Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-18
MORGAN WARNS AGAINST
CURTA|LED COTTON CROP
President OF Southern Cotton Seed
$40 Oil Company Secs Dan
ger Ahead.
STAPLE is NEEDED FOR FOOD
EoIl Wccvil and Scarce Labor, Says
Local Man, Will Accomplish Nat
urally All Reduction in Acreage
South Can Stand.

Local. wan, VIII accomplish NHt'
urally All Reduction i'm Acreage
South Can Stand.
Curtailmcrt OF the cotton crop. wide
lN proposed as a war measure III order
that farmers may turn their attention
10 tho production OF foodstufrs in
larger volume. was condemned yester-
day as inimical 20 the best Interests
OF the South and tho nation. by :. I.
Morgan prcsider; Of the Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical Company and Southern
Cotton Seed oil Company. The last
named company is the largest manu-
fac,urcr OF cotton-sccd by-products i'll
the world.
Mr.. Morgan was led 10 come out pub
licly against tho proposed curtailmcnt
OF the cotton crop by the apparent sup
port given this idea by President VIII
son himself. In his address To The
American people Monday. the President
expressed tho hope tina, the South
would plant plenty of foodstuffs along
with cotton. but warned Southern
farmers against succumbnc 10 the
temptation OF present high cotton
prices and allowing the planting OF the
staple 10 curtail the raising OF food
crops.
FURTHER CCRTtILMENT
INVITES GRAVE DANGER
The holl-weevil and the scarcity OF
labor In Tho south" said MIR, Morgan.
will accomplish naturally all the cur
taiimen; In the cotton crop that the
country can stand. To urge a fur
Their curtailment - TO invite the gray
est danger. because cotton is essential
for both clothing and for food.
1t goes without saying that any
good farmer ought, as nearly as pos
- ~, g l..
consumes but in great many in
stances this is not practicable or pos
sible. In nay opinion. the serious cur
iaiimeni OF the cotton crop OF the
South would hc calamity from the
standpoint of its food producing value
alone
For each bale OF cotton produced
pounds OF cotton seed. This 1000
pounds of seed produces about lio
pounds of refined cottonseed oil. This
cottou-seed oil Will produce approNi-
mately lao pounds of compound la
tho very best. edible vegetable Oil.
u, therefore. we should crush only o.
100000 tons Of seed on, OF crop of
100000 bales OF cotton. we would
produce ooc.o0Q00o pounds OF oil or
lard compound.
REGRETS DEFEAT OF
OLEOMARGARINE hill
~ the government, allowed IT, We
could make from each 1000 pounds Of
seed, in connection with milk and
other products, $50 pounds OF oleo-
margarine. as nutritious and whole
some, when properly made, rs three
fourths of the butter now consumed
III this country, and a, about two
thirds its cost. Unfortunately, al
though o!eomargarinc has been APP
proved by both The Departments OF
Agriculture and Internal Revenue
Congress saw III 10 strike from the
last revenue bill tho provision to allow
the manufacture of colored olcomar-
Garine under conditions that would
have made il commercially practicable.
I'm addition TO the lard and oil pro-
duccd by LOCO pounds of seed there Is
produced from $50 TO 500 pounds Of
cotton-seed hulls, which cattle eat ca :
Eerly. and which, II has been demon
strated, has almost as much food value
for cattle as the best hay. " We crush
100000 tons Of seed, VIC produce more
than 500 0o, 600 pounds OF cotton seed
hulls--cquivalent 10 10000 tons of
hay. From the same 1000 pounds of
seed is produced seventy-tiVc pounds
OF lint which is used extensively for
explosives in this and other countries.
100000 bales or this class Of lint hav-
ing been used in the past two years in
'bt manufacture OF explosives.
OF course VIC all understand that
this bale Of cotton goes to clothc the
world. and that il is. under normal con-
ditions the mainstay in our balance
OF trade anfAhclps IFS 10 maintain our
biz supplN.-of. geld.
COTTON CROP OFFERS
EARLY FOOD PRoDUC CTS
The cotton crop begins 10 mature
in July In August ginning begins.
and ~ soon ginning begins the seed
arc ready for the cotton secd oil mill
Within thirty days from the time the
cotton is taken from tho held, the oil.
compound lard and oleomargarinc is
ready for Tn" use OF man. At the same
time. the cotton-seed meal and tho
huls are ready for the cattle. and the
Inter. for the powder maker II We
should need food supplies early. then
VIC certainly do not want to materially.
decrease the cotton crop in the South,
AS this is the earliest crop possible to
grow and is useful for tho feeding of
both man and beast. After the corn
crop is made, II is several months be
fore II can he converted into food tina +,
would be In tho fall and winter, while
from the cotton crop YOU can get oil
and lard and olcomarSariuc certainly
in September.
Another thing: the whole world can
make corn and wheat. hu, il is only
q small section OF II tina, can pro-
duce cotton, from which the world is
clothed ana from which such trc-
mendous percentage OF edible fats and
animal foods are mad.
Therefore, believe that +, is hardly
good time 10 try 10 prevail on the
South 10 minimize ita cotton crop /,
the world needs the food supplies. /,
needs the cotton. as there IS no rrod,ic,
from which man can he clothed or fed
so quickly as from the cotton plant"