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ground at all, are sold at the high prices which olive oil should com- 
mand. 
Mr. Apams. Cotton-seed oil? 
Mr. Winery. Cotton-seed oil is one. We have no objection to that 
asa salad oil. We believe in it as a salad oil, and will do what we can 
to promote its use under its proper name. The same is true of peanut 
oil; and sesame oil is another oil used in the same way. Those are 
the three that we have found coming in under the name of olive oil 
and sold as olive oil. 
The Cuarrman. They are not injurious to health? 
Mr. Wier. No sir; we do not exclude them on the ground that they 
are injurious to health but on the ground that they are adulterations, 
The Cuarrman. They are not sold for what they really are? 
Mr. Witry. They are not what they pretend to be. 
The Cuarrman. The same as the oleomargarine and butter case over 
again. 
Mr. Wiury. Yes. 
The Cuarrman. That is it exactly. 
Mr. Witry. Yes. In the goods from some firms we have found 
adulterations quite frequently, and in the case of other firms we have 
found no adulterations. It seems to bea habit of some firms. I do 
not want to mention any names invidiously in this connection, but 
there was one firm especially, from which every single invoice that we 
inspected at first was found to be mixed. 
Mr. Scorr. What did you do in a case of that kind? 
Mr. Wiztey. Under the instruction of the Secretary the practice 
was when a misbranded article was found which was not injurious to 
health to admit it, provided they would change the labels under the 
control of the Treasury Department, and in such way that they could 
not be taken off—that is, to have the same position on the packages 
that the original labels had. 
The Cuargman. On each bottle? 
Mr. Witey. Yes. 
Mr. Scorr. How would you brand oil which was mixed in that way? 
Mr. Wirey. If it was mixed with cotton-seed oil, we made the label 
say so; if it was mixed with peanut oil, we made the label say so, and 
if it was pure peanut oil or cotton-seed oil it would have to be so marked. 
The Cuarrman. How did they take to that? 
Mr. Wivey. They took to it all right, but the people did not take to 
it afterwards. The people would not buy them. 
The Cuarrman. I did not suppose so. 
Mr. Wirry. Only yesterday an attaché of the Italian embassy came 
down to ask if we would not permit those people to take those new 
ae off, because, he said, they could not sell those oils with those 
abels. 
Mr. Burveson. As a matter of fact cotton-seed oil is as wholesome 
as olive oil, is it not? 
Mr. Winey. As a matter of fact it is, in my opinion. 
Mr. Bureson. It is quite as alatable, too, is it not? 
Mr. Wirey. I think so; but that is a matter of taste. [ama great 
believer in cotton-seed oil. 
Mr. Burzeson. So am I. 
Mr. Scorr. Do you know whether they try to sell those oils at the 
price of olive oil or at a cheaper price? 
