The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-15
THENAVAL STORES MIDDLE
Talk Of Restoring the Rolling Charge
TO the Bills Of the Buyers.

TO the Bills Of the Buyers.
The Buyers Have Paid il for Twenty
Years, and the Factors Are Strongly
Opposing Any Movement to Have il
Transferred to Them-A Meeting OF
the Board of Trade To-day to Settle
the Matter-A Charge That Some OF
the Buyers Are Using the Fact That
the Charge Was Transferred to En-
deavor to Buy STUFF in the Country.
The naval stores middle is beginning
to see clear light and it is likely that IL
will be settled to-day or tomorrow.
How it will be settled though is a hard
matter To predict, as the factors seem de-
termined TO carry their point and charge
the cents for rolling TO the buyers, by
whom it has been paid for the last twenty
years.
The buyers say positively that they
viii not pay the charge, as the railroads
have transferred it 10 the factors, and it
does not belong to them. Thus the situa-
ton stands and it is likely that the
board Of trade will find some solution Of
the question at meeting which is to be
held for that purpose this morning.
The latest phase of the situation is that
the charge for rolling is likely to be placed
again on the buyers and collected
rom them as heretofore. The railroad
men and the factors talked over the mat
ter again yesterday, and the railroads
stated that all they wanted was a secur-
ity for the charge and a certainty that it
would be paid. When the charge was
collected from the buyer it could not be
collected until after tne rosin and spir-
its had been rolled of the storage yard,
and when this was done the railroads no
longer had lien upon the property for
their storage charges.
WANT A LIEN ON 1T.
What they want is a lien Oh the prop
erty for this charge, and when it IS paid
in advance this is unnecessary. If the
charge is placed on the buyers some ar
rangement will no doubt be adopted by
which the railroads will be secured for
the rolling charge. This is merely a step
they take to seek to protect themselves
as would any other dealer who REQUIRED
pay for goods in advance, and does not at
all reflect on the responsibility of the
buyer. The charge, however, has been
paid by the buyer for twenty years,
and the factors naturally do
not want it transferred to them.
even though they could collect it after
ward by contract with the buyer which
the buyer at present insists they cannot
do. II IS said that some arrangement is
likely TO be made by which the old man
ner OF collecting the charge will be re-
stored, and the railroads will be given all
the security they want for its payment.
SOLD UNDER CONDITION.
There were some small sales of rosin
yesterday after the resolution had been
adopted by the factors providing that
they should all charge this rolling TO the
buyer, but whether it was charged in on
those sales or not could not be definitely
determined. The buyer would say that
the rolling charge on any stuff sold him
had been paid by the factor, while the
factor said it was charged to the buyer.
The factors positively deny the state
ments made, that they have been making
any charges TO the producer for services
which were not performed. it having been
charged by the buyers that this rolling
charge was put on the producer by the
factor although not paid by the latter
They say the only charge the producer
has 10 bear for handling is for inspection
and weighing, and nothing additional, ex-
cept when there is a good deal of work to
be done to put barrels Of stuff in mer-
charitable order.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
On the other hand the charge is made
that some of the buyers have been trying
TO create among the producers that the
fact of the transferrenCe Of this
rolling charge to the factors put
an extra charge on the port, and
IN this way have been endeavorinp
TO induce the producer to sell to them at
the still on the ground that he would be
able 70 save this extra charge As a mat
ter Of fact, it is held that no extra charge
Is created other than those which have
been IN existence for the last twenty
years. The only thing that the railroads
did was to transfer the charge from the
buyer 10 the factor, which did not make
II any heavier than it formerly was. The
reports thus circulated, the factors saw
will have tendency to iniure the rail
road business, as the buyers who get the
stun al the stills, if they do so, will shin
1t westward Instead of bringing it into
this port
Thus the fight goes on. 1t is pretty
one, but it is likely that it will be brought
u an end at the meeting of the board of
trade today by some agreement which
will restore harmony or which will tend
70 restore IL in the course Of time.