The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-08-29
THE STORY OF A GREAT Fertilizer CORPORATION
TIE PURPOSES ORGANIZATION and PROPERTIES OF AN In
TERNATIONAL CONCERN SET FORTH FOR The
INFORMATION OF The PUBLIC

most of the miners. SolIstedt, in fact,
| is noted for having the lowest cost of
production record, which makes the
plant exec optional in that it can oper-
ate proftably under heavy taxation
and unfavorable restrictions as to out
put.
The benefits anticipated from the
Internationafs purchase of Sollstedt
were to some extent minimized by the
action Of the German government,
aimed to deprive So11stedt's American
customers of the benefits of increased
production and much lower prices than
the potash syndicate maintained. But
under all circumstances the possession
of the Sollstedt mine has proved to be
most profitable investment. The di-
rect and indirect advantages of this
independent investment in the potash
industry have been maintained thru
out the shifting phases Of the potash
controversy" in which the Interna-
tional has sought to protect the in
terests of the American market as a
whole, as well as to conserve its own
interests.
BY the term ammoniates is meant all
those materials from which nitrogen is
derived in the form most availa BILE for
plant food. Many of these materials,
such as nitrate of soda and sulphate of
ammonia, are produced abroad and i'm
ported to the United States. Other
forms are produced in this country
cotton-seed meal, dried fish scrap. and
the by-products of slaughter houses
dried blood, animal tankags etc, etc
The corporation either owns outright
or has close working arrangements
with companies producing these ma
terials, so as to be positively assured
Of its supply for future years, and by
reason of the size of its purchases of
other ingredients not produced by its
interests is thus placed in the most
advantageous position.
Position as a Manufacturer
In this regard the position of the
| International Agricultural Corporation
| is unique. Instead of purchasing the
| plants of competitors, as has been the
custom of other large corporations in
| this industry, the International has
caused to be built at the most advan-
tageous points throughout the South,
| moderate sized factories, with suf-
| f1cient capacity to serve the trade To-
| Gated in that particular territory on a
| minimum freight rate for the manu-
| factured product. Securing it's sui
/
| point. it is able to transport to any
other given point only such amount of
| sulphuric acid as may be required for
manufacturing at that point, while
| competitors owning expensive sulphur
| ic acid works must run to capacity.
| frequently much in excess of actual
need of the sulphuric acid produc-
ed
| Broadly speaking, the most import
ant product of the International Agri-
| cultural Corporation is what is known
as acid phosphate. This material is
produced by grinding phosphate rock
| to a powder and adding approxima tely
an equal amount of so degree su1phuric
acid. The resultant material, a dry
frable slate-colored product tacid
phosphate). is used by all fertilizer
manufacturers, and aside from the
tlarger manufacturers, the southern
states contain hundreds of smaller
producers-the dry mixers That the
plan of the International Agricultural
Corporation is sound is proven by the
fact that not only are the small man
tufacturers ready customers. but every
I1arge producer Chose owning and
lrunning their own sulphur acid works. }
have, during the last year, bought very
heavily of the International Agrfcul-
turaI Corporations production of acid
phosphate.