The record-union., 1897-11-19

the t)ly mplc games more OH was uSSu
at one fete than is consumed during the
entire year at Paris. All the athletes
We're bathed and rubbed with the oil
in addition to taking it inwardly. 1t
was known to give greater elasticity,
greater endurance and physical power
than any other substance. 1t was the
one thing tested by the experience of
ages and universally used by all the
people. It's daily use is safeguard
against many of the diseases so COM
mon amongst children All like it and
crave it, and yet how few Of them ever
have an opportunity to even taste de-
licious, pure olive oil. As a medicine
it has great value. On this point ! re-
fer you TO the essays of DR.. A. E. Os-
borne of the Institute for Feeble Mind
ed Children. These essays are to be
found iE the proceedings of the olive
growers convention, held in San Fran
cisco July, 1891, 1892 and 1898, pub
lished by the State Board of Horticult-
ure in pamphlet form. In the French
medical works there is much to be
found on this subject The Pacific
Medical Journal of July, 1893, quoted
from Dr. We'll Lyons of France that he
had treated five cases of lead collie sue
cessfully with large doses of olive oil.
In all cases cures were effected in three
to five days. In one case two glasses
were rejected by the stomach. a third
glass effected a cure. But it is not
my purpose to continue on this line.
l will state, however, that / have for
many years had the best results in
treating horses and cattle. Horses that
are suffering from collie have immedi-
ate relief after being given half a bot
tie of olive oil. When they are purged,
nervous and falling away in flesh one
or two doses will effect cure. Cows
the same.
Many years ago olive oil was adul-
terated with hogs lard, peanut oil, zani
seed oil and COLA oil. At the present
time only cotton seed oil is used as the
adulterant. great deal of the So
called olive oil or salad oil, or lueca
oil, is pure cotton seed oil. 1t is dam
gerous food and should not be taken
into the stomach. 1t is drying oil,
cumming and indigestible A portion
of it will not digest. 1t will not burn.
To throw it out of the system is a
great tax. 1t tends to all sorts of kid
ure A celebrated English physician has
tabulated a statement showing the
enomous per cent. of Increase in these
troubles in the past twenty years. 1t
is time for the people to give more at
tention to what they eat. To return
to cotton seed oil as a substitute for
olive oil, / will give you few expert
ments that anyone can make and be
satisfied of the truth of the statements
l have made. Olive Oil is non-drying
oil and the best Of all lubricants. Cot
ton seed oil is a drying oil and cannot
be used as a lubricant. If a factory of
many journals was to be creased with
it and after running a little while to
stop, Irving NJ. Scott of the Union Iron
Works could not make an engine pow
erful enough to start it. The oily part
would evaporate leaving the gum
which would seal every journal. Oil
your floors with olive oil, it takes very
little and leaves a beautiful polish. Try
cotton seed oil; the oily part evapor-
ates and leaves the <lm which is like
pitch, so that you cannot walk over 1T.
You will be obliged to buy either alco-
hol or spirits of turpentine to cut it so
that you can wash it off. A great deal is
said about odors. Let any lady visit
her kitchen when meat, potatoes or
fish are being fried with the cotton seed
oil, and get the fumes and she will
not want to eat the food Pour the
olive oil on hot stove plate, the fumes
will have the pleasant odor of the olive.
while the fumes OF the cotton seed oil
are exceedingly nasty. Cottolene and
In ri ~ of ha Ia rca
pork packing establishments of the
West. will have the same offensive odor;
all of it is adulterated with cotton seed
OIL To satisfy your minds on this
point buy some lard of a farmer in
your section. that you may know the
difference. Cotton seed oil dates back
not more than forty-five years. 1T has
never been tested as a food. 1t has
been introduced solely by the ingenuity
of scoundrels who conceived the idea of
aduIterating and substituting it for
olive oil. and cheating consumers so
as 10 make large profits by this frau
dulent business.
have letter from a gentleman in
Denver. Colorado. who has been inves-
tigating olive oil adulteration. in which
II is stated that lard, rancid grease
and all sorts of soap grease with cot
ton seed oil are filtered through some
pulverized material and sold for cotton
seed oil, filtered and ready to substitute
and adulterate olive oil. The olive
growers will be compelled to unite on
some plan TO inform the public OF the
deception practiced by selling them
such substitutes. to have tested the
true character of these foods and to
have the tests widely published that the
world may know the danger that awaits
them. 7 therefore recommend that a
committee be appointed to draft a pre-
amble and resolutions to be seTl. 70 the
Board of Regents of the State Unfver-
sitv with the request that the Medical
College orga a test food department
to determine the true character of cot
ton seed oil or any other food with q
dangerous reputation. Such tests can
be made by feeding animals such as
young pigs. rabbits. young dogs. ETC.,
the olive growers 10 furnish a suffi-
cient quantity of pure olive oil to make
tests. free of charge. and to select
from the market the spurious stuff that
is TO be found in almost every grocery
store and drug store in the State. The
growers could make the tests but the
result would not have weight.
/ also recommend that the olive grow
ers and all those that have direct In
terest in the success OF this industry.
raise a sum of money sufficient to buy
two samples of all the different brands
on sale in the State. send one sample
to the State Analyst at the University.
Berkeley. for analysis: the other sam
pie to be kept by the State Board Of