The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-14
Congress Urged to
Establish Standard Barrel


Ichief OF the division OF weights and
measures OF the United States bureau
of standards, says
! ITO protect the consumers OF all
/ dry measure products there is an ur.
gent need OF standard barrel law
which viii make IL misdemeanor 10
sell any dry commodity in a barrel
unless IL is OF the standard prescribed
In the law. II is generally agreed that
the barrel standard should be the,
same as the dimensions prescribed
/ by congress for a standard apple bar
4 rel With content OF l05 dry quarts,
the same size as the ordinary flour
\ barrel
There is no reason why shippers
OF various products should be permit.
/ ted by the purchasing public to use
containers OF different dimensions and
10 call one OF these containers a bar.
/ rel To permit any sized container TO
\ be sold as barrel even when the ca
/ pacity is marked on the outside, is
4 Just as logical as TO permit any sized
measure to be called a bushel. provid.
| ing the capacity is marked. or TO al.
| low any quantity of coal to be called
a ton, providing the number OF pounds
; Is given, Any law which virtually le-
galizes short measure would result
IN confusion rather than protection 10
those purchasing by the barrel.
Government experts who are inter.
ested in agricultural by-products and
the utilization OF
Making oil from waste are following
Tomato Seeds. closely reports
which come 10 this
country OF the new tomato seed oil
industry which is growing up in Italy.
The history OF the cottonseed oil in
dustry In this country may be dupli,
Gated in the success of the similar
! Italian industry. and experts OF the
/ United States department OF agricul.
| ture believe that the process OF manu-
| facuring oil from tomato seeds will
soon be introduced successfully in
1 this country
The making OF oil from tomato
seeds Is comparatively a new industry
in italy, and was started at Parma In
I 1910 The seeds are taken from the
! tomato refuse from catsup and can.
ming factories, and the oil extracted
! from the seeds Is used extensively
/ in the manufacture OF soap. The ltal.
/ ians are now conducting experiments
/ looking TO the manufacture Of an edi-
I bic oil from the crude tomato seed
/ oil, and this OIL il is expected. will
\ become a cheap substitute for olive
! oil in the preparation OF food
! The tomato seed oil industry was
successful in italy from the first year,
and at the present time between 5000
/ and 5000 tons OF wet tomato refuse
are worked out in the industry in
this way each year
| II is estimated that the 5000 tons
| OF wet tomato refuse will yield ap.
| proXimately 2,400 tons Of dried resi-.
! due, which, in turn yields 240 tons,
| or nearly $4,000 gallons. OF tomato
seed oil Besides the oil yielded
! from 5000 tons OF tomato refuse, IL is
estimated that 300 tons OF oil cake
lis produced as a byproduct. and this
has taken an important place as a
| stock food in Italy, There are about
| 500 tons Of tomato peel in each 5000
! tons OF wet refuse from canning fac
| tories, and although no particular use
! has been found for the peel up 10 the
present time. the Italians are making
experiments with the object of finding
out its value as a fertilizer
! The establishment OF the tomato
seed oil industry in Italy has given an
! added source OF income 10 the tomato
preserving and catsup factories from
4 the sales OF the refuse material which
! was formerly thrown away The
seeds from the tomato preserving fac.
tories sell for slightly more than IA
cents per 100 pounds, and the wet
/ refuse just as IL comes from the fac.
tory sells from four and one-half 10
eight cents per 100 pounds II is nee
essary TO collect the wet refuse daily.
as ii ferments within as hours If al.
lowed TO stand Although II will al.
! ways be impossible TO produce large
enough quantities OF tomato seed oil
TO make il rival either the olive oil
or cottonseed OIL experts OF the de,
partment of agriculture believe that
the industry will yield product
which will find a ready market at all
times and viii give 10 the tomato pro-
! ducing interests and manufacturers
an added source OF income from a val.
liable by-product