New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-26
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.

was that the Southern States possessed in their pine
forests q mine OF wealth so inexhaustible and con
SANITY reproductive that their other productions,
vast and valuable as they are, and controlling as
they do the commerce Of the world, were not whit
superior if, indeed they were equal to it. We cited
facts and figures Of an ndisputable character to sus
tain our propositions and as yet have to hear the
first syllable Of dissent from them. .s.,ss5
@of course, the intelligent reader will understand
that we allude to the manufacture of oil from rosn-
branch Of business that isnow an established fact
and which has forced its way into public favor wher
ever its merits have been fairly tested-and which,
we conscentiousy believe is destined to be the great
oil Of the world within period Of a few years.
One word as to oils. Very few people, even the
most intelligent with respect to other matters, have
the smallest idea Of the immensely Of the oil trade
Oil enters into every department of manufacture
Nothing can be made from the finest cambria needle
to the largest anchor Of ashpof theline without OIL
a steamboat cannot ply without oil. The wheels of
locomotive would cease to reyolye without oil. Not
spindle of an American or foreign factory could be
kept in motion without oil. Not carding machine
could run without OIL Not loom could weave the
useful and beautiful fabrics with which ladies de-
light MS by adjoining themselves, without oil. The
press the great lever Of cvilizationthe sentinel
the watch,tower of iberty-the pioneer Of progress
the encourager and promoter of that which has made
the nineteenth century superior to all previous cen
ries would right speedily pale its fires and cease
enlghtening the world were their steam machines de-
prived Of the Of oil. Oil is requisite for every
thing from the fabricationof ewsharp to the build
ing Of the wonderful organ at St, Peters, in Rome
For years and years the supply Of sperm and whale
oil has been decreasing, while the ships employed in
the whale fisheries have increased in number many
hundred per cent. The whale has been driven from
one haunt to another until scarcity has compelled the
conviction that the world must look to some other
source for supply of this indispensable article, the
demand for which has increased in double proportion
ate ratio with the decrease. To show one of the eff
fects of this dminution it is only necessary to state
that the governments Of France and England have
found it necessary to remove the duties the import
Of turpenne rosin and oil into those countries. The
statement of this simple fact speaks volumes prac
ticates. Necessity alone could induce such govern
ments to adopt such measures. NJ
There being deficiency Of supply it became neces.
sary to look to other prevent the wheels
Of the earths from stopping for the lack of
lubricating material. After many years of expert
ments, and after overcoming innumerable difficulties
Mr. Lewis s. Robbins invented and patented process
for manufacturing oil from rosn which, after having
been extensively tested, and on all kinds of machn
cry has established itself as the wshed-for desdera
tum. His patents cover the principal pine-growing
States Of the South where the supply is ilimitable
and reproduction inexhaustibe. Mr.. Robbins is now
in this city, and is, are happy to learn making ar
rangements for the final organization of the South.
arn (liI will a yin IN fba
prosecution of this great business, which promises
suspicious results of the largest magnitude to our i'm
mediate section of country. We are SO thoroughly
convinced of the value this discoveryof the great
it holds ouof the lucrative returns we
believe will follow investments within brief period,
that we cannot doubt the whole of the necessary stock
will be taken in a few days.
Our cotton now clothes the world. Our pine forests,
udiciousy and slillfully managed will enable us to
furnish oil for all the machinery in the world. With
two such mighty monopolies in our own hands, we
may well afford to laugh to scorn the hatred and envy
of our malicious and interruptions enemies.
We will now proceed in closing, to give some est-
mates in regard to the manufacture of oil from rosn
under Robbins patent An apparatus made of cast.
iron and copper is used, of capacity of about forty
barrels. 1t costs, at the North from 81 900 81 200.
1t would probably cost here about 81 500. When
filed in the morning, with forty barrels of rosin,
about one-fourth of bushel of lime is introduced.
Then steady fire is kept up under the apparatus,
when will be discharged, in the shape of vapor (con-
densed by the copper portion of the apparatusl
about five gallons of acid, followed by ten or fifteen
per cent of naptha, then sixtytwo per cent of OIL
leaving in the machine balance of pitch which is
readily discharged from the bottom. The acid is
worth ten cents per gallon and the naptha twenty
five cents per gallon. The market price of the oil in
New York is forty cents per gallon or Whereabouts
The oil, however, has to be refined by being run
through again. EG
Estimating the cost of rosin at 81 so per Dbl, New
York price, and the products thereof at the same
rates it netts ~ per barrel after going through the
various processes OF manufacture. Here is an enor
nous profit shown at once. Our calculations may
appear startling, but we assure our readers they are
based upon the most reliable data-that furnished by
experience. The entire machinery Of the apparatus
can be made at the South and the process of manu-
facture is simple that it may be carried on by any
operative Of ordinary sense and intelligence
We shall have more to say in regard to this great
enterprise in future and in the mean time, commend
it to the favorable consideration Of the public tt
merits have only to be made known to be appreciated
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