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and one or two others, which represent the cotton-seed industry four- 

 teen States have 387 mills. There are 14 mills in Tennessee, 31 in 

 Alabama, 22 in Arkansas, Florida has 2, Georgia 50, Louisiana 2, Mis- 

 souri 2, Illinois 2, Mississippi 5, North Carolina 22, South Carolina 48, 

 Oklahoma Territory 6 and the Indian Territory 5, and the Great State 

 of Texas 117. That certainly represents a large territory and also a 

 great deal of money involved, as has already been stated here. They 

 employ, I presume, I should say, about twenty to twenty-five thousand 

 men. Of course, if that industry was interfered with the loss would 

 not fall on the rich mill owner but on the farmer, and some of the small 

 farmers are negroes who receive a portion of this for their seed. As 

 has been already stated here the butter oil which is used in the manu- 

 facture of butterine is a small portion of the general production. Still, 

 that helps the general industry, and another point that is to be consid- 

 ered is that the foreign countries will take advantage of anything that 

 is passed to condemn the oil. In fact, it is a fact that the foreign 

 countries first taught us what it was. We did not know. 



Germany was a pioneer in this, and France followed, and then the New 

 England States took it up and from them the South learned the value 

 of the cotton-seed oil and cotton-seed meal, and then the value was 

 enhanced by foreign countries. New England and the foreign countries 

 taught us what was the value of all these products of ours. Now, why 

 should it be that these are the very people that are coming in and try- 

 ing to take away from us that value? That is a question I have 

 revolved in my mind from day to day, Why should these very States 

 be against it? It seems absurd to me. It is a wholesome article of 

 food, and if it is, and furthermore it is a cheap one, it is not alone the 

 producers who are interested in this; far from it. The consumer is also 

 interested. By the manufacture of this cotton-seed industry we get 

 cheaper lard, cheaper butter and better butter, and also cheaper and 

 better olive oil an article used in food from time immemorial and it 

 is carried to every industry and I do not see why there should be any 

 objection to it. 



You have here the statement made by Mr. Aldrich as to the other 

 articles used in the manufacture of this product, and as to their purity 

 and cleanliness, and Mr. Allison made a statement as to the purity and 

 cleanliness of the olive oil. Those are facts and there is no question 

 about them at all. 1 passed one establishment in Chicago, a slaughter- 

 ing establishment, where they used the cleanest water and the cleanest 

 handling of this oleo fat. They put it in clean water, and I made 

 inquiries and found it was the purest water they could obtain for that 

 purpose; and then they put it in cold storage. The butter mea will 

 make the same statement. I am satisfied that you must be satisfied of 

 that, and another point is made. We do not say the other article is 

 not good, but we say ours is good. The whole matter has been over- 

 hauled so much, and we speak for the Southern industry, and I do not 

 think it is right and I do not think it will pass and I think people in 

 general are against it. 



Fourteen States are producing this, and there are only four or five 

 States that are interested in the dairy interests at home. Here is a 

 statement I have made up, showing the location of each individual mill 

 of the cotton seed industry. However, it is not complete. I merely 

 saw it lying on my desk when I came out of my office and took it up 

 without any idea of turning it in to the committee, and I would like to 

 have the privilege of revising it and completing it before I do so. 



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