The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
WANT TAX REMOVED
Cotton Seed oil Men Are Wasfng the
 Fight.

I Fight. 2 Columbia Special to Charleston News. | President A. D. Allen. of the Inter State Cotton Seed Crushers' Associa- | ton, Is now in Washington with l strong committee of oil men Tn an endeavor to get Congress to remove l the internal revenue tax on oieomar-
 garine. MT. F. s. Evans. or Green- | wood tha vice president of the South l Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers As- sociation, is in attendance. represent l ing this State before the committees of Congress.
 It has been frequently commented upon throughout the country ana m the papers in this State that oleo- l margarine, a product of the South's
 big crop, is being discriminated against in the tax that Is required or 1 dealers. The tax is 10 cents per pound. and merchants selling the pro- l duct must take out a United States l revenue license costing so much per I month, in order to be allowed to sell t Ioleomargarlfae Itis this tax that the 1 cotton oil min men In this and other Southern States are urging Congress
 to remove.
 l prominent oil mill man of this | city said today. in speaking or the discrimination against oleomargarlne: :: | "Oleomargarine is cleaner product
 than any butter that was ever made. We want Congress to place U upon I the same plane as butter and then 1t
 will ba seen that the cheaper price of oleomargarIne will appeal to the peo-
 pie as well as it's good qualities The | Grout law Is discriminatory and | l was passed with view Of driving
 olaomargarine out of business. It has
 not succeeded, for oleomargarine ha
 grown in favor. but we want the
 tax removed so that the product VIII
 be on an equal footing with otheE
 products"
 south Carolina Represented.
 South Carolina has sent represen'
 tative to Washington in the oleomar'
 earine fight for two reasons: Cottor
 seed oil enters into the composition of oleomargarine, and the merohantl
 of this State ara interested as well a the consumers in the removal of tn
 oppressive tax. The purity ant
 cleanliness of the cotton seed In tgredients have already been demon strated to the people at large through out the State. In this connection al item from the Press and Banner nuhlished at Abbeville, will be of in terest especialiy to the farmers o this State: But our people were long time in finding out that th' whitest lard may not be a good food
 they were long in overcoming thei prejudice against the purest and tn healthiest lard on earth-the lar
 that is made of cotton seed oil" { few days ago a lady in Columbi
 was being complimented on tn
 quality of some cake she had served at a reception. You would not be lieve me-" she afterward told one her close friends. but that cake wa
 made with the cotton seed oil lard
 Many people uss butter, but fin that I not only save the expense tha pound of butter makes. but als get better results
 1t is the opinion of cotton oil me that in this State the quality of tn product of cotton seed is valued an the use Is becoming general An for this reason the State Association is very much interested in the out
 come of the showing to be made b
 the committee appearing before Con gress on the oleomargarine ta < question.