The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06
TO CUT DOWN one FIFTH.
TuTpeRtine Men 10 Reduce Their Out
put 20 Per Cent.

The Producers Association Discusses
Plan for Next Years Operations,
But the Absence Of a Quorum Pre-
vents ANY Action Being Taken-Ex-
Secretary Cassels Gives the Associ-
alton a Talk on its Exoneration of
Mr.. williams-The Association to
Hold Together.
The Turpentine Producers General
Association win probably continue as an
organization instead of dissolviug. An
other meeting has been called for Nov. $,
to adopt a new constitution and bylaws
and decide upon plan Of work for next
year.
In spite of the fact that there was no
quorum present the association continued
in session all Of yesterday. From reports,
it was a lively session Editor
Cassels, of the Turpentine OPP
orators News, led a fight for the
reconsideration Of the previous days
resolution generating the violators Of
the August resolution. 1t was claimed
by Mr.. Cassels' friends last night that q
majority of those present favored a re-
consideration, but no quorum being pres
ent no action could be taken.
TILT WITH MIR. WILLIAMS.
Mr.. J. p Williams and Mr.. Cassels had
a lively tilt on this question. Mr. Viii
liams explained how he came to send out
his circular which aroused such a temp
est in the ranks of the producers, but his
explanations did not satisfy MIR Cassels,
who asserted that Mr.. Williams had not
kept faith with the association Mr..
Williams did paciup hia
membership as was expected.
He came back at Mr. Cassels with the
charge that the latter sold his product
to the Standard Oil Company instead of
sending it to the markets.
Mr.. Cassels replied that he considered
the system of buying futures as praCticed
by the factors, more damaging to the
trade than the practice of some of the OPP
orators of disposing of their product to
the Standard Oil Company in preference
to sending it to the factors to handle.
WHY HE WAS NOT ELECTED.
1t was reported yesterday that the
main reason why Mr.. Cassels was not re-
elected secretary was because he was an
| independent operator and was selling to
the Standard Oil Company, which the
majority of the operators hold TO be very
damaging to the Savannah market
in keeping the Standard Oil Company
lIOul competing WIFI bue buyers III J0lS
market, as the company Duys most of its
stuff at the stills, and that most of the
members of the convention were those
| who had violated the resolution in some
way, and that the Operators News,
edited by Mr. Cassels, had been very out
spoken in Condemning the course. The
convention yesterday and day before was
not an entirely representative one, as the
attendance was small,
NEXT YEARS OPERATIONS.
The association devoted its time yes
terday afternoon to the discussion of a
plan of work for next year The main
idea of the plan, as reported by the COM
mittee, was that each operator should so
! pitch his crops as to reduce his output 20
per cent. below that of this year. In this
way it is proposed to make such a reduc-
! ton in next years output as will mate
rally affect the market and tend to
a higher scale of prices. 1t is also pro-
pressed to employ an agent of the
association to organize sub-asso-
Citations among the operators and
to visit regularly those already in ex-
istence, and thus form a medium of COM
municatiOn between the general and sub
associations. Material changes in the
constitution and bylaws are also pro-
| posed.
The committees report was generally
| favored, but there being no quorum pres
ent it was decided to call a meeting for
Nov to act upon these questions.
wEATHERED THE STORM.
Secretary Pridgen said last night that
the association has weathered the storm
and will continue its existence He
thought the changes proposed i'll the con
stitutiOn generally satisfactory to the
operators and that they were such as
would prevent the recurrence of any such
muddle as that into which the association
was involved by its present constitution.