OLEOMARGARINE. 



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Atlantic Cotton Oil Co. : 



Sumter, 



Bennettsville. 



Southern Cotton Oil Co., Columbia. 

 Southern Cotton Oil Co., Barnwell. 

 Darlington Oil Co. 

 Dillon Cotton Seed Oil Co. 

 Orangeburg Oil Mill. 

 Florence Oil Mill. 

 Marion Oil Mill. 

 Edgefield Manufacturing Co. 

 Ridge Spring Oil Mill. 

 St. Matthew's Oil Mill. 

 Chester Oil Mills. 

 Fairfield Oil and F. Co. 

 Kathwood Mfg. Co. 



Moneynick Oil Mill. 

 Charlotte Oil and F. Co. 

 Concord Cotton Oil Mill. 

 Davidson Cotton Seed Oil Mill. 

 Monroe Oil and F. Co. 

 Rowland Oil Mill Co. 

 Laurinbnrg Oil Co. 

 Gibson Station Oil Co. 

 Fayetteville Oil Co. 

 Selma Oil and F. Co. 

 Goldsboro Oil Co. 

 Wilson Oil Co. 

 Tar River Oil Co. 

 Edgecomb Oil Co. 

 Newbern Oil Co. 

 Weldon Oil Co. 



This paper is subscribed by a committee representing in North and 

 South Carolina and Georgia about 70 oil mills, and representing in the 

 South about 400 oil mills. 



Mr. HAUGEN. How much of this $65,000,000 goes into the butterine? 



Mr. OLIVER. Of this 165,000,000? 



Mr. HAUGEN. I understand you to say that $65,000,000 goes to the 

 interests of the cotton raisers of the South f 



Mr. OLIVER. About $40,00 >,000 was paid to the farmers for seed, 

 about $15,000,000 for the transportation of the seed in and products 

 out; about $10,000,000 for labor. In this country there is used proba- 

 bly 150,000 barrels of 50 gallons each of butter oil in manufacturing 

 oleomargarine at least aboveboard. How much there is used secretly, 

 I do not know. 



Mr. HAUGEN. What part of it is cotton-seed oil? 



Mr. OLIVER. About 150,000 barrels of cotton-seed oil of 50 gallons 

 each goes into the oleomargarine through the large manufacturers that 

 are now being taxed and living up to the regulations. 



Mr. HAUGEN. About how much is this worth? 



Mr. OLIVER. About 40 cents a gallon of 7j pounds to the gallon. 



Mr. NEVILLE. Have you figured out the number of pounds so that 

 you know? 



Mr. OLIVER. No ; it is only from what is published and the amount 

 of taxes paid on oleomargarine. Oleomargarine contains from 25 to 40 

 percent of cotton-seed oil, depending upon the weather and the season 

 of the year it is made. 



Mr. ALLEN. Are you engaged in the manufacture of oleomargarine 

 in any way? 



Mr. OLIVER. Not at all, sir. 



Mr. ALLEN. Are you a cotton raiser? 



Mr. OLIVER. Yes, sir; to a limited extent I am a cotton raiser. I am 

 more of a wheat and oat raiser in the farming line. 



Mr. ALLEN. Are you engaged in the manufacture of cotton -seed oil? 



Mr. OLIVER. Yes, sir; in that I am very largely engaged. Our plant 

 to-day has more than $1,000,000 right now invested in cotton-seed oil 

 machinery and products. 



Mr. NEVILLE. Oe hundred and fifty thousand barrels, of 50 gallons 

 each, or 375 pounds to the barrel. Do you mean that that amount you 

 have given is for the oil sold, or is that including the cake sold for 

 feeding cattle? 



Mr. OLIVER. No, sir; only the cotton-seed oil used in butter making. 



Mr. NEVILLE. I will ask you if you have figured the number of 

 pounds of oil cake sold to feeders? 



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