Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-25

Year Turpentine Rosin.
1900 ....... SI4.960.2Sj $ 5.l29.26s
1895 ........ I5.1lO,4s9 S.725.Gig
1907 ....... IS.2s3.3O9 l7.3l7.O59
1905 ...... I4.1l2.377 17.7S3.5O9
ROsin finds increasing use I'm many
Industries. The finest grades. which
are valued according to their degree
OF elearness. are used In the manufac-
ture OF soaps. fine varnish and for
"sizing" IN the manufacture Of paper
The medium qualities are mostly con-
sumed in making yellow soap. as a
fiux for solder. as a constituent OF
sealing wax. with tallOw for common
candles. and in pharmacy. The low
est qualities Of rosin are used for
pitch in ship and boat building. for
brewers pitch in sealing the heads
and slaves OF barrels which hold
liquids. and for the distillatiOn OF rOsin
oil which enters into the manufac-
ture Of lubricating materials. With
these varied and eveT-increasing uses
Il Is easy TO see how the annual con-
sumption Of rosin last year amounted
to more than 4.25O.JOO barrels. valued
at nearly S1S.OOO.OOc.
The great decline in the prices re-
ceiyed for tuTpentine I'm 1905. while
the prices for rOsin were ranging more
IN Conformity wi;h tho.e % tie prc
ceding year. Las much 90 DO with this
condition. but there are other causes
which combine to lend interest to this
climax In the general trend OF ad-
vancement I'm the value and import
.ance Of this product OF the naval
stores industry.
That the general improvement in
the grades or rosin, produced by a
more general use OF improved methods
u turpentining. Is responsible TO an
appreciable extent for the increase IN
the value OF the entire rosin output
Is unquestioned. according 20 men IA
miliar with the trade. Another cause
for this condition Is the constantly in. |
creasing demand for rosin. and espe-
cially the paler and more valuable
grades both I'm this and In foreign
countries.
Some Of those az present engaged in |
the manufacture OF naval stores re-
member the time when they found o. |
Improbable 90 preserve the residue
II the turpoutinc stll r0s.n 4 faw
years preceding the Civil War there
were few uses Ter rosin aud only a
slight demand. barring that period
rOsin was permitted 90 accumulate
with other discarded and Nalueless
refuse about the tUrp,utiEe ill., b..
gradually has the doMau! for .....
increased and year By year IL has
been climbing higher in the scale Of
value and importance. until IL has sue
Ceeded In passing turpentine. the
heretofore vastly more valuable and
more important product OF the naval
stores farm.
The position which rosin has assum.
ed In the naval stores markets argues
well for increasing the use Of con
sentative methods which have result
cd 20 such a great extent In increas-
ing the value OF the rosin by produc
ing palor grades. No agency has been
more potent and none can bee used 20
greater advantage IN AN effort "a en-.
courage conservative tuTpDutiuiug than
the kuoWdolgr that pllor and more
valuable grades of rosiu D. on" OF the
most pronounced results following it-
use.
NoW that naval stores operators
realize that ro-iu is uo luur.r tp hr
cla-soi as secondary and inferior
product of thc sin aud aunrrc.at. thr
growing necessity for imrrosius tho
sradc trade author.t.,- Say there
should De- "a decided increase Boo tho
u-r of the cup and gutter or the cup
and apron system for extracting the
resin from the trees