The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-09
TO FIGHT COMBINE
NAVAL STORES MEN
 MAY ORGANIZE.
It Is Proposed To Perfect a e1,0oo,o0 Company to. Control Turpentfne
 and Resin Market At


 Pensacola. Fla. August s.--tSpeciai0 The organization Of a si.00o.o00. na- val stores company to light the Amer ican Naval Stores Company. commonly known as the Shotter trust Is now demanding the attention of naval stores dealers and operators In Pen- sacola, as well as business men.
 Tomorrow a committee composed of leading factors will arrive in Pensa- cola for the purpose of meeting with those interested in the business In this city, of whom there are number of the most prominent citizens.
 The proposition which the naval stores operators and factors propose Is to organize company with suf- ficient capital to hold spirits QSl rosin until the market advances from It's present condition and then son only a suftlcient quantity at times when 1t is necessary and to keep the market on q basis of profit for the producer and still not bull 1t to such an extent as to make out of all comparison to actual values.
 For months past turpentins has been sold at q loss of six cents per gallon by producers, while rosin has been sold at corresponding loss, and as the market continues to decline 1t has become necessary for some action upon the part of operators and factors to save themselves.
 According to local factors the only salvation Is to organise 6 company with capital equal or greater than the American Naval Stores Company, not sell any of the product to that con- cern and thereby wrench from 1t the control of the market. whether or not thfs can be done remains to be seen, but there Is no doubt but that there will be the liveliest war ever ragged in the naval stores industry in Florida within the next few months.
 Boy Suffers Snakes Bite.
 Bitten by what Is supposed to have been a mocassIn snake, or one resefi- bling that species. little Ernest Mar chetti. residing on West Government street. lies in a critical condition and the outcome is doubtful.
 The boy, who is only about seven years of age. left the yard of his par eTits last night and entered a marsh in the rear of the home. While play ing in q stream of water a snake struck him near the ankle. breaking the skin and drawing the blood. Then he became frightened and returning home told his parents of what had oc- cured, and remedies were applied, but the swelling in the leg increased and finally a physician was summoned.
 By this time the blood had spread through the body and the boy is con- sidered in critical condition.
 Work en sea Wan.
 The work Of constructing the irn- mense sea wall which is to surround Fort Pickens and protect that forti- ficAtion from storms in the future Is to commence Monday norning by the Birminghan1. firm. which was awarded the contract. The wall is to be con. structed of cement and stone and with the exception of about one hundred yards south of the fort is to make a complete circle of the place.
 The contract calls for an expendi- ture of $3s0, 900. and twelve months is allowed in which to complete the im- nnense task.
 Ben Commons. of New Orleans a member of the general board of the Anaigamated Association of Street Railway Emp1oyes. Is in the city, and will probably remain for several days.
 He was the leader of the striking employees when there was much dis order and rfoting several months ago. but announced upon his arrival here that his sole object in Pensacola is to look after the defense of three former members who are to be tried at an early date on the charge of burning the Big Bayou trestle of the Pensacola Electric Company during the strike.