The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-17
Naval Stores.

SAVANNAH. Oct. 6.-tSpeciall-The last of the four huge turpentine tanks for the Ma
 peted rie at the seaboaId Air Line terminals during the week. This completes the system
 of tanks protected. and places the company in readiness to take of any cOnsignments given to 1t. With the present facilities the
 handing of turpentine at this, port will be entirely changed, and especially so far as the loading of foreign steamers goes. By | means of pipe lines from the storage tanks to the wharves. vessels may be loaded many | times quicker than formerly, and at a great saving of wharfage and other charges. Then, too, all shipments here on consignmen, to | the tank company means the immediate emp tying of barrels and their return to the pro- | ducers for further use. whereas formerly these casks were exposed to the weather. and also caused considerable loss to owners by leakage. The tanks at the Plant System wharves have now filled with spirits, which belongs to the company, and it is part of the stun taken some time ago in their efforts to support the be surplus supplies. Up to the present 1t is not understood that any outside consignments have been received Adjoining the railroad within a few hundred feet of these tanks is receiving shed where the spirits is emptied into a receiving tank and from there forced by a duplex pump into the tanks. The empties are then reloaded into cars and shipped back to the country, in case of consignments, and sold when the company owns the spirits, as at present.
 The market the past week has ruled very firm, with the tendency upward and strong the statistical position. Supply and de- mand caused the rise, however, and not the work of the association Of operators Wnich mapped out a plan for its operations at Jack sonville recently. Speaking of this meeting ar operator says:
 .'I have been watching with interest the proceedings of the meetings recently held by operators at Jacksonville. But, from my point of view. they have so far failed to accom- plish anything toward the betterment of the situ3aon, The labor question is today the most stubborn one that confronts the opera tors. and when they get that thoroughly under When an operator is short of hands these days he does not follow the old plan of recruiting his hands from North Car olina, or other place where the ter North Carolina. other place where the ter ritory has been worked up but just steps out and quietly gets force from his neighoor s sent. And the old game goes one. In many cases the laborer owes his employer ahd is glad of the chance to leave and start new sheet Therefore. if every operator will put himself under .ooo bond not to entice his neighbor's hands away unless they furnish an not indebted to their employer this shifting of hands will be stopped.
 From Orlando. Fla. comes reports of riots among turpentine hands. The woods rider on a farm incurred the i'll will of the hands on a farm there and when they began drinking trouble ensued Weapons were produced by them and then the whites called out the Sheriff and his posse, who soon restored order. Officers ran the dsorderlies from the camp, and others will take their places
 wILMINGTON-Turpenti steady. 54l4q35;
 Rosin firm, soas5 receipts l4e;
 Crude turpentine firm, ! .ooa so; receipts
 Tar firm. 80; receipts II3.
 LEsToN-Turpentlne nothing doing.
 Rosin firm. unchanged
 AVANNAH-Turpentine firm, 35lz; receipts LIPS: sales 9eS; exports none.
 Roain firm; receipts 3,l7S; sales 2, 464; ex- l ports none.