The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-21
MEETING OF SEED CRUsHERs.
Addresses are Heard and Reports ni
 

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 Received
 Louisville. May 2o.-The second day'i session of the Interstate Cottonseee Crushers Association convention wal given over for the most part to ad- dresses from prominent Southerners both within and without the Assoeis. tion. on the value and uses of the cot tonseed by-products,
 This organization, representing . wealth of over t15o.oo0. 900. has gath cred delegates here from eighteen States and one foreign country. to dis cuss the methods of best promoting the welfare of the cottonseed crushers of the country.
 That Europe has taken an interest in the meeting is vouched by the follow Ing oablegram received during the morning session by President Ransom Wishing you every success. Our meet ing warmly recommends your discuss Ing thoroughly the Austro- Hungarian prohibitive duty Impress your Gov ernrnent with the absolute necessity of doing the needful thing unhesitatingiy. to obtain reduction to c minimum tariff.
 tsigned) ''rrests oil Association.
 y s.e "Treste, Austria"
 This was brought about by the fact that the prohtbititive tarin on these by-pfoducts was recently put In effect in Austria.
 At the morning session. the principal address was made by Judge Henry C. Hammond of Augusta, Ga, his subject being "Cottonseed Meal as a Food for Stock Work" Judge Hammond told of his experiences with this as food stun, how much fatter and stronger 1t made those fed with it, how much cheaper 1t was done and pointed out how the Southern planters would be made richer by its use generally. He declared if 1t were used as freely In the United States as abroad. in the same proportion. the EuropeAn shipments would soon be stopped for the output would De consumed at home.
 l.. c. Estes, known throughout the country as Chief Apostle. Hog Heaven Farm. Groesbeck, Tex. followed on "Cottonseed Meal as Hog Food.'
 Hon. E. D. Smith of Florence, s. C.. known as Cyclone Smith," of the Ma tional Farmers Union. followed on the subject, Some Needs of the South" ]" All of these addresses were followed by in- formal discussions,
 The address of M. Frank of Atlanta. on Looking Backward" q review of the Association work. was read by 10 Allison of Texas -siN'
 Nj. $. Harper of Atlanta, President of the Cottonseedy yCrvshers' Association of GecFgia. made a report upon the con ference held among the representatives of the Association with the Southern Cotton Association. on The Value of Cottonseed." and stated that it was found impracticable to discuss e price. but ths planters agreed to try and raise the standard of seed offered to the mills.
 The address of Hon Gustav H schwab of New York. chairman of the Advisory Committee of the National Council of Commerce of that body was read by B. F. Taylor of South Carolina. This Council was recently organised in washinG Gt6h. under the direction of Secretary straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
 The addresses were concluded by that of J. J. Culberson of Texas on "oleomargarine.
 Reports of committees appointed at New Orleans to investigate the hand ling of cottonseed products shipped to foreign markets were taken up. Nor folk. Savannah. Brunswick. Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston were reported upon,