming from cot
ton oil has been replaced by dis
. other seeds and. by NUT oifs.s
III SIS felt that franda Ri
diminish, and the public good Ibe
9Toinptedd when prej9dices against
good seed oils disanpoar, and ltfey
are sold under their true names
(U. Gonsglar Reports, XII, bS
4 am 0sseasly 81 athe opinion thai
cotton seed oil, " hetk Ter ;;isssa
Observation-Disclosures other oilaorfats
is ii perfectly Wholesome and nutfi.
Etious food, and as easily%digested
and assimilated as6any of the COM
monlysemployedIf fats In support of
this view the opinion of nnmberlesa
sWfitas upon the subject, sand of
iexlpsrtsFin chemistry an5dssphysiology,
might be adduced but shall cone
tent myself With citing two 81 three.
lBattershall, I'M his treatise o ng1FrOod
Adplteration remarks
sAssa result of the pnblicity lately
given TO the ~subjectSof food adulsS
tefation, popular Impression has
been produced that any substance
employed AS an adulterants of, or
substitute for, another Id to-
avoided pe,ase. Perhaps the ooms
mon belief that for all purposes cot
ton seed DILL inferiorSto olive oil,
and oleomargarine To- butter, iii tbs
most striking illustrations of this
tendency. Now, SOS a.mattc of faGS,
pure cotton seed oil, a 3 at present
found on the market, is less liable to
hesome rancid than the product Of
the olive, and for many scalinarys ttisea
it is at least quite as seryicable.
= * Ihe sal Of these PRODUCTS
under their TRUE name should not
only besalloWed, but under some Cir
cumstances even Senoouraged2h
Professor Wiley stated before the
S.Hohse Committee n$Agricul-
ture, atYthe2 hearing on8the compound
lard Dill III HI reply 70 the
question whether r0mh his knowledge
tof chemistry: and of medicine there
is any property in cotton seed oil
injurious to health, that there Was
not so far as he knew. Iii reply to-
the question, aDoes that statement
also apply to beef steiarine used in
connection with cotton seed OIL III
the Manufacture of refined lard 22''
he replied, eyes, Sir; SO fare know
there is nothing lin 8it ihjUrioas to
health Concerning. itadigastibility
and the ease with which &c lis asslmis
lated, he instancedsa case inswhioh
pint had been given as Galaxative and
had undergone perfect digestion,
showing, in3his opinion, 9thatSitWas
very easily acted upon BY the intess
final juices" and Every easily assimi
lated,S and he added hat sit seems
to act onthe digestive organs like
olive oil precisely. In response to-
the question, care tho natritI5e
qualities Of cotton seed oil equal stoS
the natfitiye qualities Of pure lard
he replied; 81 should say that there
would be little difference as far as
fnutritive properties are concerne,s
Professor Wiley analyzedi i large
number of samples Of go-called
refined lards compounded chiefly OF
bsef sttsariTe, cotton sued Oil,
hog fat, and in response to the qass.
ton, slave you any belief that any
OF these articles or specimens
when used as foods are healthfnl or
unhealthful to the human slystsm
replied,J 81 have no8reasonSto believe
any of them are, any of the ingredi-
ents in the lards."" And again, Gas
far as medical and chemical knowl-
edge extends these substances are
not injurious to health.nn In reply
to The question, ayVhat would yon
say Of cotton seed oil when used
alone IS an article Of foodSfs he
answered, 81 should say thatSit was
perfectly @~holesome,p and he gave j.
it as: his belief that it was as whole !
some as olive oil or hog lard on beef
fat.
Prof. S.P S~harplsa5, State assaySee
for Massachusetts, and d chemist
who has given much time to tho
study of food adulteration, stated
during the course Of the same invsas
tigation that he knew of no property
Injurious to health III cotton seed oil
the refined lards which he had
examined. Prof. Il. Ogden Doye
mus, Of New York City, states u.s.
refined lard made from steam lard,
beef atearine, and cotton seed oil lis
!aapure and wholesome, ard thats iii
His mi in,A$4 cotton seed oil is q
wholesome article Of 8diet;1 and
Prof. u. M Norton, of the laasasa
chusetts Institute Of Technology,
states that the compound lard made
by weiisknoWn Mfm 9Ssls 8 perfectly
good food material and Sis nnobiecs
tionable i'm every respect and des
contain anything which can be
injurious to health
These are the opinions whiohsaeem
TO be almost universally held by
who have investigated thissab
iect from d scientific standpoint.
So far as I kRoW3thereis no Evidence
worthy Of the name which remotely
to show that cotton seed oil s
not a wholesome and nutritious food
IL han, asa matter of ffaot, been used
for years% both stirreptitiOusly mixed