The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-22
THE OLIVE BRANCH.
Convention of Growers of the
Oleagin0us Fruit.
Denunoiation OF Adulteration of Olive OIL
Additional Legislation PrOposed-The
Genoa and New York Expeditions

n OlUl6 CONVENTION Oh RTOHcTs anu
manufacturers of olive oil and pickles was
held at the hall of the State Board of Hor-
ticultuIe, 900 Suffer street, yesterday.
Among those present were: Ellwood
Cooper of Santa Barbara; Frank A. Kim
ball. San Diego; Professor Z. j. Wick son,
Professor w. b. Rising Berkeley; L. T.
Goodrich. San Jose Levi Chase. San Diego !;
George f. Hooper, SOnoma; f. G. Ma
thena. San Francisco; W. Cotton Parker,
South Los Guilicos; Mrs. Louise Mel, Liv-
ermOre; Mrs. A. III. Sherman, Newcastle :;
DR.. K. Guitar, San Francisco; DR.. John L.
Mclean, Alameda; j. A. hleiser. Clover
dale; w. Z. Byler. Alameda; g. b. Baer,
Cloyerdale; Hiram Cornell. Valentine,
Nebr.; Kate VIII, Chicago; }. g. w. Schultz,
San Francisco; j. F. Boyd, Danvilie; V. c.
Smith, Napa; j. L. Rowland. Pomona; DIR.
Joseph 4. Prosek. Guerneville; A. ". Gil
bert FL Caj0n; Charles X. Gray, San Ber-
nardino; James Il. Martin, Fl CajOn; 5. J.
Perkins, MADEIRA; George c. Roeding, Fres-
no; Fred II. Busby. Contra Costa County;
T.. h. HGliOpeteT, San Francisco; X. Is.
Hallett, South Los GuilicOS; r. Jordan Jr,
Napa County; ID. L. Adams, San Francisco;
y. Il. Cameron. San Francisco; w. L. tltZ-
simmons, San francisco; a. II, Agard, Oak
land; c. 5. Banford, San Francisco; A.
Cornwall, Oakland; Fred Z. Miles, PenTyn.
ADULTERATED OILS.
EllwOod Cooper was elected president.
| Ia his address he advocated the urgent
need OF additional legislation for the pre-
yenjiOn OF adu!teration OF olive oils. lie
recommended that the pharmacy act"
should be amended 20 provide for the APP
pOlntment OF drug inspectors clothed with
powers analogous 10 those possessed by
bank inspectors, to overhaul the stock If
druggists aud detect authorizations. The
"oliye-oil act" be said. should be amended
to provide that the names of manufacturers
or compOundeTs should be placed upon the
bottles containing their products. 1t should
also require that the names, character.
quantity. etc. of all the ingredients used
III the preparation OF compounds prepared
for sale should be required 10 be printed
and pasted upon the vessels containing
them. Mr.. Cooper severely condemned the
adulteration Of food products generally.
OLIVE CULTURE.
Rev. c. f. Loop of Pomona read an essay
upon olive culture. He stated that the olive
oil Of Lucca in Italy, when 1t could be OBJ
tanned pure, was considered the best. Fol
loving this came that Of Tuscany and
Genoa.
Z. E. Goodrich CT Santa Clara gave briefly
the result of some. Of his experiments in
olive culture at El Quito
Frank A. Kimball of National City read
an essay prepared by DR.. RemOndino, show
Ing the advantages OF olive oil as a steady
diet.
At the afternoon session Professor w. b.
ANio4ue VI THO otdlC Z HlNtISltN Tedu Il paper
upon the subject OF detecting authorizations
In olive oil.
The advisability OF making an exhibit of
California olive oils at the Genoa Utalvj
exposition and at the Food Exposition next
October in MadlSon-squsre GARDEN, New
ork City, was discussed at considerable
length and deemed very desirable Commit
tees were appointed 10 consider the subject.
OliVe-Growers' Association.
A. the meeting OF the members of the
Olive-growers' Association in the morning
the following were elected as board of
directors: Eilwood Cooper. Santa Barbara:
Frank A. kimbal, National City: T. f.
Goodrich, Santa Clara; John c. Gray, Oro-
yIllei and General John BIdwel, Chico.
j. II. Rowland and John ). CaIkins IF
Pomona, Ralph r. Sel5y and A. H. Agard
OF Auburn AMI L. W. Fogg Of 0rOviie were
elected members of the association.
II was decided 10 make an exhibition of
pure California olive oils at the MRnufac-
tureTs', Dealers and Consumers Food Ex-
position TO be held at Madison-square Gar
den, New York, in October, 1892, and al the
ltail&n-Amercan Exposition now being held
at Genoa, and which runs until January.
1893 Special preparations are also to be
made Tor the exhibition of California olive
oil al the Columbian Worlds Exposition.
A meeting OF the board Of directors fol-
lowed Ellw0od Cooper Of Santa Barbara
was elected president. Frank A. Kmball OF
National City vice president Justiniau
Care OF San Francisco treasurer, b. NJ.
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