The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
PEANUT SITUATION
 CREATES INTEREST Railroad and Oil Mill Men Dis
 cuss the Matter AFTER LOWER RATES In Southern Mississippi the Cotton Crop Is Growing Less and Peanuts
 May Prove Salvation of
 the Farmer
AFTER LOWER RATES

Jackson, Miss, January 13.-(Special)- Several railroad traffic men, managers of three or four oil mills and farmer or two met with the railroad commission today for a discussion of the peanut>sit- uation and the prospect of getting bet ter shipping rates on this comparatively new commodity. | | Capt. John A. Webb. president Of the commission, was selected chairman of the. meeting and explained its object.
 MT. E. A DeF'uniac, of the Louisville and Nashville, with headquarters at Montgomery, Ala, was the first speaker of the day. He was armed with statistics to show the number of acres planted in other states to peanuts and was of the I opinion that as those states had not taken any action on rates, he did not see that the crop in Mississippi would amount to enough to justify any changes here for some years to come, nor to justify the oil | mills in handling the crop.
 MT. c. U. E. Dalghren manager of the Gloster oil mill. who has been promoting | the peanut industry in his section and other parts of the state, who has given | the subject more study than has any | other one man in the state, took excep- | tions to the statistics as to acreage given by the railroad man. and declared he be- leved there would be 125,00O to 1900 acres in peanuts in this state this year, and was convinced 1t was to the best inter ests of the railroads to encourage the peanut industry in every way possible.
 He showed that the railroads have lost between Natchez and Baton Rouge at ing the past two or three years. While Natchez used to handle 10000 tons of seed she now gets about 10000; Fayette formerly handled 4O0o tons, now 1000; Harriston has dropped from 1750 to 250 tons; Gloster from 5000 to 200. Centerville Woodvlle, Clinton. Baton Rouge in the same proportion, the total loss in ton mage from these points being about 300 tons on cotton seed shipments in the boil weevil districts in southwest Mississippi and Louisiana.
 MT. Dalghren saw no hope to again make cotton a staple crop in that terri tory, and was forced. to turn to the pea nut. He declared he would pay I'd cents per bushel for every peanut raised, and that bushel of nuts mean gallon of crude oil, samples of which he showed, and which was made by crushing the nut, hull and all. This oil is now used ex- clusively by makers of butterine and Is in great demand by all the big packers who have been using the imported oil, but who promise hin 14c more per pound
 George B. Arburtin, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the New Orleans Great Northern railroad, was in Jackson yesterday attending the con- ference on peanuts and freight rates on same with farmers and oil mill men and the commission. Asked about the report that his road was likely to be absorbed or bought by the Burlington or Frisco, MT. Arburtin stated that he knew abso- lutely nothing of any such deal having been made or in prospect. In fact he did not know of any contemplated changes except that an officer to out rank him would be sent to the Great Northern, but not from any of the roads mentioned, and he doubted if he had ever seen one of those roads.
 Just how these reports of sales of his road get out MT. Arburtin was at loss to know. If true, he would like the best in the world to know something def. mite about the matter.
 The city of Jackson Is very deeply in- terested in the success of this road, and would like to see 1t built on to the north from this point, up Pea1l river valley. Jackson does not care who builds the northern end just so 1t is built and has the funds behind 1t to make Of 1t great through line to the north and west.
 The following charters have been filed for record with the secretary of state, viz.
 Mississippi Automatic Machine conn pany. Meridian, capital $3o,OoO. incorpora- tors w. H. Millspaugh, E. B. Blair, A. J. Lyon, Gabe Jacoson, W. A. Cough, J. J. Smith. The purpose is to deal in machin- cry, especially an electrical machine for shining shoes.
 Swamp Dredging corporation, Tupelo. capital s1o,oOo, incorporators D. w. Rob- ins, B. H. Stubbs and J. O. Robins.
 Elixson-Box company, Prairie, capital s10,O0o incorporators J. B. Elixson, I. O. Rox and R. O. Box General merchan- disc.
 Great Southern Pharmacy, Gulfport, capital s1O,00O incorporators R. l.. and R. N. Colouhoun of Guifport, and one of the same name from San Francisco.
 Capt. Frank Johnston, one of the most distinguished members of the bar of this state. announces that in the event sec- ond federal court district Is created for Mississippi he will be an applicant for the judgeshlp Captain Johnston has served his state as attorney general and has long been recognized as one of its