The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-05

INTERESTING
TESTIMONY IN CASE OF AMERI-
CAN NAVAL STORES co. SHOWS
Regarding OF RosIN.

The trial of officers of the American
| Naval Stores Company in the United
\ States court for alleged violation of
/ me Sherman antitrust act proceeded
rapidly today, says a special from
= Savannah.
Thomas Purse, secretary of the Sa-
Vannah Board of Trade, testified as
/ 10 the receipts Of naval stores at Sa-
/ Vannah. NJ. A. Brown, supervising
I naval stores inspector for Florida,
I was recalled and testified as 10 the
/ Florida. receipts. J. r. Parker of
| Jacksonville, Fla, an inspector, testi-
| fed as to the method of grading rOsin
| and IN response to a question from
the government attorney, said it
would be impossible to grade them at
night. The question was thought to
bear upon some point the government
Will bring out later in the trial.
N T. Graves of Philadelphia, who
| is in the varnish business, gave tes-
timony as to the business methods of
the Philadelphia branch of the Amer
lean Naval Stores Company which
was in effect that he was quoted a
price on which supplies could be
bought, but when the company found
he could not get resins anywhere
else, the quoted price was materially
raised. He was examined at length
by the attorneys for the defense re-
gaTding the ethics of the business.
w. R. Post of Detroit, Mich, also
was called to testify.
Evidence intended to show that
rosin which was shipped by the
American Naval Stores Company to
soap and varnish manufacturers had
been upgraded and that an apparatus
designed to heat naval stores in the
Jacksonville, Fla, yards had been eX-
perimented with, its object being to
increase the volume of spirits by ex
pansion, was offered by the prosecu-
ton. c. A. Hoyt. an electrician of
Jacksonville, was asked about the ap-
paratus and stated that he constructed
such an apparatus for Carl MOller and
he understood that it was experiment.
ed with in a fifty-five gallon turpen-
tine tank. Further than this, how
ever, the government was unable to
gS.
Mr.. Post, who was on the stand
during the morning session, stated
that almost invariably the barrels of
rosin which his company received
from the American Naval Stores Com
pany we're remarked, that swhile he
was not an expert at inspecting roSin,
he had borrowed a set of types of
rosin and did not believe that what
he obtained was up to the standard
of what he had ordered. However,
his personal inspections covered but
small per cent of the entire number
of barrels of Tosin he received
G. A. SeTcomb, laundry soap manu-
facturer of Milwaukee, declared he
didn't get the grades Of rosin he or
dered and paid for" from the defend |
ant company. He brought samples
Of the rosin he received to Savannah
to be analysed by government ex-
perts. During the session, Judge
Sheppard, who is presiding. ordered
Charles J. DeLoach, one of the de-
PENDANTS and secretary of the Ameri-
can Naval Stores Company, to move
his seat. stating that he had noticed
him shaking his head or nodding
vigorously at times while Mr.. Hoyt
was on the stand. Mr. DeLoach |
stated that he must have done so
Unconsciously, and the court at the
close of the discussion the incident
caused, stated that he did not intend |
to say Mr.. DeLOach was conscious of |
what he was doing.