The record-union., 1897-11-19
President Cooper's Address on the Olive
Industry.
Tells the Fruit Growers Convention About the Adult
teratiOn of Oil.
Thinks Outlook Rather Gloomy One for the Growers OF
the
Fund of $1O 900 for


The State Fruit Growers convention
was called to order yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock by President Cooper and
he announced the committees. They
Were as follows:
To propose amendments to the pure
food laws of the State and watch legis-
lation regulating the quarantine laws
Professor c. w. Childs of San Jose,
Robert T. Curtis, San Bernardino; B. E..
Hutchingson, Fresno; H. P. Stabler,
Yuba City; A P. Hall, Penryn.
Committee to confer with a like COM
mittee from the State Board of Trade
and others as to the coming Paris expo
sition in 1900-B. NJ. Lelong, Secretary
of the State Board of Horticulture; A.
Block, Santa Clara; H. Weinstock, Sac
ramento; Frank Virgins, general man
ager of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce; Alexander Gordon of
Fresno.
On Railroad Freights-William john
ston, Courtland; Frank II. Buck, Vaca-
Vile; Alexander Gordon, Fresno; Rob-
ert Eaton, Santa Cruz; r. d. Stephens,
Sacramento.
Mr.. Johnston, for the Committee on
Resolutions, reported on the resolution
asking reduction Of commissions for
selling fruit that it had struck out the
clause to reduce commissions, leaving
the resolution to the effect that COM
mission should only be charged on net
results, exclusive of freight and refrig-
orator rates. It's adoption was recon-
mended as amended and it was adopted
by the convention.
Mr.. Rutters resolution demanding
that the railroad company run fruit
trains hereafter on passenger time was
amended by substituting request for
demand and as SO amended it was
adopted.
The resolution regarding inspection of
plants sent by mail was recommended
for adoption and was adopted, as was
the resolution demanding that the Har-
Dor Commissioners comply with the law
providing for a free market.
THE OLIVE INDUSTRY.
President Ellwood Cooper read an in
teresting essay, THE Olive Industry
as follows:
The published estimate of the num-
Der of olive trees now growing is two
million five hundred thousand. The
number of pounds that a we'll grown
tItt Will DIOtuC6 ulQ6T IdN OFdDlS COH-
ditions is go. For the purposes of this
article we will assume that the trees
Will bear only in alternate years; we
viii allow also for deficiencies from va
rious causes 20 per cent. we will then
have two hundred and fifty million
pounds. Allow one-half of this product
to be picked and dried, which would
amount to 100000 barrels of 90 gallons
q
made into oil would give one million
cases Of u bottles each-2.0 900 car
loads. According to correspondence
which l have in my possession there
will be a large additional planting this
coming season. This condition of the
industry should be carefully considered
by those who have orchards, and es-
pecially so by those who intend plant
ing. No such quantity can be sold un-
der present conditions. We have there
fore 4 great missionary work to do in
educating the human family UP to the
realization of the Importance of con-
suming the product of an olive tree
That such knowledge sooner or later
will be universal amongst intelligent
people is my conviction. Also that the
object Of our energies and labor, to
work for the health, happiness and
prosperity of unborn generations, is a
very worthy one. But we want some
thing ourselves. To get that something,
be it ever so little, Will be considered
In this paper.
The greatest drawback to the sale OF
olive oil is the authorizations and sub
stiturions put on the market with
fraudulent labels and fraudulent state
ments, the purpose being to deceive
the consumers for larger margins OF
gain. The difficulty in selling the olive
pickles arises from the want of knowl-
edge in processing them or for the
want of care. There is now an active
market for the ripe Mission olive, ii
Well picked. and. If the growers will
take the care and do it properly, will
soon be a market for a very large guam
tity. To give an idea of the discourage
ment on the part Of the dealers TO keep
supply on hand, | viii state that a
Chicago purchaser of the past crop
dumped out 10 barrels as worthless. a
loss of about $500 This firm viii not
likely buy any great quantity for some
time TO come. 1t is more than probable
that many spoiled fruits We're sold
The consumers after two or three trials
would become discouraged so that 10y
this careless curing and shipping OF
the same our greatest opportunity
would be defeated.
l have not seen an olive picker, hav-
Ing made all my crops into oil. and am
better prepared to discuss this branch
of the subject The extent of olive
oil adulteration is greater than that OF
any other food product. excepting vine
gar, SO reported by the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington-see the dis
cussions on this subject when the pure
food law was before the Senate in 1892
The activity displayed by the manu-
factuTers and dealers in the adulter-
ated article is shown by the adver-
tisements that are to be found in all
the periodicals, in all the great news
papers and even in the local news
sheets that have but a small circula-
ton. Every food Of which cotton seed
oil forms a part viii appear and the
interes. in these foods by those who
are receiving large profits from the
consumption viii be pushed TO the
greatest possible extent. There is a
combination almost as great as the
sugar trust. If this adulterant is at
tackled in any one of the foods we must
expect shat all viii join to defend. The
value CT pure olive oil as a food has
been so often written up that what ]
can say is simply repetition. 1t is
however, necessary to keep the subject
constantly before the people In order
to insure a liberal use daily of this
most important food and thereby pre-
vent the consumption OF dangerous sub
stitutes. The knowledge of the value
nf the oil dates hack MANY Thousand