The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-05-11
What Modern New Cotton Seed
Oil Mill Will Mean to. Aber-
deem and Monroe County.


ent mill, but it will mean having
modern plant that can crush seed
to an advantage Of mt least $500
per ton over the average mill in the
State With such mill Aberdeen
Will crush all of her seed nj home
and in addition will reach out into
adjoining territory and ship in cars
Of seed and crush them.
Since the existence of the present
mill here, Aberdeen has shipped
annually an average Of two hundred
car loads of seed To oil mills at West
Point, Meridian, Tupclo and Co
lumbus. Two hundred ears of seed
amount to about 1900 tons. 1t costs
outside mills, in the way of COM
mission to local buyers, loading
charges and freight, at least SO 90
per ton on these seed, or SD, 900
year on the 1000 tons. The To-
cal mill would get the advantage of
this, which alone amounts to over
II per cent on the capital stock. In
addition to this, the new mill should
ship lin from nearby stations, at
least an equal amount of seed, max
ing a total Of 5000 tons annually,
which would simply be 5000 tons
in addition to what is being crushed
here now.
Now the cost Of labor for crush
ing a ton of seed, counting all class
-, will be about $500 per ton and
on 5000 tons about SIC, 900. 90 ex-
pended annually for pay roll alone
Every dollar of this money will be
spent in Aberdeen and the mer-
chants and business men Of the town
will derive the benefit As it is now
this 5000 tons of seed is being
crushed in ncighboring towns and
they are deriving the benefits.
Sixteen thousand dollars will only
be the oil mill pay roll. Ii the ice
factory and fertilizer works are add
ed, the pay roll will bc over Si0,-
900. There is no reason why Alb
erdccn should not produce Ice for
large area of surrounding country.
We ore now shipping in ice to sup
ply the local demand. There is no
reason why Aberdeen should not
manufacture the fertilizer consumed
in Monroe county. We have three
distinct railroad systems touching
Aberdeen, which no other Missis-
sippi town has, yet with all our
railroad facilities, our river connec-
ton and our location in the heart
IF the best farming lands of the
State, we only have one oil mill,
one ice factory and no fertilizer fac
tory.
Columbus has three oil mills two
fertilizer factories and two Ice fac
tories and l. practically ON one
railroad. West Point has two oil
mills and two ice factories. Meri-
dian has five oil mills, three ferti-
izcr factories and three big ice
plants
The above indirect benefits to be
derived 10y the merchants aud bust
ness men are very small, when com
pared with the great benefit every
business man and property owners
will derive by an increase in price
of seed. When man' comes here
to take advantage OF high seed
market he also brings his cotton and
where his cotton and seal are sold
j. where he buys his goods.
At least $50, 900 will be spent in
Aberdeen the first season for labor
and building alone, at least 500, 900
brick Will be required and $50, 900
feet of lumber. The building of
modern oil mill in Aberdeen will
mean about 81 90 per ton more for
every ton of seed marketed here and
this will amount To an enormous
item to seed producers of the sur
rounding country
= 1t is up to the people of Aber-
deem and Monroe county as to
whether they shall have this enter
prise or not. There is no question
but that il will Ice great benefit to
the town, the county and every
individual citizen, and if the people
will only take stock in proportion
to their ability it will be a sure sue
cess.
Or. W. W. Watkins left for