Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-10
OLIVE OIL.
THE OLIVE GROWERS CONVENTION
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
The Oil Said to Be Fine Article to Sober
Up On-Its Medicinal and Food Value.
President Cooper's Address.

At the state board of horticulture
headquarters, 22O Sutter, this morning,
says Wednesdays San Francisco Post,
a convention of olive growers of Califor-
mia was in session, and the growers had
all come provided with samples OF their
products and, by way OF contrast, with
numerous bottles of melted hogs lard,
cotton-seed oil, peanut oil, mustard-seed
oil and other oleaginous substances
with foreign labels upon them.
There were about forty gentlemen and
three ladies present when Ellwood
Cooper of Santa Barbara, who has made
a fortune in olive culture, called the
meeting to order.
Following is complete list of officers
and board of directors:
Elwood Cooper, Santa Barbara, presi-
dent; Frank A. Kimball, National City !;
G.. A. Wetmore, Livermore; John Bid
we'll, Chico, and +. E. Goodrich, Santa
Clara.
Active Members j. R. VOLTS kill,
Winters George F. Hooper, Sonoma !;
Mrs. Emily Robinson, Auburn; Juan
Gallegos, Mission San Jose j. P. Smith,
Livermore; V. G. Smith, Napa; Bowen
& Goudge, Pomona; John c. Gray, Oro-
vile; Peverill Meigs,- Santa Barbara
Harwood & Woodford, Ontario.
Honorary Members-Professor E. w.
Hilgard, W. A. Hayne, Jr., Los Olives;
Justinian Caire, San Francisco; B.
Hayne, Los Olivos; Alden Boyd, Los
Olivos; A. Mel, Livermore p. Cos, Au-
burn; w. G. Kimball, National City
W. H. Floyd, National City; H. 2. Nc
Koon, Ell Cajon; Mrs. j. r. Santee, Ell
Cajon; Levi Chase, Ell Cajon; G. T.
Hopkins, Pasadena; Guy E. Grose,
Santa Rosa; U. M. Alley, Fallbrook; w.
w. Whitney, National City; William
Veal, Pala; 9. NJ. Everett, San Fran
cisco; j. P. M. Rainbow, Temecula; G.
R. Rinaldi, San Francisco; N. w. Girls
void, Los Guillicos.
President Cooper read paper, in
which he, emphasized the vicious practice
producers and dealers have, in all COM
modities and foods, of adulterating their
goods. He quoted from the laws of
England making food adulteration
crime, and spoke of the passage by the
last California legislature OF bill MAX
ing it a misdemeanor to sell ANYTHING
but pure olive oil under such label.
4uC R1CFaAChCC OA duulLCIdJlOn Wde u6-
clared curse, and the reader alluded
to the rascally merchants who sold the
adulterated and bogus stuff at big profit
to unsophisticated consumers. Mr..
Cooper explained that it was a simple
matter for any one, once initiated, to
distinguish the pure from the fraudulent
oil, and stated that olive oil producing
would be one of the leading state indus
tries if the growers were given the same
protection and assistance as the dairy
men, who had almost driven oleomar-
garine from the market. At present
the industry was in a bad way.
Olive Oil Adulteration was the subject
of paper presented by Prof. Louis Ra-
parelli of the State University.
In his paper upon The Medical Values
of Olive Oil as Demonstrated in Italy,
Luigi Barzellotti said that olive oil had
long been used for cooking purposes and
as medicine by the Italians. The writer
stated that olive oil was particularly
helpful in allaying Inflammation of the
mucous membrane; for burns, dwellings
and stomachic troubles. The most in
teresting statement of the paper was
that olive oil was a cure for drunken
ness, and also valuable for veterinary
purposes. In short, the professor ex-
planned that it was the greatest sober
ing-up article in the world.
"If the pure olive oil is drunk by a
man quite inebriated. he will get well in