The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-01-08


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Tue United states government has
fof the past i've months been making
Investigations " the timber supply ~
u IL related W the naval stores W /
duatfy NJ the Southern states A
special appropriation was made by
the last Congress 10 carry On THIS
work. FOR some time those interested
IN the tufpcntine Industry have felt
The need NJ accurate data regarding
the supply " timber still available
Tor The production " tufpentIhe
The degree ~ lnjury sustained by The
long leaf yellow pine during the pro
cess Of bleeding for resin has always
been a subject of contention between
| the lumbcfmen on one hand, and The
turpentine operators on the other,
and special effort was made To as'
certain reliable facts bearing upon
this phase OF the investigations sta
tistlcs Of production are also 10 pro-
cess OF compilation. The present
methods of obtaining resin from the
trees aud especially the extent OF use
and the practicabiity of the new cup
system Of collecting gum have come
under careful study. In order that
the best possible results might be ob
tanned all parts Of the naval stores
producing region were visited; the
best informed operators were inter
viewed aud observations were made
In regions Of varying conditions. TIT
data collected in the turpentipe In
vestigation are now being brought to
: gether, in a report which will later b'
, published. Some OF the point
!; brought out are as follows
The new cup systems OF gathering
t the gum, whereby the injurious hol
I or 'box" cut 10 the tree to catch th'
gum has been replaced by a cup hun
Ion the tree, have generally prove
G both practical and profitable, and ar
Everywhere gaining 10 favor.
AS compared with the old and eS
u ceedingly injurious "box" systei
these new methods unquestionabl
Lessen the injury done TO the timbt
and lengthen the average life OF I'll
,e tree after bleeding. This increase
t. efficiency is due to the fact that IT
y cup system renders the tree less su
ceptible to damage by subsequer
Or fires.
s, The United States Forest Servit
ID men who made the investigate
,e found the field OF the turpentine o
8. orator lis moving westward. AS 81
" available timber In the older section
10 OF the Eastern States becomes e
n, hausted, the operator moves furth
ne west 10 search OF new fields.
to Finally, the available supply OF tn
es pentine timber IN the United Stat
Is likely to be exhausted within Il
next fifteen years to the extent th'
or the turpentine industry as related
or the production from living trees WI
ID be seriously curtailed, while lari
a falling OF OF production will probab
10 occur within ten years, This co
TO- dition will be surprise TO many wi
% have held that large areas OF fine PHI
'er timber 10 the States OF Mississippi
w Louisiana and Texas will come und
H. production and thus tend to offs
ma the falling of in the east. 1t has be
found, however, that the conditio
differ In these States as the timb'
lands are held in bodies OF consid'
able extent by large companies "
will not allow their timber to be bic
Their experience In tnrpentini
m. leads them to the view that the da
,or age done to the timber more than Il
lat sets the additional revenue and b
In caused them to become antagonis
tn to any advance looking toward t
"a tapping Of their timber. For Il
ny reason the naval stores Industry "
~ probably never become the factor
a these States that II has on the Atl'
~. The FOREST SERVICE