The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
COTTON SEED REPORT
MAJOR CARSON SHOWS INCREAsE
 or INDUSTRY.
The Products Have Taken . Most Im- portant F1ace In the List of
 American Industrial
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Washington. Nov. 32.-(special.)-- In his annual report which has been submitted to the Secretary of Com- meree and Labor, Major John M. Car son. chief of the Bureau of Manufac- turers. devotes considerable space to the subject of cottonseed products and among other things he say:
 "The products of cotton seed have increased with remarkable rapidity and have reached volume that give the cottonseed industry Q prominent place in the list of American industrial ac- tivities.
 Forty years ago cottonseed. except that required for the growing of the next years crop. was of little value. and constituted an incunbrance in- voiving expenditure of money and la bor. There Ns now invested in the con- version of this former almost useless material into products that are stead fly advancing in commercial importance and popular esteem. approximately sI00. .00o. .000, and of which the exports for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1907, aggregated S40.5i3,<00, an Increase of Ss,344.400 over 1906.
 Aside from it's Intrinsic value this relatively new industry has an eco- homie value and importance to the country, the beneficial results of which are especially felt in the several States in which cotton is indigenous. and in which the cottonseed industry is nat uraIiy located. It is pertinent to ob- serve in connection with this industry, that while about three -fifths of the cotton fiber Is transported beyond the seas, furnishing employment to foreign labor, with resultant large profits to foreign capital. the greater proportion of the products of the seed Is the out put of American mills and sold abroad.
 "Appreciating the present importance and future possibilities of this indus try in international trade, the depart ment appointed special agent to in- vestigate conditions in foreign coun- tries with regard to the sale and com sumption of cottonseed products. This work which was begun in the last months of the. fiscal year. was con- ducted with ability and thoroughness, and with entire satisfaction to those directly concerned. by the expert to whom 1t was committed. The prelinl- mary reports were published as re- ceived and distributed among those ac- lively engaged in the production and those associated with them in the sale and distribution of these products. It Is to be regretted, however. that the expert assigned to this field was com pelled by reason of physical disability. to abandon the work about July l. and
 
 will be continued during the fiscal year 1908 by another expert. appointed on the recommendation of the chosen rep resentatives of the cottonseed indus try.
 Prior to the appointment of an ex- pert to investigate cottonseed products upon request from thsA Department of Commerce and Labor the Department of State issued Instructions to c4ass= lar offacera> to inquire into the nlanu- | fracture, sale and consumption of those products in their respective districts, Together with competing products, the | interrogatories constituting the basis for the inquiry having been formulated | by the executive officers Of the Inter- state Cottonseed Crushers' Association upon suggestions from the Bureau of Manufactures.
 '"The reports received in compliancs | with the departments request were assembled and classified. and published as Volume xxXIy of special consuia- reports. which was supplied to individ- uals and firm engaged in the cotton seed industry. Reports from special agents and consular ofliceTs received subsequent to the issuance of the vol. ume were published in the Daily Con- sular Trade ReportA"
 MT. Benton, of Gsorgia, was the first special agent sent abroad by the bureau to investigate in Europe cottonseed products, and upon his retirement MT. Perkins, of Memphis. was appointed. 1t is expected that Mfr. Perkins will shortly send in some reports from Northern Germany, where he will make his first investigations.