Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-28
The Cotton OIL uuseress.


Having In mind the keen pubic concern touch
ing everything entering into everyday use. and
especially In regard TO combinations al citing
put ana prices q reporter OF TEE STAR happening
the other day 70 meet Col VIM. WALL OF this city.
who Is known to have large interests In cotton,
cotton oil. and their Development asked him as
10 the general condition and progress OF these I'M
portant articles OF commerce. and particularly the
latter. Col. Wall replied:
the condition, use and handling OF the raw cotton,
and especially as 70 the OF the seed There Is
leaves the GIN Il i DEGRADED in 9uaiiIy by ex-
sSssns,1e p.i sse and ths is Kept up unui Il
ing, and exceeding In wanton destruction and los
thai Of any other crop grown The painter Is the
Loser, but ne IS much 70 blame. The seed amounts
about twelve 10 firteen per cent used In manufac-
turing OIL; the balance is mainly lost TO Commerce.
The bulk Is left In rum at the GIN The seed Is
sold Al ten dollars per ton.
Were you not In one OF the companies produc-
Ing Oil from cotton seeds- the reporter Inquired
81 was president OF the United states cotton
SEED Company, 10 Exchange Place, New York
city, with \ capital or one million and shall dol
lars. We consolidated with the American COTTON
seed OIL Trust The latter company has largely
Increased the demand for the Oh and produced
last year some two hundred and nfiy Thousand
barrels In excess OF any previous years yield.
Cotton OIL 10 not new Industry, but IL lacked The
drive and actve Intelligence that the present
same men that now handle the raw cotJon worked
me on Interest but TO It's great detrimenI on &C.
count OF The discordant ell ments at worA, lack OF
proper energy. old and Imperfect machinery.
Then there were heavy losses owing TO di splda ed
weather (uest and rainy which destroyed The seed.
Iherr were, however, solne exceptions The Amer
lean Cotton seed OH Company has been OF great
demands for the seed. There are independent
companies now, as there were before, and sepa-
rate companies from the American comp ny, but
this com any's aim is 10 enlarge ana create a de-
mand In sy stematic way, aud the brnent 10 the
pubic Thereby Is inner grade OF oil and uniform
prices I Us DOT disturbing the retail market or
having any Connection with IL In Raising or fOrm-
Ing prices. The officers OF the American Cotton
Ola Company ar familiar ana practical men OF
experience md standing. Tnis has been proven
IN The great success they have maze an rasing
she Demand Ior tne OIL at home and abroad ana
taking the place OF the coarse hog grease IN do
nestle cooking and the manufacture OF soap; Ine
nnest soaps are now made OF cotton Oil Ghrre Is
no OIL as pure as mat made IRON cotton seed The
seed u hulied and the kernel is al once put 10
press ana no impurities Whatever come Ia con-
tact with IL Then, too, tie supply Is 80 abundant
that no aduteration necessary. The olive ike all
Iiult, IS affected ny rot They are pressed as they
and rotten fruit all 20 10 10 MAKE up quantity, not
Quality, and the product is subjected 10 atInOs-
pheilc effects contagious al The time. ana esl,e-
claly so In ITS cIinlaIe. The cotton OIL there
lore gradually but surely taxing The place or the
"Do the English manufacturers make much cot
ION OILY Was the next inquiry. To THIS Col VAN
| replied:
"rney are dependent wholly on Egypt n seed;
tneS produce from sevcnty-rye u eg aly thousand
tons, which does not supply the demand. lnoeed
the sc q Is not available visited the Ui mills IA
bun AMI Liverpool, England, representing our
company, and had previously visited Egypt The
kns Ash have nne mills bul In testing our seed
Win theirs fouud Il ylelded more oil 10 the ton,
owing 70 Inc Egyptian roots only receiving mols-
ture by irri CATION and not the plant There we're
about seven uundred Thousand barrels OF oil
crushed last season. There are from one nundred
Ian,
| seed crushed per day into oil There lrge
export VI OIL and Cake last seas"n The cake Is toe
residue lett LON tue Kernel alter the OIL Is ex-
tracted, and II Is extensively used u fertilizer
and for food Tor cattle The lniIed States Agr1-
cultural Department and the Sctentlnc Ame1seaa
endorse Il. The Royal Agricultural society OF
England showed by PRACTICAL test The fdttening
qualify OF the cake TO be eight per cent over any
other Iood l could give you many olner Interest
ing details OF the business bat full Idea OF ats
magnitude and the character OF Its Enlargement
can be learned from THIS SLIP clipped from New
YORK Ot, Punt aud Drug Reporter, wnicn Viii
ask you 70 PRINT In connection with what have
".rhe second annual meeting OF the American
Cotton Oh Trust was neid on wednesday. August
l. In the once OF tue trust, - broadway, aud
iarge representation OF the cerllncate-holders was
present, among wnom may be mentioned Tue foi-
| lowing gentlemen: b NJ. Fiag.er, OF the
| Standard Oh Trust; Cyrus W. Fieid, +. n. Beue-
Dict OF Benedict Bros, bankers; z. W. Orv.s OF
| Orvis Brs., bankers; WIN. n. Crom vel, VI su.ll-
Van C.omwell, attorney s-at-law; r. Bosse, cap
,o.1 a. ., thompson, o, tne thompson Bed
l
| h. Gurus, pe,Ioeul; J. q. sage, Of Z. HUDSON
Co, Wall street; J. I. osuausnuessy. Col I. l.
| watson, OF watson Gibson, Oankers; b. DRAKE
| smith, Representing tue smith estate; iIenry
HEINZ, OF tue CotUoa Exchange and wnile Ieal In
terests; Jos j. Oponouue. coffee; Geo. II. Prem
lice, OF Wall ST Get; Z. A. Darlug, proprietor OF
tue Fifth Avenue Aotei; Thompson beau, Iorner-
~ OF Cincinnati; A. J. Pouch, petroleum; VIM A
| Childs, metropolitan Telephone; T. j. brow ming,
Aluencan Loan and Trust CO.; Cuas l. Bonnei,
capitalist, and Chas. s. stockton. VI New tx:
ator L. s. FISH, OF New jersey; oena.or j. ID. Dug
| NsNE (lr. Nm A..ll 49,
y. e.; Halslead Burnett or n. h talroank Co.,
aud Jno. II. Maxon, banker, o. st. Louis; W. r.
Nicholas sneldon, banker, Providence; f. "a Bad,
win, capitalist, Clncinnau; Col W. h NnshL,
cotton Oh, Little kocA, ARK; Eugene p. Unane ast,
Bethlehem, Pa; Jno. n. kenaaii and U. ii. Jeus-
| sen, OF New Orleans
".Mr. J. II. Flagier presided and read his annual
| report president, In wnIcn he expressed great
coincidence In tue OUTLOOK, b. sed upon the IaSora-
be reports " The COMPANIES OF WHICH thls Trust Is
composed. Tue securities he'd oy the Trust
co.upifSe l63 properties, consisting VI crude OIL
mills renper1es lard anu soap IacyoItes, com PRESS
e., gins and fertilizer IacJCries Inc pronIs OF
capital STOCK Is entirely owned Tor the year end
Ing May 81, 1855, alter chargug Insurance, inte
est AND gcnera. expenses, are repor,ed ny lne coT
poraLiUns TO be s2.37l.316.34, VI which there is
reported as expended Ior ucIJcrment OF buildings
$72, l75.l6; Tor oetterments or machinery, s21s-
1850, leaving balance OF 2,o2o, 4o3 for Lne
ings OF tne previous year and Is within about
S4vO00 OF The earnings Ioln IN time OF Tue lvIm-
VI Tue Trust 10 July J. 1857, when the preyi-
Gus annual meeting was held Tne net pronl 70
May 81, 1857, ncluding earnings from Commence
ment OF me Trust .or q per1od Of nine months 10
Two years according 10 tue operations VI dill
ferent properties amounted 81 4S9 72o rs, less
the diviuend paid August I, 1857, VI AL, 2o4,
amount OF net earnings 70 MAJ 81, 1855 OF 5000
44A.6 81 shows a balance OF earnings on Ma 81,
lses, oI ~ 3s.
was reported 70 be $42. lS5, 22s 3D. The report
stated tnat II has been Inc poucy or the trustees