The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-01

the crude oil, and soap caused by saponin.
cation In the process Of reaning, IL IL
cheap grades Of laundry soups Il makes
Q most excellent soap. There 10 also pro
dueed from this substance glycegin candle
stock, olelu, still pitch etc. rht humber
OF uses OF this last, though by no means
.enst, by-prOduct OF the cotton OF indsutry
emphasizes the many uses to which THIS
Oh and It's various products are put.
~
To measure the possibilities In the cotton
seed crop Of thu South as a money producer,
y may be noted that at the low price OF
w per ton, the cake or meal alone from
Inc seed u all we're utilized Of 10000. go
baip cotton crop, would have value of
NheH cotton seed bulls are worth the
lalf price OF SO 90 per ton, there would
..sgli q value Of about sS0o0,OOO from the
uuAzation OF the possible outturn Of huiis
lenl lu,OOO,0U0-bale cotton crop
ION uu average about seventy hounds
" snort OF broken lint Gdheres 10 each ton
- eluhed seed at the oil mills the drst
process 10 which the seed n sublnittei
after cleaning il from sand and other for
vish substitutes, Is reglnning for the pur.
pose both Of removing an Collaborating SUB
s.aHpo anu q erecting an economy IN say
lig a part Of this interior lint Under or
ulhai| conditions about thirty pounds OF
snort llni are obtained from each ton OF
seed, From the seed Of a cotton crop Of
tVAuQ'Vuv uaies there could tuus be cf-
leeted saving, assuming that the entire
crop Is used Of about 3OU,u0O bales uf short
,inI which, at an average price Of SIS a
pg9lei would amount to SL50o,OO0.
These bypruducts have u combined money
value almost equal to that Of tho oil 'tseif
iae census Investigations have disclosed
the fact that 81 per cent OF thc cotton
seed crop OF 1Sgtl-1gOO was utilized In
10 tsfia NJ al
ton Of seed manufactured for the entire
country during thut year was 81 9 sahm
"a isVl the quantity Of oil exported reached
sea96tFl sal'ons. The quantity retained
Tor home consumption nin5unted to 4T,2ts..
500 gallons.
Writing on the Cotton Seed Industry"
Mr. Charles NJ Daushouy. division or
statistics Washington, u, T., says,
Although ,he crushing capacity OF the
Southern states las been increased by
aocnt one-thitd Within the past few years,
Ihe mills, during the seven mohths Of TIE
el ia wnieh DIZZY operate, uunze piy
"bout 90 per cent Of me entire crop az
stet AZ a"uuid nc observed, however, tnut
the iuleasc IA The number OF oil mills FROM
4oNi TO 1904 mas been Attended ana parti0l-
" onset by ia Increase of from - 10 80
ler csHi In the quantity If the crop now
ihluut0ctuted rs compared with the pro-
portion ullzed few years ngo, fails far
snort of Indicating the true development
OF thu iuuustry. Commercial authorities
estimate ne proportion OF the crop now
maintained At about 30 per cent Of the
gross quantity produced, against 40 per
cent In lsJ1. But the actual quantities in
uieatcd by these percentages are p 4la, 140
tins Oh seed manufactured in 1901, against
lb2S,CUD tons IN 1891, an incrcase of ~ per
ceut Non must II be assumed that all OF
the large proportion of the crop unrtilized
Tor manufacture could. under any clrcum-
from
this surplus seed must be drawn for plant
ing 2d.uDCUDO TO 2SUOO,O0o acres OF cotton
seed, It should be noted, OF somewhat
bulky nature Weighing only from 80 10 80
pounds 10 the measured bushel, and sown
By an extremely wastefu method, an inch
apart In the rows, 80 per cent OF the grow
lug plants to be afterward chopped ont IN
thinning Also, the hereditary haplt
among many cotton growers, Of carelcssly
handing this formerly waste product to-
gcthcf witH Its ready susceptibility TO ruin
GUS damage from rain or moisture doubt
less units considerable quantities yearly
for manufacturing purposes. Cotton feed
in rs natural state. too Is still used, per-
haps, 10 o small extent as n FERTILIZER IN
localities remote from mills"
1t must be considered then that the Held
for development In this connection has been
more widely covered than with any other
by product
among commercial authorities that not lnr
FROM two.thrds of the annual cotton seed
crop actually available for manufacture IS
now converted into oil and other proluctS.
The steady demand, both foreign and do
nestle, that has been firmly established ;or
cotton seed oil, oil cake aud meal, ana,
more potent still the high prices thk cot
ton seed itself now commands In thy pri-
mary markets. arc Influences furnishing 4
stimulus 10 this industry that doubtless WIN
very soon result in the manufacture OF
every available pound Of cotton seed raised
In che Southern States,
The benefits accruing to the country from
this Industry are OF o diversity that can
scarcely he conceived In II capital II
over s1OO ,O0o,OCO has been invested ana ais
tributed throughout the Southern states
AS a result, good markets now exist N nun
dreds of Southern cities and towns for an
AGRICULTURAL product that within the mem.
CRY OF middle aged men was notehle cnleHS
for It's unadaptnblity to prothable uses
Tens of thousands Of lahorerF, almost eN-
clusiyely Of the resident negro race, no"
And employment In the manufacture Of COT
ton seed oil and in the various occupations
directly Incident to the industry N inc
D two chief products, OIL and oil cake OF
meal foreign export trade las been Is
tablished TINT returns 20 the south annual
/ iv from so5 COO. 600 Ia s30000,O00. and the
| domestic trade is not greatly Inferior