The Pensacola journal., 1914-07-12
MANIPULATION IS
NOW BEING CHARGED
This is Especially True in
Relation to the Pale
Grades-Meeting is Held
in New Orleans With q
View Of Protecting the In
dustry on the Cuff Coast.

The naval stores factors and pro4
ducers along the gulf coast are prac@
ucally in open revolt against the Sa4
vannan methods OF marketing and
Pensacola and New Orleans are be-
ing brought to the front as points
where there should be an open mar
ket without any relation to SaVan4
nah quotations for the sale Of the
product. The production along tha
gulf coast warrants such a step, ac-
cording to the factors and producers
who recently met in New Orleans
and launched plans to eliminate Sa-
vannah as ruling the price Of spirits
and rosns. 1t is claimed the market
is being manipulated. especially in
relation to the pale grades, produced
principally on the gulf coast and that
this manipulation is injuring the gulf
coast operators more than any other
section.
Regarding the revolt the Savannah
Morning News rectntly contained the
following:
That the Savannah Board OF Trade
may be called upon to defend the
methods used in Savannah OF selling.
rosin in lines instead OF grades
charged by the producers Of the gulf
territory as being morally entirely
wrong and illegal" became known to
the directors OF the board at a meet 90
ing on Tuesday
The report was made to the board
as the result Of conferences said TO
have been held last week between
President j. Ward Motto and a com
mittee appointed by the naval stores
interests Of the gulf ports to register
kick against the methods said To- be
in use in Savannah
The Savannah Weekly Naval Stores
Review and journal of Trade Oi t,si
Saturday has the following To say og
the situation:
Revolutionary Movement.
"A revolutionary movement. brew
ing for some time in the southwest
has assumed new significance this
week and may bring radical changes
in the comparatively near future. A.
far as can he ascertained the chief
cause of complaint of the gulf terri
tory is that Savannah adheres to the
old system of selling in lines. instead
of selling by grades individually Tn
der this system. they complain, pale
rosins, Of which they are the chief
producers. can be manipulated and
held down, they form but com
paratively small part of the Savannah
receipts. A meeting of the producing
Interests Of that section was held at
New Orleans on June %. when their
grievances were discussed at length
As a result a committee composed OF
Mr.. w. J. L'Engle, president OF ths
Union Naval Stores Company: w. r.
Chilean. president OF the Chilean
Wizard Company; r. r. Perkins, pres
ident of the Imperial Naval Stores
Company; Benton Mcmillan, secretary
and general manager OF TIE Texas
Turpentine Company, and John Polite
vent of the Poitevent and Favre Com
pany, were appointed to handle the
situation. Resolutions we're adopted
to the effect that the purpose was
to bring about change in the exist
ing methods of selling and buying
naval stores as same prevails in the
Savannah market, so that the present
system OF selling on sealed bids to the
highest bidders for lines covering each
factors receipts may be discontinued
and free and open selling OF any and
all grades on open bids in the Board
of Trade may be substitute therefore
to the END that open and active com
petition may be secured.
"It was also resolved that IL neces-
sary legal counsel be employed to Iur-
ther this object, that If 1t is not found
possible to effect the desired changes
on the Savannah market that steps be
taken TO organize an open New Or
leans market operating independently
Of Savannah and that such other
steps as may be necessary be taken
TO protect and further the besc inter-
ests Of Western producers. 4 levy OF