The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-24
Foreign Vegetable Oils in
Competition With Home Products

Don't blame your oil mill for the low price
being paid this season for cotton seed. Get
at the root of the evil-the importations of
vegetable oils from the Orient. Your local
mill can not pay you price above that which
is justified, taking into consideration the
value of his finished product.
This finished product, whether it be cot
ton seed oil, or peanut oil, must go on the
domestic market in competition with the
vegetable oils imported from China and ia
PAN. And during the twelve months ending
June 30th, 1920, there has been imported
into this country 84OO0,000 lbs. of peanut oil.
During the same period approximately $780,
100000 lbs. of soy bean oil was imported,
while cottonseed oil was the lowest Of all
three, about 100000 pounds.
Now you must consider that the uses of
these three oils come in competition with
each other, i. e., they are interchangeable in
the manufacture of most all of the products,
and one can be substituted for the other So
if the total of the three is combined we have
five and one-half million pounds of vegetable
oils on the market, in competition with do
nestle peanut and cottOnseed oil.
Just consider for a moment the fact that
our markets have been demoralized for the
entire year of 1920 on account of generally I'M
settled conditions through which the world
is passing, which has cut down the buying by
the users of these raw products fully one
ported oils dumped onto our markets Is it
any wonder that cottonseed is not bringing
more than One-fourth what it did year ago :?
1t is not matter of theory that the Unit
ed States needed five and one-half million
pound of vegetable oils from the Orient, but
simply a condition in which the American
farmer is left with the "baE to hold" The
Chinaman can produce soy beans and peanuts
at one-flfth the price of our American farm
ers, and they will produce more and more
each year, limited only by the ability of 9TH
er countries to take their product
In 1912, 24,858,000 million pounds of soy
| bean oil was imported into this country This
grew at the rate of one hundred million
! pounds per year, beginning in 1916 Peanut oil
! started at 7,626,000 pounds in 1912 and has
! increased each year to what it was in 1920
as above reported. One gentleman who ad-
dressed the United Peanut Association at
| Norfolk, Va. July 18th, who had spent seven
| years in China, stated that there are thou
| sands of acres in China uncultivated that can
be brought into use if they can find a market
! for peanuts and vegetable oils. And they
| have millions of people who would be anxious
| to take up the cultivation of these idle acres
Now can we afford to permit peanut and
vegetable oils to be imported into this coun-
! try free of duty? That is question for ev-
| cry farmer to settle for himself and then act
Congress is at your bidding, and if you do not
get what you need blame no one but your
| self. Join the movement to ask for tariff
on peanuts and vegetable oils. Those inter
ested in protection fer eottonseed oil should
write to Mr.. Chas. W. Hilman, care national
board of farm organizations, 1881 Eye St.,
n. W, Washington, D. c. Those interested in
tariff for peanuts should see the managers
of the peanut mills at Dawson or be pre-
pared to join the United Peanut Associa-
ton when they call on you.