The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-21
WOOD SPIRITS BY
A NEW PROCESS
MARKETABLE ARTICLE MADE.
IN ADDITION TO TURPENTINE 20
OTHER PRODUCTS sECI RED.

OTHER PRODUCTS SECURED.
Prices varying from zoe 10 - "A
GaIIon-Turpentfne sold at sc "A
Gallon Less Than Savannah Prices
for Pure spirits-Supply Not Equal
10 Dema nd-Market Chiefly in
West and Northwest-Pine Prod
ucts Secured by Processes Owned
by }. {. and J. J. MallOnee.
That there are processes by which
turpentine and the by-products Of the
dead pine lightwood. stumps, limbs.
etc, can be extracted and in condition
to command a good price In the market,
and in quantities sufficient 10 make the
manufacture Of the products financial
ly profitable, is the contention Of Mr..
J. J. Mallonee, who, with his father,
Mr.. ]. c. Mallonee. owns patents and
processes that are now IN use for he
extraction Of the various oils and tur-
pentine from the dead pine.
One OF these plants, the Southern Oil
and Chemical Company. is located near
Mobile, and another, newer and larger.
the American Oil and Chemical Compa-
ny, at Gainesville, Fla. The first of
these has been in operation for four
years. and the second about a year.
They produce each some twenty-seven
distinct products. all from the pine
wood. and for each Of these products,
MIR. Mallonee says. there is a market
in which the demand is constantly in
creasing. The demand for the turpen-
tine is much greater than the supply.
Turpentine "a By-Produet.
It has generally been considered by
others who have investigated the sub
Ject OF securing the products OF the
pine by distillati0n of any sort that
turpentine was the most valuable pro-
duct, and. therefore, they have made
special efforts 10 secure a salable quail
ity Of that article, but in the Mallonee
process, turpentine is treated as a by
product, many of the various other
products ranking ahead Of spirits in
the plan Of manufacture. Not all OF
the products are Of equal value, as
might be readily understood but they
bring prices ranging from zoe gal
lon 10 81 90 a gallon.
AAN EAEaAEL VhAA Oh the AuTUEUAlnE
used is in the paint and varnish trade
and at present the chief market for
IT is found IN the West and North
west, where Il is sold direct to con-
sumers, though no small quantity is
sold in Philadelphia, and part is ex-
ported. Some Of the uses to which
some Of the products are put is that
OF plant and tree sprays. gerni-
cides and disinfectants. Tar and some
of the other products are sold most
~ in the south and the West.
Two Temperatures Used.
The method that Mr. Mallonee uses
for turpentine is treating the wood
with a moist heat at low Temperature
until the turpentiue Is secured. then
using higher temperature. practically
the destructive process. until every
other product has been secured and the
wood reduced to a charcoal. The tur-
pentine ls taken off separately from
the retOrts and is not mixed with the
heavy phenOles. BY a further process
Of refining the essential oils are sep
arated from H.
The tuTpentfne secured by these pro-
cesses 8s said TO be water white. and
chemically pure. It's specific gravity u
s5iz TO ssiz. II contains only a slight
ooor, which Is an agreed bic one though
somewhat different from that Of the
gum turpentine- The other products
are Of various colOrs and GRANTEES
and for different uses.
Production of a Cord of wood.
BY the process used Mr.. Malionee
says that he is able TO secure from
the average cord Of wood, $50 gallons
Of pyFOligneoGE acid, from which ace
tate Of lime and wood alcohol are
made; 100 gallons Of various oils, and
% 10 IS gallons Of spirits of turpen-
tine. The turpentine is selling. he says
al cents q gallon below the Savan-
nah quotations for pure gum spirits,
and At this price he is unable to sup
ply the demand.
Both MT. Mallonee and his father
have been interested IN the chemical
production of turpentine and essential
oils Of the dead pine since 1882, when
they started their experiments in
Charleston. Both are convinced that
spirits Of turpentine prepared by
means Of the retort and their refinery
are destined in time to be as market
able as the article now secured direct
~ from the living pine. though the
spirits as they are now made by pro-
cesses in operation, both the steam
process and the destructive process.
viii never meet the requirement of the
trade as they have not been properly
refined.
No Business for Factor.
Mr.. Mallonee was much interested in
the suggestion that the business should
be handled by factors. and at such a
port as Savannah. This, in the pres
ent condition Of the industry, woula be
impossible, he says, for the reason that
the factor would be called ON to handle
every possible grade, both as to color
and quality, as there is now no uni
fornity OF manufacture whatever
The great majority II the plants now
manufacturing pine products are, in
the opinion of Mr.. Mallonee, crude and
cannot make goods satisfactory to the
trade, besides, only a small proportion
of the turpentine contained in the wood
is secured. The value of such product
can be increased. however. by distil-
lation, and IT is the opinion of Mr.. NAL
Ionee that large refineries should be
erected. preferably at the ports, for
the refining Of the crude product, and
for making il of uniform grade The
Mallonee processes and patents cover
the making OF the crude oil and refin-
ing, deodorizing. and making uniform
the various grades.
or LABOR OFFICERS.