The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-02-16
FERTILIZERS HIGHER,
All The Crude Materials Have
Materially Advanced.
President Morgan, of the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company
Says the Selling Price is Low
Than Cost of Materials Warrant.
IR,,eiqh News and Ots Voc !

and Observer, published uu'lev the ia;e
of Wednesday. Jan. 3lst. 1909. III refer
ence to the advance III the p"h ot Tor
tiiizars- wherein it IS stated that the
farmers nf Pitt county. North tArrl'rB,
propose to Organize ard hEh' thA advance
in the price Of fertilizers, and by lnSin-
nation our company is ccl!Sn'ea rs Ii"
cause Of this advanc'.
I desire to make \ plain statement o.
facts and conditions "a now bb'Aii'c': J.
tho fertilizer made, and to 'nHw In the
dealers and consumer. of fertilizers iht'
the advance in thr price "t n.i.rutA"fHrSh
fertilizers is moi onlv j'l>t ana W''r:Ht"'
but is absolutely necessary. ~ 'hfi |"
manufacturers Of fer'iiH'rs cnniI. t'i
afford to ,scll them al the rrica rnIlnI
last year unless they did 80 AT very
heavy loss.
Now to get down TO fAc;s AMI hClrS$;
we will See what has really Caused III
prlce Of fertilizers 10 ba @dTt""ei 1i'-
year over last:
Acid Phosphate beiar 0a Dc the p:ii
cipa) ingredients in all cOmp;r'" Ter: ":t'''-
7 q. sire here to sho" how mu"N tns -
tic,e costs to make III excess "t "a" c'r>'
price for the s,ue thing lat NaoH. 7
q ,yance in pvrites from which sup +"
gia o%sr u iAspp spssssss ss is more no taS . L. -
of Soda, which is a necessary lngrfdiri;
in the manufacture OF SuiphHtn acii. :
fully S. per ton mora thm last Hear
Phosphate Rock has aiVH"e 1t j n.;''
mum of sl75 per ton AZ TIE lnl"eS. d'".
in some grades Cf rock tht advance l.
more than So pr ton These lh'e" ~
ticles constitute what il necessary l."
make Acid Phosphate. Tut tten To-
gether in the proper proportion and tor
Of Acid will cost s.. .0T per top more th,'.
it did last year.
Bags are costing lis pie Gcr 'o0 10 ,.
than they did la>i year, s" at th- cr'
material going. into = ton oE A"iI i'n
plate is costing appr"X.irat j. - :"
more than it did 4 Year az.
Every piece Of factory supplies 'r"D
machinery, coal, aud everything nrc.,
sary to rperate factory IL from - to
100 per cent. higher ihan il "as yea
AGO. This will add certainly = addition
lOc to the cost OF Il ton ~ t,rtiiiZ'T
making in tie most conservative a1"
reasonable estimate possible Il tam OF |:
per cent. Acid Phosphate, btGGsl art
ready for shipment, cost the, maNG
Now iecCsT0oK aU UcdmpTr's aironiaiir'," =,
fertilizers: We will take whai * rr..}.
monty known a standard g,aI" 0f c.r.a
piete fertilizers. running. ssy - Ter cp;,i
Of anOnia. s PER cent. Of ava ailu.jl,- ~ :.
piloric acid ard per cent Cf potash \
i have aboje demonstrated. acii ~. y
rhate costs 81 o. more than las, rcn.
This is equivalent TO al lit G mu,s /! a.
10c. per ion pounds. In m2Ei:c IN. u
s and fertilizers. 200 pou.is rr III
phosphate would b Hcces%.rv. so Il, T..
additional cost for acid lho-phuL Won,
be 81 20.
If cotton seed meal were uS.l'rnr H..
amonia, it would take :rp?0Xiuata',
700 pounds, and cotton seed Ilfrl j. nv.
worth S6 per ton more tl.an last yea,
which is equivalent TO 3Oe par 100 j.,
and IO0 ponndS uouli CO." So IL mn;,.
than IL did last year. Nrw add 2Oa +,
extra cost for the bags and con hnv
So 90 Ter ton more for thr mate il q.
than we paid for these Sa.:" nli:ci.a ,
Iast year.
If tankage or blood wer, rsA r,y ia
source Of amon'a, inst al q! cotton see;
meal. the advanced cost o!er last yea
would ba S3 20 per ton. aS aMnnia fgo,
tankage or blood ia row Gnc peg l.n ?
sjHEa"t4S> SO. '''' go
Su'phate Of amonil is The only Other
solict or amonia cOLnmnDy used N I,
mannfacturo OF fertilizers. T,yol,.
months ago this article wa, selli,r =.
anut Sl3 90 per ton. We pail fo. i,
this We. S62. 100 per ton.
NOW | aSSirt that he ,ui.c of f.rti.
lIcrs has not advanced nearly So mach .,s
me price OF raw materials going n,.
'Eem. Let us see who is 80 l,Hon r
any one for the a!vance in these cru1
materials Take PvriteS: Sc nny rr1.c
spain more than tlr 'e-fourths OF al wr
esA. Nitrate OF Srha-Wr huy enti,tl
from from South Americ.. Pct.sh SAILS
we pny eh'lrety froIn Germ NY. 50 p.
rannot be said that oar company cnn,r,.
OF - IN any wise reNpDnsh'" for tn, A.;
vance or these mltariil1, az we h!v, -,
interest whatever in any o. t}rs,. p,,,
trtles, either directly or i: ii cctly
lake phosphate rock: We d, nil, !
sn'aii proportion Of our wants Of pho. !
phate rock, but we mine none f,r o..
aud We bny from other nine; un,n ,I,.. /,
tWo-tilrds OF what ": cU.EL,m. ~,t. !
one viii suppose that we were on vin.
put up the price Of phosplr: tc rock
AS for cotton seCd meal we INV. '.
either directly or ini,r,cdiy
any cotton SEED oil mill. 81, sc ..,
responsible for HE aivaIce II, this a,ti,A.
biCoh ana tankage are made hv thn lar.
packers in the West, amt W.. hava =,
interest and no control oyvr thee nr,.
lnctS in any way
why, then, should the Vi.gnia-Ha,n.
ina Chemical Company he L'amc1 :,
hs advance in the cost Of crude mateiii
hd would it be bu5incss-liie for us q.
vanC An advance in crude materials >
men we have to huy almost enrireival
osr needs and OF which We prcdl
usoinbely nothing, except 4 im Il! upa