The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-16
91,50 PER. ANNUM.
THE USE OF COTTON SEED OIL As
FOOD.
How It Came Into General Use and Why u
Gained in popuIarity...Itis is Safe
and Wholesome,

From the earliest Bible times to the
present day nations of the countries
surrounding the Mediterranean have
mado tho oil of tho olive one OF their
principal articles OF diet. 1t is used i'm
al cooking operations and replaces the
butter and lard OF the nations I'm north
ern Europe. There is no question but
Wnar pure vegetable oil ts 4 meat
usetuI and healthy article OF diet. We
never read OF dyspepsia and troubles
or q similar nature among the people
or the Leyant, doubtless because the
Iac taken as necessary part OF q well
regulated diet is always taken as q
pure vegetable oil. In our own coun-
try up to within the last few years
OIL has been used but little as an ar
ticle or diet, except by Europeans who
nave made their homes in our midst.
we have clung to the traditions OF our
saxon ancestors and used the hard fats
prepared from hogs and cattle. Tha
people OF this country are beginning to
realize their mistake. Throughout oun
southern States we have trees, small
1t IS true, but great In numbers, which,
produce fruit far more wonderful
than the olive, We refer to our cotton
plant. Its nber clothes the world. its
seed yields an Oil which is unrivalsd
In sweetness and purity by the finest
product or the pressed olive.
COTTON seed oil was refined in sman
quantities prior to the, Civil war. Is
found Its way to Europe and came back
hs
In the early sos the production Of the
Oil increased rapidly. Great quantities
hnding their way to Chicago in mys.
teriously marked packages. the contents
or which properly blended with other
material, Travelled all over the world ir4
the form Of lard. =.
About the year 1887 It was discovered
that the amount OF lard shipped from,
chicago greatly exceeded tho weight
or all the hogs received and an tnves-
tigation was instituted by CongreDu
which brought forth the informatisa
that the product Of the cotton seed wS1
entirely unobjectionable as an articta
of diet and liable to be preferred by
many to that of the hog, For various
reasons our people have always beam
pre5udiced against the oil itself. thouxfl
eating large quantities Of It in the
form form of lard compound. This p%ety-
dice is no doubt largely due to tfiS
faulty refining methods used by many
of the manufacturers who turned out
an oil or unpleasant flavor which gave
on very disagreeable odors In cooking.
this great product OF our section ann
the oil is now produced In enormo<fD
quantities, absolutely flee from odor
and flavor and almost colorless. Shipped
In barrels 1t finds its way into the lsrx-
est bake shops of the country. where
1T takes the place of many tons OF lar,6
and butter. Packed in hermiticahy
sealed cans It is invading kitchens of
our pest 1amllleS. IL Is making friends
everywhere. The greatly extended uSe
of cotton seed oil in the househofts hnp
added greatly to the wealth of our farm
ers by making a sure market for all
the seed which they can produce. This
rapid increase in the use OF the oil has
only been made possible by improved
refining methods which were the re-
suits of long, patient and expensive c1-
periments by the leading company In
the business. Such experiments coul0
only be made by the combined re-
sources conferred in a large corporation
which can command the needed brains
and materials and furnish the neces-
sary money outlay to conduct expen-
sive experiments on 4 practical scale
The farmer OF the south has no better
friend than the large companies who
are daily striving to improve the prod
uct OF HIS cotton seed ana extend the
use OF cotton seed Oil as a food product.
and the most successful OF these com
panies In the manufacture OF these
products is the Southern Cotton Oh
Company, whose works are at Savnn-
nah, Ga, and who hava headuuI5ters
and general Offices in Columbia, 8. c..
Savannah, Ga, Atlanta. Ga, ana Chsr-
lotte, N. c., any OF which WIN EladfN
furnish information.