The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-12
PROMOTERS OF INDUSTRIES.
THOSE WHO MADE SPEECHES AT
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION.


Congressman Bankhend Talked OF
the Work of the River and HnrbOr
COmmittee-Thinks south Has Been
Literally Treated-s. g. McLendon
and E. 10. Brobston of Georgia
Were Among Those Heard-Paper
ON the Lumber Industry.
Huntsville. Ala. oct. 1.-THE Southern
Industrial Convention laid aside its regu-
lar programme for part of the day and
gave the afternoon session TO imprompu
speeches in support of the objects which
the delegates are advocating. Congressman
Bankhead of the Sixth Alabama district,
a member Of the House River and Harbor
Committee. was Called on during the dis
cussion over the matter Of incre asing the
south's ex-oTts from her own ports
Col Bankhead thought the South had
been literally treated by the committee.
Business and not politics controls and
governs this committee" said the con-
gresham. "Out Of The $25,000 900 appro-
priatcd by the last river and harbor bill
one-third went TO the Southern states. Ala
bamo, for her rivers and harbors, received
nearly 100000, and Georgia, Florida, Tex
as and other states along the Atlantic and
CUE We're literally Irovd,d fo-."
Congressman. Bankhcad a he had no
doubt the next Congress would make a
liberal appropriation for the improvement
of the Tennessee river, over which the
committee recently made a trip
W. G. Sadier Of Nashville spoke upon
''Phosphates in the South" His paper re-
lated, for the most part, 10 that industry
IN Tennessee.
S. G. McLendon of Thomasville, Ga, de-
livered a forcefu. address on the railroads
OF the South and their relation 10 inlusttial
development; and ex-Gov McCorkle p,ead-
ed with his fellow southerners to lay aside
sentiment and politics and get down 10
business,
Missouri has a strong delegation here.
John +. Coffin, VINO represe nted Gov.
Bloxham of Florida, read a paper at the
morning session on the varied resources of
his state.
Edwin B. Brobston Of Brunswick, dele
gated by Gov. Gambler of Georgia, spoke of
the advantages offered by Georgia in her
stores of minerals and woods.
G. r. De Saussure of Atlanta. formerly
vice president of the Exchange Bank. gave
his ideas on how to make Southern pros
perity permanent.
An interesting paper on the timber in
terests of the South, by Erwin Craighead
of Mobile, Ala, was read by Secretary
Thompson.
The Lumber Industry.
Mr.. Craighead said: in writing of the
lumber interests of the South, Il is easy
to marshal statistics showing that mil
lions upon millions of feet of wood product
sawed and shipped the number of mills
engaged in the industry and the aggregate
f,l, nm 10
a court of record. but only a conference
for the review of our industrial situation,
] shall not weary you with an array OF
figures. Rather will / attempt to point
out the general character Of the industry,
the variety of 1t and the more recent de-
veiopment which 1t has experienced,
1.-The two grand divisions of the lumber
industry are the yellow pine and the hard
woods. They are here named in the order
of their Importance 1t is scarcely 20 years
since yellow pine became generally known
outside the South as lumber For a hun
dred years and more it has enjoyed a high
reputation at home and abroad as tim
Der. Europe was a customer of our South
ern ports as early as the thlrties. and has
steadily increased her purchases, being
even now a larger consumer of yellow pine
in the shape Of heavy building timberS
than our home industry.
1.-The manufacture of hardwood lumber
is a business OF much mort recent udNS AZ
the South. In fact it Is as yet in Its in
fancy, and yearly is becoming of more i'm
portance and more complex. In the be-
ginning cypress, poplar, oak and walnut
were the sole woods sought after Now
there is scarcely a variety In all the for.
ests that is not recognized as of value, anC
some OF those the most valued to-day were
less than ten years ago despised beine
then regarded as afflicted with defects
that would forever put them out of tht
lumber market. av
"snn more important in the eyes o.
those who study the South's development
is the fact that the woods industry is pass.
ing from the stage OF being a producer OF
raw material only into that where thu
chief concern isithe making of the finish
ed articles We are not turning our log.
and lumber alone, but furniture, agricul
ture implements. barrels, boxes. house fur
nishings and hundreds of articles.
Paper From Pine Wood.
"The significance of this development
lies in the fact that the material used /.
not necessarily of the long lengths requir
ed by the flooring mills. and such timber
as has been considered before unmarketa
Bile has found a value. Even the refus,
OF the mills has come into use. as, for ex
ample, in the making of Stat barrels, o
which thousands are required for tn
transportation Of the truck farm pro<luc,
of the country. Another and very import
ant use OF mill refuse Is as paper stock
Until recently II was believed Impossible,
to make paper out OF yellow pin,
wood because Of the excess OF resin n
such wood, but a process has been dis
covered of elimination Of rosin, and a mil
is I'm operation in Pensacola. Fla, thu
turns out excellent wrapping paper, an,
viii shortly supply the market with al
Varieties Of paper, Although an expert