The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20
TURPENT|NE
MEN MEET IN
JACKSONVILLE
WERE IN SESSION ALL DAY YES.
TEROAY AT THE AUDITORIUM
OF THE BOARD OF TRADE-oF.
FlcERs ELEcTEO-DRiLLiANT
ADDRESSES WERE LISTENED
TO ANT COMMITTEE REPORTS
WERE 5EAR0.

The tenth annual convention OF the
Turpentine Operators Association
convened Wednesday morning at tAe
auditorium OF the Jacksonville Board
OF Trade. with a smaller number o.
delegates present than is usually the
case, says the Jacksonville Times
Union.
The meeting was called to order
by J. G.. Boyd, president of the as
ISOLATION. after which he introduced
Mayor w. $. Jordan, who spoke Few
words of welcome on behalf Of the
city. The mayor said he regretted
that there we're so few present. and
thought perhaps most of the opera
tors were so busy making money that
they did not have time to attend. He
/. stated that he knew of no body OF
men who had done moro for Jackson
Vile than the naval stores men, who
have built many large buildings and
have always been liberal in spending
money. lie told them that their or
ganization should he one OF the best
i'm the country, and that constant as
sociation would aid all of them in
working out the best things for the
industry in which they were inter-
ested. He also told them that. while
they were in Jacksonville. ne wanted
them to have the best time possible,
and he did not believe there was any
place in the country in which they
could have a better time. with the
possible exception of New York. lie
promised then. II any of them got
into trouble while in the city, If they
would let him know he would get
them out Pointing to the key of the
city. which was hanging on the wall,
he told them to take it and do as
they pleased with it.
M'Lin's Address.
The next speaker was the Hon. p.
r.. McLin of Tallahassee. state COM
missioner Of agriculture. He wei
coined the delegates in behalf Of the.
state. His address was as follows:
The propriety of holding this tenth
annual convention of the Turpentine
Operators Association in Jackson
Vile, the gateway to Florida. must
be apparent to all of us, for Florida
IS the most rapidly growing state in
population, in educational or intelle2-
tual and financial or business eter-
prise and wealth. The city and the
state are the center of the t1rpen-
tine industry of our country.
am asked to give my views of
the turpentine industry of the state.
II Is controlled. managed and operat-
ed by the most social. liberal. beneyo-
lent, Industrious enterprising, public
spirited and big-hearted set of men
that ever represented business or
ganization in this state or in any
other.
II is ono of the most important
wealth-producing industries In Flor
ida and 10 the South. The value of
tho naval stores produced annually
In the state is approximately S10,-
100000. Closely allied, and. in fact,
p part Of the same work by the same
men, we have the manufactured lum-
her industry, approximating annual
" 22.000,00o. The timber and cross
tie product every year is worth about
SS,00O,000. Thus the turpentne pro-
ducers and their close allies add
every year about 100000 to our
commerce. They furnish employment
to thousands of industrious laborers
Of every grade and scale of intelli-
Eence. The field of labor measures
up to the capacity aud enterprise of
the laborer, from the negro with his
dip iron in the woods to the banker
at his desk in our cities
Your industry and your organiza-
ton constitute one of the great art
cries that carry vitality through the
business body. not only OF this state,
hut of several of our great Southern
states. Like the rivulet gushing from
the rocks on the mountainside, which
moves on forever, 1t IS lost only when