The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-01
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MIR. LINDSAY REPLIES TO
MIR. COLBERT ON NATTER OF
COTTONSEED STU ALTON
Ardmore. Dec. &c, 1919.

Ardmore, Dec. &c, 1919.
Editor Daily Ardmorcite:
On December Is you published an
article signed by Walter Colbert ans
wering the cOttonsled advertisement
paid for by Tho Ardmore Oil & Mill
ing Company. The Ardmore Oil q
Milling Company ignores the article
to the letter, as it pays money for its
ads and don't indulge in the oldtime
sling mud. However, | personally beg
to answer this mud.slinging curbstone
cottonsced advertisement. The writer
Of the article writes as if he was only
a farmer, but if you look around you
find his shingle in the cottonseed bust
ness.
The mill shipped a few cars Of seed
out OF Ardmorr. az they contained y
TO lG per cent moisture and could not
possibly have crushed them before
rotten. He states still shipping"
That is good dope for a farmer to be-
lieye when we only have few weeks
run on hand and have men in Ari2ont
now trying to buy seed to run the Ard
more min after January.
Regarding the question: "What has
become of her SOton crushing capac-
ity' No four.press fifteenbox mill in
the world can handle on an average
through the season over GO tons of
seed, and never over, ON u single q
hour run making prime cake, crush
over &c tons. This is Of no import
ance anyway.
The reason the mill did not buy seed
during the few days very wet spell
several weeks ago is because the mill
storage was In a very dangerous con-
dition caused by accepting wet seed
from the farmers to help them out,
which started to burning up in few
days, and the mill was facing a 800,
600 loss as similar to 1913. The mill
told the farmers TO take their seed
home, dry them out and bring them
| back. as they Would be In the market
in few days. as usual, regardless Of
what month in the year, and would get
the market price, Tho mill sent a
number OF its farmer friends to the
street and they were told that they
couldn't buy them because they We're
damp, etc, as they wanted nothing
but dry seed, telling the farmer 10
axe them TO the mill or throw them
in the ditch.
After the mill got their burnt seed
storage under control they then ac'
cepted all seed on grade. No sensi.
ble farmer holds that against the mill.
The mill pays taxes amounting to
about $4,000 per annum. is owned by
gentlemen OF high standing, liberal To
the poor and needy. and the records
SHOW that the farmers have received
less than 50 per ton profit to the men
who have put up hundreds Of thous
ands OF dollars expecting to help the
| farmers and make profit.
Cotton-seed would be 10 cents pei
bushcl if ii was not for the mills. Help
the farmers TO be thankful for all these
blessings, as you know the mill is rs
sound as the banks of Ardmore and Is
as straight. Cut out the hearsay pub
| lications and don't poison our own
people against cacn other. We work
many sons of these farmers, aud they
can tell you that we are the farmers
friend. Why muddy up things that
are not going TO do anyone on earth
good except advertising the knocker
and try TO separate friends.
Regarding the price of seed, the
mills advance and reduce seed ac
oording to tho market OF products, and
can beg to state that the advance
this season was made en- account OF
oil and cake advancing, and the street
man did not save YOU thin dime. We
have had street men here ten years
and the records will show that Madil
and other mills did not have these street
men and our price is about the same
or better here. We want The conf