The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-18
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
FART THAT COTTON SEED HAs
 PLAYED IN IT.
Col. John '. Hobbs Traces the Re lations Between the Oil Hill and the Meat Factory in In-
 dustrial Development.

the close relations between the cotton oil mill and the meat factory in the indus trial develcpment of the south. Col John weeks issue of The Manufacturers' Rec ord as follows:
 'The little cotton seed has done more than than any other one thing to enhance refuge of Northern and Western enter. prfses into the South. There are about TOE cotton oil mills In the cotton belt where tnere were not 100 mills ten years ago. In addition. to these there are between 90 and 50 new mills started which will be built during the year. These mills on the basis of 75 per cent of the known cost of rensries and otfsr asIisry fsctoriea n anslp an investment not far short of $z26 60o0, GOO The two big cotton oil transformations alone represent cotton oil business in. servative capitalization"
 Having traced the development of the industry until 1t now produces valuable stock for soap. butter, lard. salad. can E fee fsrtier tiiss ana nSrs inters ps for cotton batting, Colonel Hobbs says:
 Tt was thedcotfon oil mills rich mate- rial which first attracted thither the own or control in the neighborhood of twenty-five cotton seed oil mills chiefly in Texas and the delta country. They also controi sa,, rsfinsries ; and fertilizer Eorks h In meat packers are the largest users of live stock, the largest makers of oleomarga- rtne, lard compounds, soaps and commer- and Their ownership of cotton oil mills Is natural and good business. As a true fac. tory and commercial proposition the meat plant and the oil mill are inseparable. follows. The oil mills foots and packing holse tallow meet in soak. Cotton oil stearin and beef stearin compose lard compound: cotton oil and animal oils go into butterine and cooking butter. The packer makes these food products. He also produces their animal ingredients. He needs the cotton oil. The packers use 1o,- 100000 pounds of cotton oil in the manu- facture of oleomargarine alone. They use more. than 50 per cent of the cotton oil stearin produced in this country and about 2s per. cent of the cotton oil foots
 "The world is now eating about 75o.- 100000 pounds of American cotton oil in one food or another. Lards. buffers, can ned goods requiring q greasy consistency. salad oils and dressings and other pro- utilize about 70 per cent of the refined cot ton seed oil consumed in this country. The oil is pure and wholesome.
 "A big cotton oil mill owner stated to the writer that ton of cotton seed was worth $23 for fertilizer purposes alone af- ter the crude oil has been expressed from it. Attach this value to the cheap bone and blood meal body produced by the packing house. The need of each appears The American packers understand this and are getting closer to, the oil mill. In ed in the South in the form of abattoirs and meat packing plants fully $10.00O.O00. Three of the largest meat concerns are seeking sites and perfecting plans for $6.- least two of which will be built in Texas. All of these companies are large makers of soaps. fertilizers. compound lards and the other products into which cotton oil chief Ingredients. Texas grows nearly one third of the American cotton crop. Texas also has nearly one-sixth of the total cat tie herd of this country, as well as the large herd of hogs and flock of sheek. Cot ton seed meal Is needed by the packer to feed his cattle and hogs. Cotton oil. stear- in and foots are needed by the packer to buffers and with taIiow for soap making. The cotton oil mills are more and more becoming live stock feeding stations.
 ~Ths souths5n people ,. are very sni large fgs various rendered and compound products of their oils and fats. Thus the big pack ing plants which ahe now in the field have raw product and the feed for the meat building. The little cotton seed is the key to the situation. It furnishes the margin of profit for the packing house, while the latter's product enhances the commercial value of the multifarious output of the cotton oil mill. Southern factories control the laundry soap situation. The packer and the other soap makehs have found that out. They are taking their tallows and going South. In the last six or seven years the soap industry has invested more than $6,000, 900 in the cotton oil region.
 If the cotton oil industry ceased the American food industry would at once be- come seriously crippled. If, on the other hand. the packing house went out of ex- istence, the cotton oil mill would be help lessly crippled. These two industries have a natural affinity and they are inseparabie in the business proposition."