The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-14

leads to the irrssistibls conclusion that the italian oil sxportsrs may very frankly b. freed from every insinua- ton and ,suspicion on thia paart of theie trde. The adultsratton and substitv. tion are done in Italy for the domestic market.
 Rspert Tron Fsa.ee.
 United States Consul D. I. Murphy. at Bordeaux. France. In his report. says:
 The most dangerous competitor of cotton seed oil is peanut oil. the or dinary grades which are now act ually the cheaper of the two.
 These grades are selling at 60 cents per gallon. while an inferior grade of cotton seed oil Is squoted at 65 cents. It may be put down as cer- tain that the prices of the two oils be- ing equal. or nearly so. people here will prefer peanut oil. probably because they know 1t better and because it is rican peanut crop of the past season was very large. although am inform cd some of 1t was injured by unusual rains in the growing sections
 "Enormous quantities of peanuts are imported here-last year over 5O.OO0 tons. In Bordeaux there are three i'm mense establishments where the nuts | oAS vACO6C0s Iu0 average y68Ely output of oil for the past five years having been 12.o00 tons. the average yearly value of which was $2,0S4.40O. The de- mand for peanut oil is invariably brisk and more could be sold If it were pos- sible to make more.
 The finest quality of peanut oil is selling here for S2 cents per gallon. This oil is preferred by many consum- CTS to the best olive oil. It is as sweet as palatable. and as wholesome as the latter. The only objection that can be urged against 1t is that it is liable to become rancid after three or four months. It's sale in Bordeaux largely exceeds that of olive oil, and. like cotton seed oiL it is never sold under its own proper name at retail. but as 'huile douce,' 'huile pure.' 'huile superteur. huile comestible,' etc." United States Consul General Shack ard. at Berlin. reports:
 According to American statistics. In lSOS Germany was our largest cus- toner for oil cake and oil cake meal, with value of $5.168.155. while in cotton seed oil this country ranked third. with $l.444.905, the Neither lands and France being first and sec Ond respectively. There are no statis- tics published regarding the consump- tion in Germany of cotton seed oil, cot ton seed cake. and cotton seed meal. but in 1905 the German imports were 12.S84 tons of cotton seed, 58,564 tons of cotton seed oil, and 5SS,1O7 tons of oil cake and meal of different kinds, cotton seed cake and meal not being specially mentioned. The exports of cotton seed and cotton seed oil during the same period were merely nominal and those of the various kinds of oil cake and meal, including cotton seed cake and meal. 1S0.439 tons
 Competition in Austria.
 United States Consul Hotschick at Trieste. Austria-HunEary, reports as
 "A new competitor of cotton seed oi! has arisen in this country. Here- tofore there have been some factories which manufactured oil from plants. These factories have been enlarged lately. and three new ones are build ing, of which one is at Trieste, It is reported that these three factories will De able to produce 33.06S, ,OOO pounds of table oil. enough to cover the previons annual imports of cotton seed oil. The construction Of the three factories was instigated by merchants of Marseille France. Under such circumstances it will be hard for American cotton seed oil to compete.
 The former use of cotton seed for the manufacture of artificial butter and IIompound iard will probably decrease rnsteso or IL cocoa oil is already used Butter produced from this oil is un- ger the name of Gloriol,' .Kunerol., Ceres. and other fancy names ana is much favored by the public. The re- oail price is 20 to 2z cents per kile (2 / pounos) the wholesale price is 20 per cent lower. This new butter is SnIehy consumed in districts with a uense Hebrew population, and replaces lard. The raw cocoa oil is nartIv nro duced in Austria from the shells of inc Fruit of the cocoa palm, and con sideraole quantity is imported from 0ermany and the East Indies"