COCOA STEARIN

Cocoa stearin is much tuied in candle making, and the oil enters largely into the marine soap which can be used for toilet or laundry purposes in sea water. When it is considered that 1000 nuts will make 500 pounds of copra, which will yield twenty- five gallons of oil, one of the most com- mercial possibilities of our new Philippine possessions becomes evident. — Tke Sun. It may be one of the results of the Philippine acquisitions that Ko-nut, one of the best products of the cocoanut, will become cheaper than animal fat.