The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-12-28

from the highest prices materials
that will produce that result" In
consequence, some interesting dis
coveries, all of which lead to econ
omies, are being made.
In 1910 the navy spent $4,000
for turpentine. Last year the price
of turpentine went up to $1.13 a gal
Ion, and the navy bought instead a
substitute made from petroleum. 1t
cost less than 10 cents a gallon, and
turpentine is nc longer quite so i'm
portant.
Mixed paint is used at the rate of
eighty million gallons a year, and
its composition is by no means con-
fined to white lead, linseed oil and
china wood oil are beginning to be
used extensively. Although the Chi
nese revolution put the price Of the
later up to that of turpentine, 1t is
still being used. When the supply
of linseed Oil Is short Menhaden fish
oil is found to be fully as good.
The adoption of battle nip gray by
Uncle Sam, which contains zinc OK
ide and barytes, but not bit of lead
ought to be the death of the theory
that white lead is the only good pig
ment, The new paint is much cheap
er, and resists salt water even bet
ter than If 1t contained lead.
Money to the Farmer
The manufacture of cottonseed oil
does not seem to be an especially
| promising fell for chemical develop
ment. Yet in this one ii III T. e claim
| Is made that Chemists have aided
sixty million dollars a year to the
resources of the country. Three
| fourths Of this calculated increase
goes to the farmer who supplies the
| cottonseed.
In 1872 some fifty-two thousand
tons of cottonseed were crushed,
about per cent Of the total crop.
For IL the mills paid only So ton.
| In 1910 the seed crushed amounted
to more than four million tons or
| SO per cent of the crop. And not
| withstanding this immense increase
the price went up to $72 a ton that
year. This increase in value of $40
ton on four million tons or sew
enty-six million dollars, Is for the
most part a gift from the chemist
to the cotton planter.
The chemist claims most of the
credit for it, because on the early
days the oil was too impure and Of
too variable quality to have very
many uses The taste was so dis
agreeable as to make it of little val
ne as food. Much of it went to
make soap. Only with the introduc-
ton of carefully worked out methods
of manufacture and of publication
has the field of usefulness been
enough increased to cause the pres
ent large demand.
Now, very pure, tasteless oil
can be manufactured which Is avail
able for food products. Even before
it was so desirable, large quantities
were used to aduiterate lard, for cot
tonseed oil only costs 8 cents per
pound.
Thanks also to careful chemical in
vestigation, every ton of seed yields
| ,,,oro oil thoo ayar hafpre Of the
oil that used to be nearly worthless
except for soap making only I per
cent is now Of such poor qnality
And even this small fraction is
worked up into glycerin and the fat
ty acids it contains, thus increasing
it's value. The residue that remains
after all the oil possible has been
obtained is still, as heretofore sold
as "oil cake" a valuable cattle food
Buy a bottle of olive oil and part
of IL is likely to be the cottonseed
product. The oil in which some sar
dimes are packed and the cooking
oil used as a substitute for lard
grew on cotton plant.
The calculated increase in value
from all these sources is worth tc
the manufacturers rather more thar
sixteen million dollars every year
And the planters gain is three times
this.
Behold the Useful Shark
a part of the codliver oil of tho
future will be oil that has never seer
a cod, but is prepared from the liv
ers of ocean sharks. The industry II
being started in Malaysia.
In October the sharks come into
the lagoons to pair, and skillful har
pooners can spear them in larg'
numbers. 1t is customary to kill thu
male first, in which case the female
also stays to be harpooned.