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COTTON SEED OIL INDUSTRY. A Correspondent Believes That The Business Is In Dire Extremity. To the Editor of The State. The present unsatisfactory condi tion oi the cotton seed oil business calls for some very serious thought ..n the part of those now engaged in :he business and also deserves the c!ose scrutiny of those about to em bark in the business. The growth of :his industry has indeed been most remarkable and up until the present time there has been unusually, with well conducte- and well located mills. -spendid returns from the same. Because of the superiority of the cot ton seed oil over most other fats. ana in spite of a great deal of prejudice against its use. its high intrinsic vatue has- forced it prominently upon the markets of the world. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of this oil are i.ow used in the manufacture of eleo margerine. butter. compound lards, etc.. while millions of pounds of oil have been shipped anually from the United States to foreign countries, and used there principally as an edible oil. Only a year or two ago there was shipped alone from America to Mar seilles, France. oil worth to the Amer ican manufacturers about $4,ooo.ooo: so you can rea!ize something of the enormous export from this country to this one port. France is the home or the olive, consequently it was there that the olive industry flourished more than in any other country. Becanise .of the superiority and cheapness of the American coton seed oil the olive orchards of southern Europe have al most been annihilated. This of course brought great hardship to this pat ticular industry. especially in France. The Fren;ch government. realizing this fact. felt that something must be done to save the industry and has lately imposed an import tax of some thing like To cents a gallon upoa American cotton oil products. so that today the French market is almost entirely closed to the cotton seed oil business. Other foreign countriez are doing the same. so that today our exports in the cotton seed oil busi ness are almost nil. As an incident to the falling off of our foreign trade in oil I will quote some figures. In igo Italy took something over 3.6oo.ooo gallons or oil: now she takes i.ooo,ooo or less. Austria at the same time took about 4.200,000 gallons of oil: now she takes less than 1-5oo.ooo. France took at the same time about 2o.ooo.ooo gallons of ,il: now about 8,ooo.ooo. This leaves a tremendous -amount to be absorbed by the United States, as with other countri.s there is a like filling off also. Thus it can easily be seen why it is the cotton seed oil is now selling so far-belowv its usual price. While this is a great blow at the cotton sed oil business, our own coun -try has given the industry its greatest blow. There has been enacted lately by the United States congress a law taxing cotton sed oil to the amount of to cents per pound for all oil used in the manufacture of butter. This law was enacted at the instigation of those in this country who were in the dairy business. We have no fight to make with the butter makers. but would simply say that it is hard for one to realize why this prejudice agaist butter made partly or entirely of cotton seed oil. Especially is this true when the departmen t of agricul ture and chemistry has repeatedly stated that for purity and healthful niess there is i othng to b:e.ompared with cotton seed oil. This taxing of oil that is used in butter has struck another great blow at the industry. The third great demand for the oil is for the manufacture of comp->und lard. Tremendous quantities of this oil are used in the manufacture ot lard, and even this demand for oil has slackened off very largely. I wvould respectfuly submit the fact to the consumers of all pure food pro ducts of this country, that for health fulness and purity, the butter made from the average dairy herd of cows, many of which may be. and often are. attlicted with tuberculosis, can in no way compare with butter made from the pure vegetable oil. Cotton seea is never attacked by disease. which cattle are often heir to. What I have said of the butter business can be emphasized many times over with regard to the lard business. There can be no0 doubt but when the aver age farmer feeding hogs for market dletects cholera among his hogs that ing pens and slaughtered. and placed on the markets. and from hogs. many times diseased. comes our average meat and socalled pure lard. I woula repeat what I said above, the pure vegetable oil made from cotton seeu is never afflicted with cholera or an) disease to which the average hog is subject. There are many other uses to which the cotton seed oil is put, but I will forbear to discuss them in this article. As long as the foreign governments continue* to tax cotton seed oil and so long as our government continues its unjust course towards the oil bus iness. then just as long will the cotton seed oil business in our country be on the decline. It is only within the last few months that these embargoes hav.e been laid upon the industry and up to the present time cotton seea oil mills have been going up all over the country. and good money ha5 been made from the enterpries. We have reached and passed over the pin nacle of our successful progress, and under the burdens of unjust legisla tion I will not be stating it too strongly when I say that disaster is starir,, it in the face. The mills in oper ition in the south today I ven ture to predict, will have a hard strug gle for existence frorm this time on, and many of the old fashioned. out of date ones must go out of business. For the last few years oil has been selling at from 33 to 37 cents f. o. b. mills: today it is selling at 22 to 23 cents f. o. b. mills. The mills that are in operation and building can pro duce double the quantity of oil per annum that will be consumed by the world and without a doubt this con dition of affairs will exist for many years to come. There is only one thing for the cotton oil people of the south to do which can save them from absolute disaster. namely, less insane competition among themselves for seed. and a reduction in the cost of manufacturing the seed. The cost of the raw material is going higher each i season and the markets for the oil contracting. and competition sharper all along the line. It has been stated that the average price per ton of seed through South Carolina this year has been something like $21. Against this price of seed I give the following as the return of a ton of seed, and the expense of manufacturing same. Be low will be found the quantity and the price obtained from a ton of seed manufactured under the present con ditions. Forty gallons of oil at 23 cents per gallon, $9.20; 30 pounds lint, at 5 1-2 cents per pound; $1.65; 775 pounds meal at $1.20 per hundred. $9-30: 82o pounds hulls at 30 cents, $2.46: making a total of $22.61. Now if we add to the cost of.the seed $3.25, the cost of manufacturing the seea iito this product, the seed and, the manufacturing will come to $24.25, while the actual net returns from this ton of seed at $22.61 makes an abso lute loss of $1.64 per ton' on ev'ery ton of seed manufactured under the present conditions. It is not appar ent in the above statement, but there is an actual loss of from 75 to too pounds in each and every ton of seed. in the shape of dirt, sand. motes, etc. The loss amounts to about 5 per cent. I am sorry to say that some farmers know well how to sand their seed. There is to my mind absolutely not one ray of consolation for the outlook of the industry. I am re minded of the condition of affairs that existed iii Egypt thousands of years ago. We have 'had our seven fat years which in my opinion is tc be followed by the inevitable seven lean years. I would suggest to the cotton seed manufacturers of South Carolina 'that there be organized within the state a cotton erushers as sociation which if properly conducted would be of incalcuable benefit to.the business. We could thoroughly dis cuss all questions pertaining to the Iindustry and its management. I anm of the opinion that by an .exchange of ideas among the managers and sui erintendents we could materially les en a good deal of the cost of manu facture and also in the purchase ana sale of the products. This free im terchange of ideas, and becoming ac quainted and in touch with each othei would be of great benefit to those engaged in the business. If I am not alone in this opinion, let someof the craft take the lead in establishing crushers association in South Caro lina as now exists in Texas and some other southerni ;t.o. There are other e2ings wvhich wo'uld like to call -he attention of the .ushers of thmis ate to, but as this .,;tice isa-d t,o long I will close hping to hei-r inom others oT the :maject. \vin Etheri.*, Saluda. Nl .i A POLITICAL PRIMER. What Certain Phrases in the Great American Game Mean. Kansas City Tribune. What is a faction? A faction is a part of a party. It i.iay be the larger part or the smaller part. but when it is greatly in the minority and plainly in the wrong. then it is certain to charge the major-. ity with being factional and disloyal to the party. What are spoils? Spoils are the wages of party ser vice and often of sin. Tiev belong to the victors. who invariably use them in such a way as to make them event ually for the -Prty which has no spoils. What is meant by availability? It is that quality which makes a man a desirable candidate for an office: for which he is specially unfitted. When you hear the politicians say that a man is available, it signifies that he can be elected, but that he will be no good after he gets in. What is a wheel horse? It is pretty much what its name implies. You can tell a wheel horse by the spots you will find on him where his collar and the other gearing have rubbed him. He likes to work in harness, and nothing seems so low: in his mind as when the other horses kick up their heels and smash up things. What is yeoman service? It consists largely of leg and vocal exercise for the party. The yeoman servitors. mar.:h during a campaign many miles. ;referably tllough the rain and mud. What is over-confidence? Over-confidence is what the politi cians and campaign orators warn their party against when they have 1o confidence at all. \hen is a man ii the hands of h; friends? When he gets so hard up for- an office that he is actually ashamed to, let the people know how bad he wants it. Much More Than .That. Chicago Tribune. "That milk looks as if it were half water." protested the woman at the kitchen door. "It is much more than that, ma'am," replied the milkman, a college grad uzte in reduced circumstances. **i guarantee it to be 86 per cent. water, 4 oer cent. butter. 3 1-2 per cent. caseine. and 6 1-2 per cent. sugar and various salts, the combination result ing in the liquid commonly known as milk. Chemical analysis of the same cheerfully furnished whenever desired. Good morning. ma'am." 'An Explanation. Washington Star. '1 wonder why it is that Mormon women make so little complaint about plural marriages?" "It's easily explained," said the el der whio was taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by an investi gation to lecture. "When a man takes another wife she is glad to get him while her predecessor is so glad to get rid of him, that there is no indig nation whatever." No girl is quite as pretty as she thinks a man thinks she looks. All the world's a stage, and the su brettes imagine they are stars. Men who love women only for their good manners never marry. . SEVEN BARKS never sickens the patient nor leaves its work half done. It is~ an absolute cure for Bad Blood.Kidney and Liyer Troubles and ailments emanating from impaire.d diges~tive organs. For Over 35 Years This king of remedies has been ma king steadfast friends. it is not a patent medicine, but a pure veo'etable extractioni from a species~ of H ydran gea plant. If the first bottle does niot prove its efficacy go b.ack and get your money. SoLD BY Mopss' D rug Store HINDIPO RESTORES VITALITY 1 Madea - Welt Man THE 9-T5-of Me. GREAT i.- -- ]RENCE :" EME-Y produces the above result i3( *-.-L c.F Wienvuj.DeWity Ampotec aricocele, zihnJg .Aemory. Stops all drains and osses caused by errcrs of vouth. It wards off In. sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and s.ze to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pockct. Prie S ' 6 Boxes $2 b'y mail, in jo!uin pack-~ 5CTa e witz witegua. .. DR. J HANa, h j MAYES' DRUG STORE. .Many a lame man who doesn't limp is crippled only under the hat. A man who refuses to pay his debts when he can is a thief at heart. Sick headache res .lts from a dis ordered stomach and is quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Smith Drug Co., Newberry. S. C.. and Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity. S. C. Courtship is a two-sided game. in which each player tries to fool the other. Not a Sick Day Since. "I was taken severely sick with kid ney trouble. I tried all sorts of medi cines. none of which relieved me. One day I saw an ad. of your Electric Bitters and determined to try that. After taking a few doses I felt re lieved. and soon thereafter was entire ly cured. and have not seen a sick day since . Neighbors of mine have been cured of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liv er and Kidney troubles and General Debilitv." This is what 8. F. Bass. of Fremont. N. C. writes. Only 5oc, at Wim. E. Pelham & Son. Druggists. Proof Of It. Life. Mrs. Hatterson-I wonder if it has paid to give our daughter such a gooo iducation? Hatterson-Paid! Vhy. of course, don't you see from her manner how superior she-is to us? Cured His Mother of Rheumatism. My mother has been as ufferer for many years with rheumatism," says W. W. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At times she was unable to move at all. while at all times walking was painful. I presented her 'with a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without it now and is at all times able to walk. An occasional application of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was fomerly troubled with." For sale by Smith Drug Co.. Newberry, S. C.. and Prosperity Durg Co., ProsA perity, S. C. Back Among The Constituents. Washington Star. Now homeward fares the Congress man With duty nobly done, And he'll perchance work harder than He did in Washington. Whooping Cough. "In the spring of 100r my children had whooping cough," says Mrs. D. W. Capps, of Capps, Ala. "I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with the most satisfactory results. I thinic this is the best remedy I have ever seen for whooping cough." This remedy keeps the cough loose, lessens the severity and frequency of the coughing spells and counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. For sale by Smith Drug Co., Newberry, S. C.. and Prosperity Drug Co., Pros perity, S. C. STT~ OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ICOUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By John C. WVilson. Esq.. Probate Judge. WVHEREAS. Perditer Suber hath made suit to me. to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Samuel Eigner. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish -all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Samuel Eigner deceased, that they be and appear before me. in' the Couirt of Probate, to be held at Newberry on Saturday May 21st, after publication thereof. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given uinder my hand, this 5th day of Miay Anno Domini. 1904. John C. Wilson. J. P. N'. C. A Golden Rule of Agriculture: De good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of 1Potash in the rortilizer spells quality . nu. uintv :a the har ,I-. \re us and send you, I y next mail, y winning C Small Savings are the Stepping Stones to success and plenty $1.00 a month deposited in our Will in 10 years amount to $ 146 00 $5.00 will in 10 years amount to - - - - $ 730 00 $10.00 will in 10 years amount to - - - -r$I460 00 We want your business. Have ample facilities to accommodate our cus tomers. The Commercial Bank of Newbery, S. to IT'S UP TO YOU!! if the children haven't been photographed lately ! ! Is it not YOUR DUTY to have it done NOW? They have no voice in the matter! Childhood is short! Lifelike portraits of the little tots are like good investments they Increase in VALUE as time goes on' ! ! When you get old and the children get old, the pictures will be PRICELESS''!' Elite Photo Studio In "Skyscrayer." Shingles! Shingles! Shingles! 200,000 Shingles just received, FOR SALE CHEAP, also Lumber and Laths, Rough or dressed. Houses Built on short, notice. SHOP WORK such as Mantles, Doors and Window Frames a specialty. Repairing of all kind. Shop in front of jail. Shockley & Liviqgston Newberry, S. C. Brick! Brick!! For Sale by C. H. CANNON.