Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-12-21

to the dried meat of the nut, used
in the production of oil, which is in
turn employed in the manufacture of
soap, candles and a so-called butter.
The fibers are used in the manu-
facture of mattings, some of which
are reimported into the countries
whence the flbers were obtained, and
they are also used in the manufact-
ure of brushes, brooms, rope and
twlnes of several kinds.
Formerly copra was obtained from
the cocoanut by crude and primitive
methods, but at present there are
lplants established for the manufact-
uring of copra, oil and cocoanmt
fbers with greater rapidity, less ex-
Ipense and greater perfection.
Machinery is used to break the
cocoanuts and to facilitate the prepa-
ration of copra, and may be operated
by hand, employing only two men
therefor. These two men can cut or
break 5000 cocoanuts daily. This
machine can be bought for 500
marks (mark is equivalent to 23.S
cents) free on board at Hamburg.
A complete plant for the manu-
facture of cocoanut oil, with daily
lcapacity of 1000 kilos Ca kilo is
equivalent to 22 pounds) of dry
pulp or copra, can be bought for
abont $4,000 marks, exclusive of the
packing thereof.
Supposing the copra to yield go
per cent of oil In three hundred
working days of the year, the plant
would have an output of 100000
kilos, which, at the price of &C
marks per 100 kllos would bring
11S,S00 marks ($2S,274) at Ham
burg. In order to produce that guam
tlty OF oil in one year. Il would be
necessary to use 100000 nuts or
medium size. which, IL exported and
sold at an average price of SIC n
thousand, would yield $4,000. thus
leaving the balance of about $4,000
In favor of the industry.
The labor and other expenses
should be taken into consideration
in connection with this Industry, and
Il should also be borne in mind that
for what might be called the natural
Exploitation of cocoanuts only the
large and selecte fruits are available.
while for the purposes OF extract
ing the copra all the cocoanuts are
available, and finally. II should be
borne In mind that The yield of OIL
Is greater when the most improved
and modern machinery is employed
for extracting the pulp from the
cocoanut. whereby an ontput OF sc
per cent, instead of 60 per cent, Is
secured.
or the three important products
lobtained from cocoanuts-namely,
cocoanut oil. -four and lard-the first
product is manufactured at the places
where the cocoanuts are cultivated
Iby extracting the white pulp OF the
nut and depositing the same In pieces
In a wooden tough, from which the
oil drips and flows by itself when ex-
posed TO tho sun. As the liquid thus
lobtained abounds In impurities and isl
liable to decomposition. the copra or
Ipulp Is at present treated by means
OF improved processes, yielding as
much as go per cent of refined CO.
coacnut oil, in the factories estab-
llshed at Marseilles. which are the
most important in Europe.
From this refinement OF the cocoa
nut has naturally resulted the cocoa
nut lard industry. which has become
so general abroad under the names
of yegetaline, vegetable lard, taline |
and cocoaline. These lards are rich
in nutritious substances, and neither
in flavor nor appearance remind the !
consumer of their origin. It's patrons /
have gone so far as to affirm that
this vegetable lard is more nutritious
than animal lard, inasmueh as Il
contains 80 per cent of grease, while
the animal lard, for instance con-
tains only so per cent.
COeoanut oil Is mainly used in the
manufacture of soap, three-fourths
of the soap stock In the great manu-
factories OF perfumery consisting of
coeoanut oil, which communicates to
the paste formed an extraordinary
fneness, rendering it also exceeding
ly foamy.
The flour which is made Of cocoa
nut, and which is a product derived
from the dry pulp after being ground
or searped. is exclusively used in
confectionery stores. The eoeoanut