The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-05
THE USE OF COTTON SEED OIL AS
FOOD.
How it Came Into General Use and Why It
Gained in Popularity---lt is Sale
and Wholesome.

From the earliest Bible times TO the
present day nations of the countries
Surrounding the Mediterranean nave
made the oil of the olive one OF lHtll
principal articles of diet. It is useo IN
all cooking operate and replaces tne
butter and lard Of the nations IN north-
ern Europe. There is no question out
what a pure vegetable oil is mus
useful and healthy article OF dleI. we
never read Of dyspepsia and trouple9
Of a similar nature among the people
of the Leyant, doubtless because the
fat taken as a necessary part OF well
regulated diet is always taken as
pure vegetable oil. In our own coun-
try I'D to within the last few years
oil has been used but little as an ar
ticle of diet, except by Europeans VINO
have made their homes in our mldst.
We have clung to the traditions OF our
Saxon ancestors and used the nara Ials
prepared from hogs and cattle. Inc
people of this country are beginning "
realize their mistake. Throughout our
southern States we have trees, sma!l
it is true, but great in numbers, Whicn
produce a fruit far more wonderful
than the olive we refer to our cotton
plant. It's fiber clothes the world, its
seed Yields an oil which is unrlValed
in sweetness and purity by the hnest
product of the pressed olive.
Cotton seed oil was refined IN snall
quantities prior to the Civil war. II
found it's way to Europe and came PACK
in fancy bottles mixed with ollVe on.
In the early sos the production OF the
oil Increased rapidly. Great quantities
finding their way to Chicago in mys-
teriously marked packages, the contents
of which properly blended with other
material. travelled all over the world IN
the form of lard.
About the year 1887 it was discovered
that the amount of lard shipped from
Chicago greatly exceeded the weight
of all the hogs received and an lnVes-
tigation was instituted by Congress
which brought forth the information
that the product of the cotton seed was
entirely unobjectionable as an article
Of diet and liable to be preferred by
many to that of the hog. For various
reasons our people have always been
preiudiced againsr the oil itself, though
eating large quantities of 1t IN the
form of lard compound. This preJu-
dice is no doubt largely due to rhe
faulty refining methods used by many
of the manufa cturerS who turned out
an oil of unpleasant flavor which gave
off very disagreeaO1e odorS In cooking.
Modern science has shed its rays on
S~--N
the oil is now produced in enormous
quantities, absolutely free from odor
and flavor and almost color4ess. Shipped
in barrels it finds it's way into the larg-
est bake shops of the country, where
it takes the place of many tons OF lara
and butter. Packed in hermltlcally
sealed cans it is invading kitchens OF
our best families. It is making friends
everywhere. The greatly extended use
of cotton seed oil in the household mas
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 mas
only been made possible by improved
refining methods; which were the re-
suits of long, patient and expensive ex-
periments by the leading company IN
the business. Such experiments could
only be made by the combined re-
sources centered 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 a practical scale.
The farmer of the. south has no better
friend than the large companies VINO
are daily striving to improve the prod
uct of his cotton seed and extend the
use of cotton seed oil as food product,
and the most successful of these COM
panies in the manufacture of these
products is the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, whose works are at SaVan-
nah, Ca, and who have headquarters
and general Offices in Columbia, S. c..
Savannah, Ca, Atlanta, Ga, and Char
lotte. N. c., any Of which will gladly
furnish. information.