The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
FERTILIZERS HIGHER
ALL THE CRUDE MATERIALS
HAVE MATERIALLY
ADVANCED.
President Morgan, of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company, Says
the Selling Price Is Lower Than
Cost of Materials Warrant.
from Charlotte. \. G. News and oh

server.
Richmond Va. February I. l%e--To
the Editor: My attention has been calied
to a communication in The News ana
Observer. published under date Of wed
nesday. January 81 1900. in reference 10
the advance in the price of ferhhzerS.
wherein 4 is stated that the Farmers "a
Pitt county. North Carolina, propose ~
organize and fight the advance in the
Price of fertilizers. and by hshud'iVH
our company Is censured as the cause
of this advance
l desire To make plain statement OF
facts and conditions now obtained n
the fertilizer trade. and To show 20 the
dealers and consumers Of fertilizers una
the advance N tha price Of manufacturer
fertilizers IS net only Just ana ~arrahtt"'
but is absolutely necessary, and that me
manufacturers of fertilizers could no%
afford to sell them at the price ruling
last wear unless they did so at very
heavy loss.
New. to get down TO facts and figures;
Ne will see what has really caused the
price Of fertilizers 10 De advanced this
year over last.
Acid phosphate being one Of the princi-
pal Ingredients in all complete ferulIzefs'
desire II show here how much IN !"
article costs 10 make in excess OF the
The advance n pyrites. from which sui
phuric acid Is made. is more than s. per
ton over last year. The advance IN NJ
tr&te Of soda which is a necessary in9re-
Client in the manufacture of sulphurt
& cid : fully 5 per ton more than IaSI
year. Phosphate rock has advanced a
minimum of $l.75 per ton al The mines.
nd in some grades Of rock the advance
is more than s. per ton Ihese three
articles constitute what : necessary 70
make acid phosphate. Put them TO-
getker IN the proper proportion and
ton of acid phosphate will cost 500 more
than t. did last year.
Bags are costing US 20 cents per ton
more than they did last year. so that
the crude material going into a ton OF
acid phosphate is costing approximately
S227 more 5han it did year ago.
Every piece of factory supplies and ma
chinery. coal and everything necessary
10 operate a factory is from . TO 100 per
cent higher than it was year ago This
will add certainly an additional 10 cents
To the cost OF a ton of fertilizer. making
in the most conservative and reasonable
estimate possible ton of IL per cent
ac.d phosphate, bagged and ready Tor
shipment, cost the manufacture S--si
more than it did twelve months ago
Now. .Ct Us look at complete ammoni-
ated Fertilizers. We viii take what 5
commonly known as standard grade oil
complete fertilizer. running. say. -= per
cent of ammonia, s per cent of available
phosphoric acid, and per cent 81 potash
As have above demonstrated. acid phos-
phate costs Se.97 more than last year
This is equivalent 10 u little more thah 70
cents per 100 pounds IN making the y.
= and / fertilizers. 100 pounds Of acid
phosphate would be necessary. 30 at ~
cents additional cost per 100 pounds the
additional cost for acid phosphate would
be Sl.2o.
If cotton seed meal was used for the
ammonia. il would take approximately
1,a hounds. and cotton seed meal j. no"
worth 81 per ton more than last year.
which Is equivalent to 80 cents per Y"
pounds. anI 70U pounds would COS, f--l'
more thau il DID last year Now, ada -
cents f0r ex-r5 cost for the bags i,u4
you have 50 - per ton more for the mate
rials shan we paid for these same maze
rails last year
If tauka@e or blood was used for the
source al ammonia instead az cotton SEED
meol the advanced cost over last ycir
would be So per ION. as ammonia iros1
tarka.e or blood IS now 20 cents per unit
higher than last year, SO for 2i2 per CEN
of ammonia the extra cost over last year
would be- Sl.>e
Sulphate ri ammonia IS the only o,her
sotrct. of ammonia commonly used in
the manufacture OF -''
months ago this article was selling a
about S43 per toH We PAID Tor Il lA'S
week So per ton
Now. I assert thac the price Of fert.l-
izers has not advanced nearly 80 Hlueh
as the price Of raw materials Eolhs. INTO
them Let US see who Is 60 blame II any
one for the advance az these crude IA
riaIs Take pyriteS- We buy from Spain
more than rhree-tourths OF all we Use
Nitrate o. Soda We buy entirely ir"i2
: nth America Potash S''is' 'Is
entirely from q rmanE- % y taii''ol -
said that our company controls OF Is III
any wise responsible Tor lAe advance %
these materials, as We nave no interest
whatever in amy IF these properties. tliI--
ar directly or Indirectly
Take phosphate rock We 40 mine
small proportion of OR wants OF mos
phats rock. but We mine none Tor sale.
and we buy from other mines more taah
two-thirds If what ne consume 30 no
one will suppose that We Were anxious
20 nut up the price of phosphate rock
- for cotton seed meal We nave no
Interest either directly or indirectly ia
anv cotton seed oil mill. 80 We are not
responsible for the advance IN THIS ART
Gle. Blood and taukaSe are made by
rho large packers in the west. and We
have no interest and no control over these
products in any way.
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