The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-04
THE USE OF COTTON SEED OIL A
FOOD.
How It Came Into General Use and Why II
Gained In Popularity...lt Is Safe
and Wholesome,

From the earliest Bible times to the
present day nations of the countries
surrounding the Mediterranean have
made the oil Of the olive one Of their
all cooking operations and replaces the
butter ana lard OF the nations in north
ern Europe. There is no question but
what q pure vegetable oil Is G. most
useful and healthy article Of diet. We
never read OF dyspepsia and troubles
Of similar nature among the people
OF the Levant. doubtless because the
rat taken as necessary part Of q well
regulated diet Is always taken as a
pure vegetable Oil. In our own coun-
oil has been used bub little as an ar
ticle or diet, except by Europeans who
have made their homes in our midst.
We have chung to the traditions of our
Saxon ancestors and used the hard fats
prepared from hogs and cattle. Tho
realize their mistake. Throughout our
southern States we have trees, small
1t Is true, but great in numbers. which
produce fruit far more wonderful
t1aa than the olive. we refer to our cotton
seed yields an oil which is unrivaled
In sweetness and purity by the finest
product of the pressed olive.
Cotton seed oil was refined in small
quantities prior to the Civil war. It
In fancy bottles mixed with olive oil.
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
tgation was instituted by Congress
which brought forth the information
that the product OF the cotton seed was
entirely unob1ectionable as an article
OF diet and liable to be preferred by
many to that OF the hog. For various
pre5udiced against the Oil itself. though
eating large quantities Of it in the
form OF lard compound. This preju-
dice Is no doubt largely due to the
faulty refining methods used by many
or the manufacturers who turned out
an oil Of unpleasant flavor which gave
on very disagreeable odors in cooking.
Modern science has shed its rays on
this great product Of our section and
the OIL is now produced in enormous
and flavor and almost colorIess. Shipped
In barrels 1t finds its way into the iarg-
est bake shops OF the country where
1t takes the place of many tons of lard
and butter. Packed in hermitically
sealed cans 1t is invading Kitchens Of
our best families. 1t is making friends
everywhere. The greatly extended use
OF cotton seed Oil in the household has
added greatly to the-wealth of our farm
ers by making 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
renning 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 q 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 and extend the
use OF cotton seed Oil as q food product,
and the most successful Of these com,
panies In the manufacture Of these
products Is the Southern Cotton on
Company, whose works are at Savan-
nah, Ca. and who have headuuarters
and general offices in Columbia, 8. C..
savannah, Ga, Atlanta. Ca, and Char,
iotte. N. c.. any Of which will gladly
furnish information.