The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-04

second only in Importance to the production Of
cotton itself. It's success would rendeg the pine
forests of the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala anna ana
Louisiana no less valuable for their productive
resources than the richest cotton and sugar
lands of the most favored portions 9i those
States. For this reason, the results of The op-
erations of the company have been watched
with interest by all who desired to see aa in-
crease of prosperity at the south as geH rs BY
those who felt the Importance of substitute
for the oils necessary for machinery, waen the
demand had increased beyond the suppiy.
The first rosin oil which was presenteI to the
public as lubricator OF machinery failing Go
answer the purpose, created, it mus be con-
fessed, prejudice against anything III could
be produced from that substance. Agan3t the
prejudice that attached to any manQHatuTe Of
this nature, the southern oil compaav aad 10
contend; and the success which its mauu.a,prus
which have achieved is hence the more rem ark
able, and at the same time the stron yes. evg-
dence of decided superiority over all lo aerois.
1t may be regarded as demonstrate ssg5nd
all possibility of truthful contradiction Eat he
ubricating oil of the southern oil company is
superior to the best lard oils used for machinery
The certificate Of our own pressman a1d hose
Of four contemporaries, after using three months,
are conclusive of the fact that, for fine mscha
cry the rosin lubricating oil is unsurpassed even
by the best sperm oil OF the market
These are corroborated and strengthened by
the certificates OF the master machinsf Uf tie
New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern
railroad company, and of the vice president
and superintendent Of the Opelousas and Great
Western railroad company, who have sgastits-
ted it for the oils previously used. with zesEts
more favorable than the most sangure 81 the.
stockholders Of the oil company had anticipated
special agent Of the oil COMPANY having
been sent to st. Louis, has lately secured he
approval and endorsement of the supe a.yv Of
this oil, as lubrlcaor, of the of6ceFz the
Pacific railroad company, the Ohio and &sss-
sppi, and the Terre Haute, and Alton and ST
Louis railroad companies. all of whom aow Use
no other oil in their car boxes, and from eie eE-
perence of weeks, find it to possess Qualities
! that no other lubricator offers. This triumph
| of our southern OIL obtained as it was over he
opposing influence of the lard oil manufse .grers,
and the opposition and prejudice of raj, r9gd
employees, is truly significant, and is aa evi-
dence that, with judicious and we'll direc 3d cs-
\ forts, this oil must become the main af.icle Of
consumption for the railroads of the q States
This consideration will suggest the imbog-
tance of the enterprise no successfully es6ab.
lshed. We had on the first of Januara last,
according to the statistics furnished by sba EaI-
road journal, edited by H, V Poor, nealT .Hil-
ty thousand miles Of railroad completed nghe
United States. The average consumption OF
the northern roads is twenty thousand gallons
per annum to every one hundred miles Eas
southern roads. where the rolling stock is gen
orally on more limited scale, will probably
fall short Of that average: yet making very
liberal allowance, the consumption may be es-
timated in total at over five millions of gallons
per annuTR
The consumption for other species of machine
ry may be fairly put down at ten millions of gai-
Ions per annum.
The success of this southern enterprise has
therefore demonstrated that we have now in
our hands the means of adding to our annual
production not far from twelve millions of dol
lars, and this, too, from quarter which has
hitherto been regarded d region Of almost
utter barrenness.
1t may be doubted wheter against all the in
dustrial interests of other sections of the coUn-
try, and the prejudices against southern manu-
factures, this oil can be so generally introduced
into use as to produce such magnificent results
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strated to be superior to all others-is cheaper
than the finer qualities Of lard or sperm, and
from its not being able to be burned, will last
longer, as it cannot be taken by operatives to
furnish lights, little doubt can exist, that with
energy, enterprise and liberal management, the
southern lubricating oil is destined ultimately
to displace all others now in use. We shall
supply the north with this indispensable and
, necessary article. Our pine barrens have sud
denly become more valuable than the vast whale
fisheries of all nations A new staple has been
created to give new energy and power to the
southern States.
In the brief period that has elapsed since this
enterprise has been properly opened, it has re
r ceived the confidence Of the leading citizens of
$ this city and Mobile il whicb place the works
of the company are established.
, The factory now in operation is capable OF
manufacturing and refining one thousand gal
Ions per day, and the deugand is so large for
! oil, that arrangement have already been made
to duplicate, this season, the works now in USE.
J A company has also been created in thisci
ty to put into operation the old works, which,
: as pioneer Of this enterprise proved failure
from the want Of the present knowledge of re
} moving all resnous and gummy matters and
neutraIising all acids. The new works in this
S city will produce the oil which the Southern
: Oil Company alone new produces, having OBJ
tanned from it the new mode of refining
] Manufactures ofthis character must be mui-
tiplied in the southern States, to meet the de-
maud which cannot fail to spring up for this ar
z ticle The profits Of the enterprise when once
t fully understood. will tempt capitalists into at
S investment in stock for new factories, and We
D may look forward in few years to the full de
: velopment of this wonderful source Of wealth
Its bearing upon the south we have already
] alluded to. The increase Of production is the
! increase Of political power. The development
a Of hidden wealth pour8 capital and labor into
/; the region where it lies. Were the pine plain.
; Of the south gold bearing region, That source
1 Of wealth would scarcely equal the product O
n the hitherto neglected pine forests Of our States
The result may scarcely Be anticipated, for tht
actual growth Of territories possessing attractiy,
j treasures outstrps the coo calculations of calm
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