The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-01
PROBE ORDERED
OF HUGE STEAL
IN COTTON SEED


ton gins and oil mills. as Is the law In
Texas
Here is the letter 10 the governor
from Mr. Cads which caused the gov
ernor to order the probe
81 have again made investigation m
20 the price OF cotton seed in the diff
ferent parts Of the cotton belt in the
United States
In Alabaue the price runs from
S6Sn to $500; Texas from $d2n0 to
$500 Arkansas from $500 to 5000;
Georgia from 5000 20 $8l 100; Missis-
sipni 5000 South Carolina from $1,000
to NSm North Carolina S0n0 to
$500 In Oklahoma 1t rulis from $500
to 5000 Mannsville Okla, paid $500.
Ardmotc has paid $500 at one time,
fromm October $ 10 II. Earlboro.
Asher McLoud and Tccumseh run
along about 5000 to $500 They ar,
all controlled by the oil mill AZ shaw.
nee Marietta paid from 5000 tc
hom which gets down on the line Of
Texas.
Ooyh Good Example.
There is one place. and that II
Coyle, Okla, west of Guthrie. where the
price has been as high aS T000 and a,
intervals as low as 5000. In Shaw.
nee the price has been from 5000 to
SS7 900
This cotton gin at Coyle Is inde-
pendent II was built nv . peonle that
were interested in the welfare of Coyle,
and thev have alvays received what
they ought to for cotton seed Not only
this year hut every year, and great
deal OF II Is solid RIGHT TO Shawnee at
these prices and still the farmers at
Shawnee have to receive from Si2S 50 10
SlSW less for ton OF seed In other
words the farmers here lose from 5000
to ESQ on every ton Of seed they sell.
We will'raisc this year in thi, coun-
~ $1,000 bales OF cotton and at 80 less
money per bale than the farmers should
receive, our farmers In this country
have lost S}000O0, There is only one
system that will save the farmers N
this state and that Ia the Texa, law, d.
yorcing absolutely the oil mills from the
ginning business.
Another thing want to call vour at
tention 10, and that Is this There Ia
not farmer that brings his cotton "a
Shawnee that is satisfied with the price
he receives They do II for convenience
and that only
0kiahoms Low Market.
Il enclose postal cards received
and you will notice Oklahoma Is tn,
low market for cotton seed per ton.
This letter Is continuation OF ou,
correspondence since you have been Il
office and hope At the next mec,in
OF the legislature YOU will lend YOU
good influence in behalf OF having
divorce of the oil mills and the cot,o
gins. When YOU put the oil mills OF
' OF buying seed cotton. and let them de;
. IN cotton seed by the ton. then YOU wi
p have solved this unjust stealing Of Il
y oil mills through this state, and not b.
y. fore This Is my opinion, only.
~ know YOU are interested and a
n ways have been in good government
and interested in the farmers having
square deal This high price OF cotto
seed and cotton seed products gives Nh
oil mills, when they are in a cotnbina
b tion like they are in this state. chanc
to he unfair"
The reports OF the United States de
: partmcnt OF agriculture on the aver
age prices OF cotton seed shoWJhat M
haiguN Is, the Oklahoma price was $sl
THE Arkansas price SIS. the Texas pric
, Ssh and the Louisiana price so, ac
. cordng to Carl Williams, editor Of TIL
Oklahoma Farmer Stockman.
$ "On September IS the Oklahom
Z price was $S and the Texas price 81
while average prices in Arkansas ar
Louisiana has declines TO SIS ar
$3.50, respectively. The same sourc
u disclose the fact that, Tor NIL the co
ton season Of last year the Oklahon
y price for cotton seed was 70 cents le
! per ton than that paid in Texas, 81
J. less than that In Arkansas and g.
less than that in Louisiana.
Bill Defeated.
Alleging that these Discrimination
~ In prices were unjuStiiied by relati'
UnhIktlN Huu l0dl lHtlt WAS Nu'nlhi'
! tion among oil mill men in Oklahou
tr to slile competition, an attempt WI
made at the last session OF the legi
lature 10 pass n bill divorcing eott'
seed oil mills and cotton gins. II
, lobby put up by the oil mill men d
feated the bill hsndly.
Another bill, known as House B
, No 10, provided that cotton oil IN
- gins must pay the same price for C
ton and seed at every gin which tn
. owned freight, quantity and quail
'. considered The bill was designed
~ check common practice among I
'mn oil mill gins Of raising prices at 81
!" cific points in order 10 drive out far,
er cooperative competition. This b
- also failed Of passage as result
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