Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-22
TURPENTINE FOLK
WILL PRACTICE
ECONOMY
RIGID ECONOMY WILL NOW BE
SCHEDULE IN THE MAKING OF
TURPENTlNE FROM FOR
EsTs OF. THE SOUTH.
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BALTIMORE. Nd. Sept. 1s.-When Dr.
Charles II. Herty. who has been CONDUCT
ing under the auspices Of the national de-
partment OF agriculture experiments in
the turpentine forests " the south an
nounced 70 the Turpentihe Operators as
ISOLATION that a comparatively simple
change in the methods OF handling the
trees would have added millions OF dollars
during the past year to the earnings Of
the operators. he gave decided impetus
to the movement toward greater econom-
les in the handling for commercial pur-
poses or the natural products of the south.
The most marked manifestation in that
direction, perhaps. has been in the case OF
cotton seed. fifty years ago practically a
waste product. but now gradually ap-
preaching in the markets the value Of the
cotton fibre. But in numbering and in
mining. as well as in divers manufacturing
industries more and more attention is be-
ing given, not only TO deriving the best
results from the main product, but to con-
verting former wastes into valuable by
products. In this respect the south enjoys
the practical results Of experiences in
other parts Of the country not as richly
endowed as IL with the raw material for
industry. What necessity has induced
elsewhere the south is adopting as a
strictly business proposition. At the same
time IL is pushing the development of it's
many resources OF timber. COAL iron and
other minerals, and Is steadily opening up
new fields. For example, the Manufacture
ers' Record publishes this week a state
ment from President ]. p. Pelham, of the
Dothan. Hartford and Florida Railway
company. that the company has just Sc
cured nearly 100000 acres of timber land
from the board OF the internal fund of the
state of Floriea an. that with this pledge
of lands the company will be able to COM
plete it's lines in the near future. Mr..
Pelham adds:-
This land is to be decided by the board
in sections OF FIVE miles-that is to say,
when the company cross ties and irons
FIVE miIes y. the road the board will deed
It fifty thousand acres Of this land and so
on. for each succeeding five miles. The
company's line extends 100 miles through
the state OF Florida and Il hopes to have
the road completed In the near future.
This land upon which agricultural pro-
ducts OF all descriptions do. we'll can be
sold at 800 an acre and when the timber
is removed from IT IL will become an agri-
cultural district"
Somewhat similar development IS ex-
pected from the construction OF the Ten
nessee. Georgia and South Carolina rail-
road which is to traverse a country con-
tanning gold. copper. mica. asbestos. iron.
manganese. marble, tale, soapstone
graphite, kaolin and ochre. Mr.. c. G..
Baugh. OF Mineral Bluff. Ca. a surveyor
and one OF the incorporators OF the road,
writes:
The proposed railroad is sure to be
built by Chicago capital within two years.
Then IL " I be completed from Charleston.
Tenn. TO Anderson. S. c.. by way of
Ducktown. Tenn, Blairsville, Mineral
Bluff. Hiawassee and Clayton. Ca, and
Walhalla, S. c. The road will be 800 miles
long and will run through the best unde-
veloped timber and mineral country in the
SOUTH"