The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-10-26
OIL In WRAPPERS
PRESERVES APPLES

To him who rambles on the hills the
things he sees by the wayside and the
experiences of his travel are frequent
ly Of as much interest as the object OF
his journey. The student IN his labor
atory may achieve not that when ne
set out to accomplish, but comblna-
tion of greater potency. me hrst
small boy to fly a kite little dreamed
that itswould be used long years after
tosdemonstrate the identity OF light
ming and electricity. Or, later still,
that as a method of meteorological OBJ
selvation as many as III kites together
would be flown to a height OF more
than four miles on wire "strlng"
eight miles long.
Similar experiences are character
istic of the oil business. The pioneers
sought an ilIuminant which would give
clear steady light without smoke or
odor. Its manufacture left highly IN
flammable by product for which there
was no use. Worse than useless, ITS
disposition presented an exceedingly
difficult problem. owing to It's explos-
i've nature. Today it drives the motor
vehicles of the world and is frequently
considered the most important OF all
petroleum products.
The volume of gasoline IS largely
consumed in the single field OF trans
portation; that of kerosene is some
what more divided between lighting,
heating and providing power. Still
greater diversity of use is seen In an
other product. The ways in which
these houses develop are the object OF
our present inquiry.
Some years ago there was brought
to our attention this problem OF the
candy trade: In the making of certain
candies the ingredients are rolled and
cooled on marble slabs. The sugar IN
the mix would cause it to stick hope
lessly to the slabs, unless the latter
were CREASED. Certain vegetable oils
had been used for this purpose, but
their tendency to become rancid fTe-
quently resulted disastrously. Our
company solved the difficulty for the
candy interests by producing highly
refined, pure neutral oil, which would
never become rancid, yet would serve
all the purposes of the oils that had
been previously used. Descriptive OF
one of its characteristics, this oil is
now called Oronite Crystal Oil.
Later, a member OF the sales force
conceived the idea that this oil might
keep fruit and vegetables from stick
ing to the drying trays used in dehyd-
rating plants. A trial demonstrated
it's value for this purpose. AS 1T later
became generally used in these drying
establishments, the discovery was
made that it served two other useful
purposes: 1t prevented the wooden
trays from splitting under the heat OF
the drying process, and stopped the
absorption of the fruit juices which
previously made the wooden trays un-
sanitary.
If Oronite Crystal Oil will prevent
the materials from sticking to candy
slabs and fruit trays. it ought to pre-
vent sticking, and render more sani-
tary, the great hoppeTs in which dried
fruit is stored, reasoned one of our
special agents. 1t did.
In packing plants where catsup, to-
mato puree, and fruit preserves are
prepared, the material is cooked in
large open watts, and it has tendency
to boil over as it cooks. AS oil re-
mains on the surface and is less sus-
ceptible to agitation under heat, 1t is
used as a float. An observing Stand
ard Oil salesman proposed Oronite
Crystal Oil as a substitute for the veg
etable oil then in use. On trial 1t
proved to be even better. Moreover,
there was absolutely no danger of it
becoming rancid or imparting any t1a-
vor to the product. Oronite Crystal
Oil is now widely used for this pur-
pose.
Another special agent discovered
that Oronite Crystal Oil could be used
as a float in the watts of grape juice to
prevent fermentation.
Despite the remarkable success
achieved in the preservation of foods
by cold storage, until recently cold
storage eggs have not been perfectly
satisfactory, the reason being the ten
dency of the egg to absorb the odor of
the strawboard filler, which becomes
moist under cold storage conditions. 1t
was necessary, then, to find way to
seal the egg shell. A means for doing
this was developed several years ago.
The process consists in immersing
the eggs from seven to ten seconds in
neutral mineral oil heated to tenn
perature of from 200 to 260 degrees F.
Of major Importance in the success of
the process are the characteristics of the
oil. Our Oronite Crystal Oil has
proved to be the best oil for this pur-
pose.
Eggs so processed are sterile, air
and moisture-prOof, will not lose
weight in cold storage, and are kept in
perfect condition. Removed from cold
storage, the prOcessed eggs cannot be
detected from fresh eggs, and may be
used in precisely the same manner as
the product fresh from Petaluma.
While the professor Of eggs uses Or
onite Crystal Oil to exclude air, the
fruit grower uses it to absorb gas.
Apples and pears give forth odors of a
gaseous nature. Certain of these gases
on coming in contact with the air con-
dense on the skin of the fruit, causing
decay to set in. This is called "scald. F"
In their effort to control scald. the
federal government experts sought to
absorb these injurious gases with tis-
sue paper wrapped about the individual
fruit. While partly successful. it was
found that the paper transmitted other
forms of rot from one fruit to another.
The paper was then treated with par
afine. but it would not absorb the gas.
Vegetable oil treated paper was next
tried. Ii absorbed the gases, but its
vegetable content supported the grow th
of mold and mildew and became ran
cid. A neutral mineral oil was then
tried.
Today Oronite Crystal Oil treated
Wraps are the most successful on the
market. Not only do they assure con-
troll Of scald. but if through oversight
a partly decayed fruit has been packed.
the paper forms an imperviOus coat
about il, and the rot will not be trans
mitted to the other fruits in the case.
In its watch over the preparation
and shipment Of the nations food sup
I. ply. the federal government frequently
4 issues rulings concerning methods oil
preparing and packing which empha-
size the necessity for using materials
Of the highest degree Of purity. Oron.