Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-14
HoRNIvG RosIN.
How the Practice y, g .u-Poiuts OF In
terest with Regard to Ii.

this have had lifting reply from an amer
pen. An article sig ed mon LlqueF,' II
is true deals with the question on H1rtt
grounds In strong and digaihai trrms,
tue style and tone Of hirh do nor nope
TO compete with. But there are technical
and purely business points winch are also
wnrth considering.
/. what is meant bv ''horning'' r0sin?
The term. believe, had its origin in the
ease with which | grade ctuld be con-
yeried into X bv two strokes of brush,
adding two norns 70 the ! and 50 cents
10 nominal value Of the rOsIn. Commence
ing thus the skiIlful changes became so
mum rous, and OF such universal appii-
cation that ''ROruing" has almost reached
tbe dignity Of a science.
. Tne uusophi-tjcated naturally ask:
Glow can sucn things he?" You have
sworn inspectors supposed to be compe-
talh. Do tqev undrr--ltss rOsin So much
as 10 .nable buyers II raise grades on or
two points, as has been CHARGED and All
mittad. 10 the loss and detriment OF the
pr4}uc-r? Nv answer is simple: The
Inspectors, as p rule, are competent and
DO ,IriT duty fairly we'll. There is more
loss and detriment To the buyer than
% The prOducpr-alth0Ug | noii We the
producer - Injured by ''horning'-b tin
way quije different 10 that 81 Egestet hy
Mr. D. b. Paxton in his vtry able Letter Of
Aprii 7. That the average buyer, To
when cl SIS belong. is not benentfd b7'
'horning' is proved by the facts that
n.arlv all deuOuncc the practice as i'm
moral and perniCiou-; that even those
who admit their participation are the
most out-poken i'm the demand to pro-
hIhitI while they protest AGAINST being
regarded as "pinps for New York" or As
"a moral cancer, insidiously keep'ngopen
an avenue tor the approach of moral
death in the body politic' (ride mon
Liqu-tD II is this pernici1us pract co
which MIR. "a II lrneT" apologies for, il
be does not defend.
Unless copied his apology entire could
not Do it justice. He is evidently well
pos ed in the ''aOTner's" bus ness. with a
clear mind and keen intellect. Yet how
anv sane man guilty. Of the practices he
unblushiD CIV cont sSes can write them
down in black and white, and "apologize"
for them AS he does, passes cenpr hem
sion. unless credit BE- given h m for a
greater allowance Of mental and moral
Ohliquity than usu lily fails to the lot Of
the average man. Nevertheless, be states
some truths NTH straight rwardness
remark able under the circumstances. He
treats New York TO Some home truths; that
is. the weight of evidence here is in favor
Of his statement, though for nv part I
perience has hpen entirely different, aud
he repeats 81 New York some sound adj
vice, previously submitted for her con-
sid-ration. 70 the Western dealers he
shows no mercy. If his evidence is to he
taken for truth. they are pack Of swlrd-
lers. with whom no man, honest or dis
honest, is safe to deal. Although be
writes AS knowing all about it. fancy If
the real truth We're known the Western
n .
beside MIR. "a Horuer.v 1t is easy 10
understand how sharp practice on one
side bagets 1t on the other. 81 that the
man once honest is forced i'm selfdeiense
ta do things he formerly abhOrred. am
afraid. however. that there is q grain of
truth in the charge against Western buy
ers, who, | know, exact prices aud I'M
pose conditions quite inconsistent ~ith
fair dealing. But the foreign buyer 5 900
or 1000 m les away, he says. deserves no
sympathy from the trade, no matter how
much dealers like M. "a HOrner'' may
cheat him. Consider how this will work
as between savannah and foreign markets.
Our total receipts of rosin last year
were AIS. S34 barrels, Of which we eX-
port d direct 23S 49, barrels. Can any
man with a spark or decency be found to
say that these. our best customers, are
not entitled to protection from our laws?
cellenr reputation abroad. BUYERS knew
our grading WIS good and honestly done,
and ttey bought without reserve of our
merchants. They knew our factors meant
10 do right and to live up to the insppc-
tiOn rul S, Of which copies were sent
broadcast. But how is II now? How can
IT be when it is confessed that grades are
/ raised one or two points? When the
facts are So notorious that vessel can
~. 4 d s-e~. 10 3.,,
carries F rasju shipped as H?
just here il is where the producer. as
we'll as the cold fOgies." get hurt The
market is OversO d, saw on II. which ought
20 he worth in consequence 81 - as
against 81 30. hut the "h0rner'' breaks
/ the corner by -hippin T at 81 o. ana G
/ az 81 %. He invoices all as II on his con-
/ t. act, and draws in fu J, has a rerlama-
/ tinn, paws It, and. as Mr.. "Horner'' says,
/ actually makes money by the operation.
We're "horning' prohibited bv Jaw. in
/ stead of shipping F G which are usually
ahundant) on his II contract, be would
he obiiged 10 take | X VI, which are rela-
/ lively scarce. ! needs no elaboration 10
/ show where the producer is hurt. and
/ without any ianlt whatever of his factor
unless indeed, thar factor was a sup
/ porter of "horning" fright of man to
/ do what he pleases with his own az a
/ few OF them We're up to TODAY. As for
I the old t0gy who has "lived his On, :" be-
/ ing an honest merchaf t, he Just looks on
/ and lers such bush ess pass. Mr., "A
/ Hurnern sneers at buyers. foreign
/ and domestic. for not employing
"A supervising Inspector. They merit the
/ repvOaCh, but it VIII he a cold dav for the
/ producer Wien supervising inspector
| comes among us, for out Of the goods
! already too cheap, must come his fees
ht. J, y ..f