The record-union., 1898-04-20

future productions. I have been warn
ed as to the impression such a state
ment would make upon the minds Of
many and especially in real estate
circles, and considering the gravity of
the situation, believe the time has ar
rived when the growers should con-
slider the subject from all standpoints
and give the same their most serious
and careful consideration.
OF late much has been said about
their being no future for olive oil, at
least until a law is passed requiring
cotton seed and other admixtures to be
branded as such, similar to the law reg
ulating the sale of oleomargarine
While adulterated oils greatly hamper
the sale of the pure product, l do not
believe they are wholly responsible for
the comparatively small consumption
of pure olive oil. This fault lies with
the people in general, and is due to
their apparent ignorance or Indifference
as to the great medicinal virtues Of
pure olive oil, evidently forgetting that
food which is given to the body to
sustain and prolOng life should be pure
and harmless and beyond the possibil-
ity of pollution.
L he U1dUuIdCIuTe OIL OIlNe OH -
somewhat of a misnomer. Olive oil is
found, not made. There is no process
of fermenting, racking, ETC., as in the
manufacture of wine from grapes. No
chemical changes take place. The oil
is already formed in the fruit; all that
is required is proper mechanical means
for it's extraction. Tt exists in the nu
merouS small cells which compose the
olive, and to get it, it is but necessary
to break these small cells by mechani-
cal means and express the oil by pres
sure. The process of oil making then,
consists of crushing and pressing and
for these purposes numerous devices in
the way of mills and presses are used.
At present the growers have not only
to compete with pure olive oil from
Europe, but also with animal heat-pro
ducing substances, such as cotton seed
oil and other substitutes.
In 1897 there were imported into the
United States 92S. .567 gallons of olive
oil, valued at 81, ,134,07 and 2,353, ,OS4
gallons of oil designated as other"
The Lord only knows what the term
other implies. That same year we
exported q, 1913, $50 gallons of cotton
seed OIL valued at S6S97, ,361. Much of
this comes back to us labeled pure
olive oil" a most odious fraud. These
fabrications are placed on sale side
by side with pure olive oil. although
known to be harmful and devoid of the
hygienic properties found in pure olive
OIL
CURATIVE PROPERTIES.
DR.. E. A. Osborne, Superintendent of
the Home for the Care and Training Of
Feeble Minded Children, at Eldridge,
Sonoma County, after treating nun
dreds of cases at the. home with pure
olive oil, recorded the results of nu
merous cases, among which are the fol-
lowing:
No. l. Two years ago measles swept
through the institution. Over sixty
patients We're down at the same time.
AS a rule in this disease there is con-
siderable nausea, and a sense of dry
ness and of pain until the eruption is
fully "out" Then, during the erup-
ton. unless special measures be taken
to prevent, a draught may produce a
chill, causing the eruption to "go in,"
and followed perhaps by congestion Of
the lungs, or of the kidneys, or of both.
Most Of the fatal cases terminate in this
way. The thirst is always severe and
the danger to the eyesight and hearing
following continued congestion very
considerable and annoying. Lacking
the proper hospital facilities, I recog
nized that my patients were most un-
favorably situated, as we were obliged
to treat them in the regular sleeping
dormitories just as they happened to
be taken. My invariable treatment was
to take them as fast as they showed
signs Of the disease, give them a thor
ough hot water sponging from head
to foot, followed Immediately, and re-
peated at intervals of every few hours
with copious inunctions of warm olive
oil, well rubbed in. Mucilaginous
drinks and a generous diet completed
the treatment According to the
amount of oil used there was absence
of the persistent thirst, the eruption
came OUT several hours earlier than
is usual, afforded no particular sense
of pain. and was attended with no un-
due congestion. All recovered nicely,
notwithstanding the extreme delicate
condition of many previously. The
mainstay of the treatment was the oil
(no drugs being used), and its app1ica-
ton was repeated ad libitum day and
I
dry and hot the oil relieved it, and
brought to the patient a sense of relief,
usually followed by sleep, from which
( they awoke refreshed In scarlet fever
the frequent inunctions of hot olive oil
are peculiarly effective in sustaining
the patient, and obviating many dan-
gerous complications. From personal
trials, details of which would be tedi-
Gus here, am convinced that of any
single remedy in this disease olive oil
is the most valuable and potent, which,
/ am aware, is saying a great deal, and
more than / expect will be believed by
any one unfamiliar with it's virtues.
No. . Case of an idio-imbecile boy,
6 years old; contracted pneumonia;
| both lungs involved, and disease stub
born from onset. Previous history bad.