The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-18
THE NAVAL STORES OUTDOOR
A Factors Estimate of the Next Sea-
sons Output.

son output.
There has been a number of turpentine
operators in town during the week. The
operators are settling up their years
business and making arrangements for
the next years crop.
The turpentine operators year begins
Nov. Is, when the cutting of new boxes
is allowed by law. The years work on
the old crop IS closed up in September and
October.
A prominent operator said to a Morn
ING NEWS reporter yesterday, that he did
not believe next years crop will exceed
those Of the last two years for good
many reasons.
"One reason" he said, "is that so many
of the operators are behind in their ac-
counts that the factors are not disposed
tomake large advances, for fear of the oper-
atOrs getting too deep in their debt. 1t
is to the interest of the factors to keep
down production and maintain prices, in
order that the operators who are in their
debt may be able to pay out. A big crop
would mean low prices and increased in
debtedness. There will be a great deal
of new timber cut, because the operators
have found that it does not pay to work
old boxes. The price of timber is getting
higher every year, however, and the cost
I.
and for these reasons ! do not think there
is any danger of an unusually large cut
this year,
"How about the disbanding of the OPP
orators association he was asked
What is likely to be the effect on the
crop and the prices2'
"Well, l do not think the dissolution of
the association will have any marked eff
feet one way or the other" was the re-
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prices before the association was organ
lied than since. The tendency of the as
| ISOLATION in one way was to increase the
price. There were great many opera
tors who were not members of the asso-
citation and a number inside who did not
regard their pledges. Whenever the as
sociation ordered reduction for the pur-
pose of increasing prices, the
| operators who were not members
and some who were, would
put forth all their efforts to produce as
much as possible in the hope of benehting
by the higher prices that were expected
to obtain as the result of the association s
| action. The result was that prOdu ction
was increased instead Of decreased. Now
| that there is no longer an association TO
| attempt to regulate production, every
operator will be on his own hook and viii
regulate his output according to his ca
] pdtlly duu circuit ana LNe SLdL6 OF Jle
market and will not attempt to get the
| better of his neighbors. In my opinion
the result will be Il smaller output. The
attempt to regulate the price of labor also
had bad effect. Those operators who
| had old timber to work were compelled
! to pay higher prices for their labor than
! those who were working new timber, and
! when it was attempted to work ali labor
on the same scale they were placed at a
| disadvantage. ! have known opera tors
/ to give up working part Of their timber
| because they could not secure labor at the
price fixed by the association.
| IF the factors would organize among
themselves, they could do a great deal to
| control the output. The majority of the
/ operators are dependant upon the factors
| for advances with which to market the
! crop, and if the factors were to curtail adj
| y;nces, the result would be a decrease in
| the output. That is the only practicable
way see in which production can be CON
| frOlied -