The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-08

IN south Carolina Al tie start tn' Wofh
was. OF todrs, handicapped largely Tor
want 81 adequate transportation facilities.
though before operations proEresaod far
the spirit Of railroad building was aroused
and steel rails soon aided the shipper by
I bringing che remote parts of the state
closer and closer
About tho year 1876 naval stores opera
tions were begun To- Georgia. which s.
now estimated 90 produce "a least "a third
I Of The yearly output The pioneers Of
I the industry in Georgia are sim living,
and are said 10 bc Mr. c. b. Parker 81
/ McRnc Telfair county. and Mr. J. ".
/ Hunt iheu OF Dubois Dodge county. but
since retired and living az Pllinheld y.
I j. The section they worked was locas-
/ "a on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
I Much the same transportation dlsndvant-
ages existed about that lime as On the
other states Mr. Hunt. by the way. a.
largely interested in the Peacock-Huni-
West Naval Stores Company. and Mr..
Parker the Ell.s-Young Company Of sa-
| vanuah. Another prominent naval stores
man. who may be classcd with the plon-
| GERS. is Mr. w G. Powell. president Of
I the Southern Naval Stores Company, who
started in business thirty years ago In
The old North State. and moved forward
! 10 the path Of progress. coming 10 Geor-
I gia Ia 1875 and becoming actively engaged
I ia business az BaNley. Ca. ia 1876 being
/ az McRae In is77, Eastman issl and 10
I Savannah same year. returning 90 North
l Carolina three years later, then back 20
Y Savannah. IN is9O
Part the Railroads Played.
Railroad development was fast coming
I 20 the front about 1877 ia the naval stores
I country OF Georgia. Ia response 20 she
/ demand for quicker and better trnnsp0r-
saiion The principal roads in the pro
/ ducing hclt then were the Central Of
/ Georgia. with less extensive lines than
I It's present magnificent system embraces
/ the Savannah. Florida and Western. and
I the Brunswick and Albany. the latter
being built about chat year. and penetrat-
l ing rich scope Of swamp pine country
/ After the industry got under good
Roadway in Georgia. the movement South
| continued. and Florida was next 10 re-
/ ceivc attention from farmers Operations
were carried on Ia Florida as FAR back
as is7i-2. along che S. Marys river. where
| 4 was convenient TO ship North by sail
I ing vessels A. in the ease OF other
l states operations were confined 10 the
/ sections bordering on navigahle streams.
which offered the quicker and cheaper
/ transportation az chat time Florida
promptly drifed into the tide OF prog
ress hy the helm Of railroad promoters
/ and builders and hy the extensive lines
| cd 20 operators a golden chance 60 work
les vast domains Of rich forrest Even
| with the great work already dome IN the
! state The slight reduction On les forests
| stan causes the trade 60 regard % the vir-
/ gin iurpcntinc country. The Florida
I crop for the year ending March. isea. OF
/ y s8l casks OF turpeutiuo. and 20 ga bar
I rcis OF rosln as shown by the years re-
ceipts ne Jacksonville. Pensacola and
/ Carrabolle. may bee regarded the opeuing
wedge 20 the vast wealth within ifs Dor
/ ders. Jacksonville sent 2i.004 casks Of
spirits and 81 $40 barrels OF roslu 20 New
/ York during the season Of is9o-lsoo
The substitution Of Fiorida's haieaus
and schooners Tor quick railway service
and steamship connections with an prin-
| clpal ports gave the industry an entirely
new impetus. - that now the ring Of the
woodlands nx sounds westward through
Alabama, Mississippi. and the eastern
sections OF Louisiana. Fifteen years ago
7 and less operations "a Alabama were or
a small scale. Her pine forests. principal
| IS la the southern part Of the state. were
practically untouched. except along some
Of the navigable streams During the
past FIVE years rapid strides have been
made in all directions. Last seasons crop.
as shown by Che receipts az Mobile. was
1854 casks OF spirits and 1885 barrels
Of rosin.
A. In the other states Alabama's great
commercial highways are contributing 10
this progress. Her ports are being deep
ened and opened 20 the commerce OF the
world The trade there are mauifesting an
Independence hy making connections with
consumers anc shipping direct. thereby
/ giving the ports affected the benefit OF
present business ana that which remains
I On store scr The future for them. More
virgin lands have been bought Dy promo
tcrs aud lsased to operators Ia Alabama
during the past year than in any other
naval stores state. Capitalists have heen
attracted 70 the greet wealth which exists
/ IN the pine forests OF the South. and the
| fact they are putting their money into
/ these lands discounts the theory that the
days 81 the Industry are numbered and
that a few wears more viii find the pine
10 only for the sawmli. The transfer of
these lands 60 energetic capitalists shows
/ what ls 10 store Tor Alabama IN the shape
I Of naval stores development
standard OiI a. Factor.
! A glance az what has been accomplish
ed by the naval stores trade during the
I past year. and the evolutlons through
which q has passed. would be- incomplete
I without reference to the operations OF the
Standard OF Company. which has come 20
l b. powerful factor in the Interior dts
4 trlbution OF spirits turpentine. The stand
/ ara does not compete with the factor az
the port who does an entirely foreign bus
| mess. The managers OF this corporation
/ saw some years ago a profitable field iu
I Distributing furpcutinc 90 the trade. and
I began its work hy buying at the ports ana
! storing its stock az convenient points Tor
Z distribution. u later contracted 60 take
I the receipts OF factors at Gulf ports but
after getting 81 forces thoroughiy drilled
took another sep. aud now buys direct
/ from the stiil. conveying iis stuff iu tank
I cars 60 the storing ccnters. thereby saving
l greatly 90 the cost 81 trtnsportaton 1ud
I handling while domestic buyers control
I some 81 the business. the standard. OF
I course. has thc lions share At %.
q seems sinruiar. set nevertheless true.
I that invenilon has contributed very little
( 90 the progress oi the naval stores Indus
1 try. After the farmer learned 20 distil
I lu tho early wears. there apparently re-
I manned nothing f0r him 90 30 but work
The same farm appliances. the same gem
I eral methods of harding and the same
way % gathering the product remain.
No lightning chipping machine 60 "hiced''
the tree has vet taken the place Of the
/ lime houored darby. The fact h. 10 prnof
| against feverF. the burning sun. ana other
/ hardship OF the work fortines him as no
/ labor union could against The intrusion OF
4 foreigners into his buziness Nsi her do
I rattlesnakes have ans horror for the av-
4 eragc turpenine negro. and thls alone