The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-24
In Value as Naval Stores
and is Constantly
Growing.


AsHlNGTotN. b. G., April 2
For Tie first time in the history Of
the naval stores industry, the pro-
daction 81 rosin IN the United States
dafing sos led turpentine IN value
Since NE Introduction of finproy-i
ga methods Of handing the great
yellow pine forests % The southern
states the comparative value Of rosin.
has advanced by leaps and bounds.
In Z 800 the value OF turnentine ex-
eeeded the value OF the rosln pro-.
dnctton BY more than S. 100000
and in 1905 by nearly 100000
BY 1899 the value of the output OF!
the secondary product advanced CO.
the point Swhereit was less than ST.
100000 under the value OF sturpen-
tine and last year. its yaiue Jumped
to first place in the naval stores
output where It was ss.5O0.000 over
the value of the turpentine product
ion: The following figures give a
graphic idea of the rise OF the pro-
duct in valne:
Year Turpentine Rosin
1900 :.s14.s6O,2s5 IS &. i2s.2 sS
1906 50. IL. 100 4ss &, liz 8 ,26$
1907 1s.2ss,s oa II, s17 .O5s
1903 -. IA .112ss7i1 III, ,7ss, 500
sRosin finds increasing use in many
industries. The finest grades, which
are valued according to their degree
of clearness, are used in, the man.
ufacture of soaps. fine yarnish ard
for sizing In the manufacture Of
paper. The medium qualities are
mostly consumed in making yellow
soap, as a aux for solder, as con-
stituent ofasealing wax. with tallow
for common candles, and in pharna-
cy. The lowest qualities of rosin
are used for pitch in ship and boat
building, for brewers pitch in seal
ing the heads and slaves of barrels
which hold liquids. and for the dis
tillation Of rostn oil which enters in
to the manufacture OF lubricating
materials. With these varied and
ever increasing uses It is easy to see
how the annual consumption of rosin
last year amounted to more than
4,25O,OOO barrels, valued at nearly
$1S,O0O.o00.
The great decline in the prices
received for turpenttne in 1908.
while the prices for rosin were rang
ing more in conformity with those
of the preceding year, has much to
do with this condition, but there are
other causes which combine to lend
interest to this climax in the general
trend Of advancement in the value
and Importance of this product of
the naval stores Industry.
/ That the general Improvement in
the grades Of rosln, produced by a
more general use of improved meth
DDS of turpentine. is responsible to
an appreciable extent for the in
crease in the value of the entire
rosin output is unquestioned, ac-
cording to men familiar with the
trade. mother cause for this condi-
ton is the constantly increasing de-
mand for rosfh, and especially the
paler and more valuable grades
both in this and in foreign countries
Some of those at present engaged
in the manufacture of naval stores
remember the time when they found
it Improbable to preserve the resi-.
due of the turpentine still-rosin. a
few years preceding the Civil war
there were few uses for rosin and
only a slight demand. During thai
period rosin was permitted to &C.
cumulate with other discarded and
'valueless refuse about the turpen.
tine still. But gradually has the de.
mand for rosin increased and year
by year It has been climbing higher