The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-09
Report Of the Meeting Of 7ulpentine
Operators Association, Wednesday,
December +, 1905
BY III n. II. SLIDER; Of The Sun Staff.
A. Il. SfLber; Of The Sun Staff.
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w"AOh 40 iOOuBhhNcu db DHOCtcTS organ,
just as the Industrial Record of this
city Is recognized as Coachman's or.
gan; has printed many sensational
stories about the situation, and INDUCED
In severe criticism of Mr.. Coachman.
These stories and criticisms must be ia
ken with due allowance for the inspira.
tion behind them.
g. Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 7, 1905.
Should the turpentine operators-those
men OF the woods who "wrench out of
forest solitudes commodity for the
marts of the wOrld"-follOw the advice
REDUCE THE OUTPUT" which was
handed out and hammered into them
yesterday, then large factor in the
progress OF Jacksonville will be elimi-
mated.
For, be it remembered, it was said yes.
terday by one of the speakers, who
should be an authority, That the ere
markable advancement and unbounded
prosperity of Jacksonville for the past
five years" was owing largely to the
turpentine industry.
And then came the startling propo-
sition that this intimate relationship
to our city and its progress" should be
stopped awhile.
While it does not seem possible for
one speaker to say in glowing express
sions that certain industry is q good
thing for city's welfare and develop
ment and then have other highly en-
thusiastic speakers say stop pushing
along that good thing, yet that was what
was done yesterday at the first days
deliberations of the Turpentine Opera
tors convention, when assembled at their
fifth annual meeting in the auditorium
of the Jacksonville Board of Trade.
Truly it was day of contraries.
Hon. George w. Wilson's speech of the
morning session was somewhat pune
e tured in the afternoon by President A.
ID. COvington's views on the absolute
necessity of a reduction of the output
and these views, az well as those of a
few Others along the same line, were
again offset by one little remark made
by Professor Herty to the effect that he
was of the opinion that the world 1.-THE
consumers market) wanted naval stores
products JUST AS MUCH AS EVER.
There was diminished attendance
Mt the afternoon session as compared
with that in the morning and the only
enthusiasm evidenced was the custom.
airy tribute paid man when he finishes
reading his paper or speaks his Speech"
When the chair called for remarks
there was a palpable slump in the mar
ket OF spirits, the real spirits of the
human makeup, for the operators had
been rendered speechless.
There were several calls by the chair
to the effect of Speak up boys, speak
up" but not one responded. The "boys"
felt dumpy. They had been told to quit
producing naval stores for the market
because If they did not there was ter.
rible day near at hand.
No wonder whatever ardor and en-
thusiasm the operators had brought with
them was not only dampened but gone.
The seconds that passed after President
Covington's requests for swords of en-
enlargement and advice" were heavy
beats of time.
And why should they not have been :
Think of turpentine operators work.
ing their acres of trees for all they
were worth and shipping unto "THE |
LINK IN THE GOLDEN CHAM
that's the Naval Stores Export Com
pany--as fast as they could all products
which were taken at fine prices, until
the turpentine operator must have felt
his day had come to stay and that the
golden harvest without end was his.
Think of what visions the operator had,
how bright and glorious and multimil.
liOnaire favored the future looked.
AND THEN THINK OF THIS:
THOU SHALT NOT PUT MORE MA
VAL STORES UPON THE MARKET!
II was worse than the blow that (