The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-15
Providing This City Will Es-
tablish Cotton Commits
sion Business.
w. G. TURNER, SPECIAL AGENT
OF THE ATLANTIC COMPRESS
COMPANY, MAKES REPORT OF
RESULT OF HIS INVESTIGA-
TIoNs IN TRADE TERRITORY.

w. G. Turner, special agent Of the
Atlantic Compress Co., returned 10
Pensacola yesterday morning from
trip covering every cotton buying
point in the territory contiguous to
Pensacola, and held another confer
ence with the bankers and cotton
merchants of the city at the Chamber
of Commerce at 1870 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
Mr.. Turner submitted the following
report of his trip which was received
with great interest by the gentlemen
present:
They Like Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, May 14th, 1907.
Mr. Chairman.
Dear Sir: AS a result of a partial
canvass of the territory contiguous to
Pensacola would report as follows:
Have visited II main cotton ship
ping points on the FlOmaton, Pensa-
cola and River Junction division Oh
the l.. & N Railroad and personally
interviewed sc merchants handling
cotton representing about 1900 bales.
These merchants with three excep-
tions, expressed a decided desire to
do thir cotton business with Pensa-
cola if Pensacola viii establish a
cotton commission business.
AS it now stands a large number
of bales of cotton pays the extra
freight charges and finds it's way to
Mobile and New Orleans.
We find on the Georgiana and
Graceville division of the L. & n.
Railroad, main points with 2S mer-
chants representing $4,000 bales of
cotton with freight rates favOring
Pensacola as a market, stating that
they would prefer to ship to Pensacola.
but there are no cotton factors to
look after their interest
We find on the main line of the
L. & N Railroad where rates are
mainly on an equality with Mobile,
points with 20 merchants represent
ing 33,500 bales that can be reached
after and probably secured.
We find on the Selma division, 4
points win IL merchants represent
ing 10000 bales of cotton all express
ing a preference to Pensacola, pro-
vided she will establish a cotton COM
mission feature in her present large
commercial enterprises.
The above only represents the
main shipping points while thousands
upon thousands of bales are shipped
direct to commission merchants by
farmers and interior merchants off of
the l.. & y. Railroad and represents
the expressions of % points and 95
merchants, representing $4,000 bales
of cotton.
The Atlantic Compress Company
will gladly furnish the names and ad-
dresses of all of the merchants visited
to any desiring to investigate the sub
ject or who contemplate embarking
in the cotton factorage and commits
sion business.
Respectfully submitted,
Yours very truly,
ATLANTIC COMPRESS CO.,
Per w. G. Turner, Special Agent.
Pensacola Will Have Facilities.
Plans were discussed looking TO
the establishment of a cotton factor
age syndicate in Pensacola for
handling the crop of next season.
Necessarily these plans are as yet in
embryo, but it can be stated authOri-
tatively that before the crop of 1907
is ready to market Pensacola will
possess every facility necessary to
place it on an equal footing with any
other cotton concentrating point in
the south.
Cotton Acreage Increasing.
The cotton acreage contiguous to
Pensacola is being largely increased
every year by the influx into this ter
ritory Of planters from the worn out
lands of Georgia, Alabama, the Caro-
hnas and other sections. In other
words, the plow is following the axe,
and where the pine forests of Escam-
bia, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washing