The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-12
TURPENTINE MEN DOWN.
THEY ARE WORSE oFFTHAN THEY
WERE TWELVE MONTHS AGO.

The Price of Naval Stores Below the
Cost of Production and the Output
Increasing All the Time - Relief
Measures to Be Discussed by the
Operators Convention To-day.
The Turpentine Operators General Assoc
citation of Georgia, Florida, Alabama and
South Carolina will meet at Armory hall
to-day at IL o'clock. About fifty delegates
from subassociations throughout the states
named arrived in the city last night. As
many more are expected this morning.
The session will be held with closed doors,
and only the general results OF she meeting
will be made known. No programme Of
business has been announced. An important
part Of the days business will be the cleo
ton of officers
Col. E. P. Miller of Liberty county is now
president of the organization. There are
fifteen subassociations. composing the gem
eral association OF turpentine operators
throughout Georgia, Florida, South Caro-
lima and Alabama, with total member
ship of about 300, the majority being in
Georgia. Several new subassociations, it
Is understood, will apply for admission to-
day.
OPERATORS ARRIVING.
The following operators registered at the
hotels last night:
AT THE SCREvEN-Willlam Pritchett of
Condor, James Council Of Higgston, w. T.
Jenkins and W. J. Poe of Vidalia, j. H.
Cromartie and w. r. Carter of Surrency,
A. Session. Of Session.. N. w. Howell and J.
@. Pace of Hazlehurst, J. Rawls OF East
man, w. w. Beach Of Buckley, w. E. King
and J. NJ. Bell OF Bailey. and A. L. McMil
Ian of Daisy.
AT THE PULAsKE-J. G.. Ousley Of Pitts,
e. w. Bullock of Seville, d. T. Doughty
Of Cordele, C. B. Parker OF McRae, W. A.
Greer of Ada. G. c. Greer and J. W. Cal
lahan OF Cordele, ]. W. Hamilton and D.
C. Carmichael of Rochelle, John r. Alli-
son and JEFF L. Googe OF Abbeville
w. A. Shingler of Dakota,
A. Gordon Cassels OF Mcintosh,
j. r. Sheppard of Nameless, w. NJ Glenn
ents of Eastman, w. d. German Of Odum,
@. w. Deem of Bailey, W. {. Swain of
Waycross, A. c. Mcleod of Minneola, J.
ID. Crawford OF Newnansville, Fla, A. Nj.
Watson of ThomasviIle, ]. NJ. Heath of
Meigs, D. A. Antry OF Dot, T. Virgins OF
Cecil, J. F. Baird of Haskins, Fla, P. III.
K. Williams of May.
The principal turpentine operators Of this
section will be at the meeting.
CONDITION OF THE BUSINESS.
As has been previously stated, the turper-
tine or naval stores business is suffering
from long-continued depression, owing to
low prices and overproduotion. Operators
who were seen last night agreed in saying
that to-day they are in a worse condition
than they we're a year ego, with nothing to
show for their years work. The price is
below the cost Of production, and with the
increasing output the indications for better
prices are not very good.
The association will discuss means of re-
lief of the present condition of the oper-
ators upon general lines.
An effort will be made, 1t is understood,
to reduce the output by an agreement
among the operators not TO box any new
timber, but TO oonfine their operations to
timber already cut, and thus eoonomize in
expenses end reduce the output at the same
time.
TO SHUT OUT NEW OPERATORS.
An effort will also be made, it Is said. to
have the factors enter into an agreement
with the operators not TO make contracts
with any new operators who may enter the
field, and by this means reduce oompe tition.
What use is 1t, say the operators, for the
producers to reduce operations il the factors
continue to supply every new man who
wants to enter the business. The fact is,
that the number of operators heretofore has
only been limited by the number which the
factors were willing to undertake to supply.
The session Of the association will doubt
less be an interesting one.
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