The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-14
Mobile Register.

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 The derams of the most avaricious mis- CT never compassed anything so wonder ful Tor bringing flow of gold as the yell low pine forests of few Southern States. The millmen have denuded millions of acres of forests-and the stumps and old dead limbs are worth even more than was the lumber from the great tree. Sci- ence has made possible the utilization of every particle of the pine tree to the ben eft of mankind. There are not many chemical works where the different oils extracted from fiat" pine by the retort process. but those in the business are simply coining tremendous fortunes, and with a future that looks almost into in- tinity. A cord of pine knots, stumps, etc, which Is the material used, costs, deliv- cred at the works, g. 25, the cost of man. tai of $50 per cord. After the sale of all the products of this wood the manu- facturer has in his safe, from each cord. the sum of $33 .69, this being the very low water mark. when the market Is at its worst.
 There are several parties in this sec- tion now securing lands on which the timber has been cut, but where the thickest. They intend putting in cheni cal works and extracting some of the gold found In pine Among them are two men from Chica go-but they are on en- tlrely separate missions, and neither knows of the presence here of the other. MT. J. Frank Dye Is down in the Bay Minette territory. and Mir. George Thom- son is out from Mobile. as well as over in Baldwin County, across the bay. Both are representing moneyed men who wish to install an enterprise similar to that on the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City Railway, within a couple of miles of Mo bile, the Southern on and Chemical Com pany. They are trying to get large tracts in contiguous territory, and are ready to pay spot cash for all they can get. If they can make contracts for all the the land, so much the better, but if not they will purchase the whole thing.
 E The possibilities in this line are very Harge though the territory is limited to predomlnates. One thing that is detri- mental to the industry, to the lumber ing interests, and to the welfare of all the people, 1t Is claimed, is that men are pentine. No tree. so those assert who ought to know, should be boxed under twelve inches, while the truth Is that many are boxing trees but half that size. This has a new tendency in every way, as It stunts the growth to a certain ex- tent and thus makes poorer timber, IL Is dangerous because of fires destroying whole forests. and 1t is not necessary. when there are millions of acres where the fat pine, stumps. limbs. etc, will fur nish more and better turpentine, ana many other valuable products. ana the cost of installing chemical plant IS not so mucn more tndl tldl VI PueeA'9 ",i " turpentine still. Estimates carefully worked out from the actual daily eXperl- ence in several of the big chemical works of the country. show that the average cord of wood will produce:
 From first extraction, 26 gallons or turpentine. os oil.
 From third extraction sS gallons of oil ''
 From the two last extractions are se- cured twenty by-products. all of consid- erable value, and some of them very nec- essary to he commerce of the world, as creosote, with which piling is made inn previous to the ravages of the teredo. Then, too, the wood is valuable itself. each cord making forty bushesl of char coal. worth l2 cents bushel. The value of all the products of the fat pine, as stated before. exceeds $SS cord: That makes a profit of nearly $S0 cord!
 Mir. w. l.. Henderson, agent of the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway, was approached by a Register reporter the other day and he was willing to give what he knew about this business that he believes is dstined to revolutilnize the South though he could sum 1t all up in one sentence: Tt is the most attractive business that l know of" He had looked into the mat ter and was of opinion that the instala- vert to the general good Tn that it would tend to lessen the number of turpentine plants. the new method being much more economical and attractive than the old. We must care for our growing for ests." said Mir. Henderson, because un- less we do there will be nothing for the independent mills in ten years from now