The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06
RoSIN WAS NOT INSPECTED.
BAY STREET FIRM CHARGED WITH
VIOLATING TRADE RULES.

Board of Trade VIII Hear Report
of Committee Tomorrow Upon
Charges Made by Naval stores In
COmpany-Mr. shotter Holds That
the Rules Are Invalid If They In
terfere With Interstate Commerce.
Rosin Was Brought From south
Carolina and Placed Aboard the
Ludwig HoIberg which Cleared
Yesterday.
An interesting matter TO come before the
adjourned annual meeting of the Board OF
Trade tomorrow is the report of the COM
mittee to which was referred the COM
plant made few days ago by the inspec-
tors of naval stores against the S. P. Shot
ter Company, charging that II had violat-
ed the rules of the board in making a ship
ment of rosin without having ii inspected.
The inspectors charged that the Shotter
Company shipped 64S barrels of rosin on
the Ludwig Holbert. which cleared yester-
day and is expected to sail to-day. They
complained that in SO doing the company
not only violated the rules of the board,
but also the city ordinance requiring such
inspection on all naval stores shipments
and the statute of the STATE to the same
effect.
The matter was brought before the board
of directors. Mr.. Shooter took the post on
that the shipment was not affected by the
rules of the board or the city ordinances
governing such matters, 1t having been
made from another state, and such rules
and ordinances being invalid il interfering
with interstate commerce. This being The
case, he contepded that he could not be
compelled to have the hosin inspected.
The question was referred by the direc-
tors to a committee consisting of Presi-
dent d. G. Purse. Mr.. Walter Coney,
chairman of the Committee ON Inspec-
tons, and MIR. James T. Wells, chairman
Of the Committee on Yards. The commit
tee referred the matter to Mr.. Emile New
man, attorney for the board, in eonjunc-
ton with the city attorney, Mr.. S. b.
Adams. The committee will submit the
report of the attorneys upon the matter
at the meeting tomorrow.
1t Is understo od that the opinion OF both
attorneys sustains the contention of the
inspectors, holding that not only are both
the rules and ordinances valid, but that
the principle upon which they are based
is upheld by q recent decision Of the Sn-
preme Court. The decision was rendered
in 1898, having been taken up from the
North Carolina Supreme Court, the ques-
ton being as to the validity Of the laws
of that state requiring the inspection of
fertilizers brought in from other states.
The Supreme Court upheld the decision
of the Supreme Court of North Carolina,
| holding that inspection laws are valid
when they act upon articles brought from
other states If they provide for inspection
in the exercise of that power of self pro-
lection commonly called the police
power"
Section 4eg of the civ code lipon which
the particular rule of the Board of Trade
in question Is based, is an extract from
the code of Georgia of 1883. and is as fol-
lows: mo person shall ship or put on
| board any vessel for expectation, from
this state, any pitch, tar, rosin or tur-
pentine before the same is inspected and
marked provided there be at the port
of expectation a, sworn inspector of such
articles, on pain of FORGETTING 81 for every
barrel so shipped, one-half to go TO the
informer and che other half to the use of
the town or place of expectation. The
true contents and quality of every bar
rel or such articles must be branded on
the barrel"
The committees report will undoubtedly
be adverse to Mr.. Shooter. as 1t is point
ing out that should the precedent of
permitting shipments of naval stores TO
go through Savannah from other states
without inspection, the result would be
to entirely destroy the value Of Savan-
nah inspections and bring them into dis
repute abroad. The shipper would be en-
abled to make his own gradings, and as
these would be confused on the other SIDE
with Savannah inspections, the conse-
quence would be that the latter would
no longer be regarded as reliable and re-
| CARNATIONS would be constantly made
upon the shippers here, as is now the
| case.