The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-29
NEW $200,OOQ
 ENTERPRISE Brewton Man Coming { Here With Capital. FIRE BENEFITS MONTGOMERY Fertilizer Factory and Cotton Oil
 Mill Planned. stock Farm Feature wmI Make It one sf Interest To People
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FIRE BENEFITS MONTGOMERY

Embracing investments of capital fron Alabama ani the North. new manufacturing enterprise will be start cd in Montgomery within few weeks. The investment in the plant which will be fertilizer factory and cotton oil Mill. principally, will be at first s20o.- ao0s to be increased later Charles El- lis, of Brewton, Ala. is the promoter and is finishing his plans with the capital practically secured. This not only meaps that another industry will be added to the city. but also that it will open the way for the bringing of . large stock farm to Montgomery.
 Mir, Ellis was one of those who re- gently suffered so heavily in the big Brewton Are. losing practically ell he had, the, property not being insured His new enterprise has won him eobrfQuet already with those who know him intimately--the Phoenix. Brewton ss known as the home of some capi- taln and as soon as Mfr. Ellis suggest ed his new enterprise to those who are acquainted with his business abll- ftys he was promptly offered several sums In the ek0,e00 vicinity for the in- terests in the business He could have secured the working capital for his business in Brewton and Montgomery, but aB has been said, Mr. Ellis thinks little beyond "tomorrow."
 There is a little consideration in Am- erican political and civic affairs which Is known as . tariff for American commercial protection--up to date it has not protected much in the South. An instance of the governmental pro- tectiye benenoence ia the press cloth used in Southern cotton oil mills. AL though there is not a camel or drom- rdary in the Southern States who's hair is used for commercial values, and although camei's hair cloth Is the only fabric that will stand the tremendous pressure of the hydraulic presses of the cotton oil mill the Fathers of the Country ID in Washington have. For "Amerieau Protection" imposed a little duty of 60 per cent. of its face value on this cloth, which comes here from Nijninovgorod Russia. To interest Northern capitalists in Southern inc kestments. Is the idea of several live southern business men. for when 1t is khe Northern capitslists' pockets that Rre touched. things happen to protec- live tarlffM
 , Ms. Eiiis viii, and has, interested no 1ittIe Northern capital in the new plant ho be established here, not only for the keasOn named but because the men Nith the capital are thinking men. who have yet other moneys to invest in the bouth and are possessed of very wise business heads.
 Stock Farm Feature.
 feature of the new plant is q brand new idea. that has been thought out by Mir Efiis Cotton seed meal. khe best known and most valuable Of all stock foods. is. as food. worth Sss Q ton, but except for the dairymen of Norway and Sweden and some live wires in Vermont, who use 1t for their stock. the majority Is sold to fertilizer manufacturers for it's fertilizer value alene at 32s ton. the meal being one of the principal ingredients of ferti- Iixer these days
 Mir. Ellis plan is to have in conjuna- eion with his cotton oil mill. a stock farm. and feed the meal to his stock, For three reasons. First that 1t IS . meat producing and milk producing stock food Montgomery handles s0,000, GOO pounds of beef for market use annually. .trainloads of meat are handled here by big Western packing houses. the new company wants some. of this business The third and greatest reason Is that eot- ton seed meal only loses 10 per cent. of It's fertilizer value by being fed to stock, and at the same time gains a certain pereentum of fertilizer value by being used by the stock. In oth- CT words the cotton seed meal by be- ing fed to stock saves the price of stock food and is hardly damaged as