The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-14

Moses q to. established al once and
naval stores yard - Pensacola. ana be-
gan attracting shipments o. turpen-
tine and rosin g. this port Previous
20 that year Measrs n L. and e. 81
CcNIngton had organised and operated
the Calf Naval stores Co, ~ Cara
belle, Pa. and for a time did a good
business at that paint. hus were aandi-
capped ~ shallow water and lack q
transportation facilities "a that out
/ f-the-war town. Finally. ia the year
tsea they abandoned C'aFraheile and
opened up q fne business here "a
Fensacols. AZ the same time Messrs.
,. " Saunders and r. n Rose picked
OUT Pensacola a. a pnrt with a naval
stores future GO i. and established the
1 West Coast Naval Stores CO
QUANTITIES INCREASED.
Wth three naval sfnrea concerns
doing business here Pensacola com
memeed 20 receive and handle increas-
ing quantities - turpenfinc and rosin
and buyers and exporters were ar
tracted here Tor supplies and earEocs
~ iseo TIE union Naval Stores &C.. ~
Mobile. absorbed the A ~. Moses &
Co. business.
From the commencement 20 tine de-
velopment - the naval stores Industry
on this. the western side ~ the Chat
tahopchee River an organised and
UNFORTUNATELY Ruecessful effort was
made by buyers and exporters on ma
wi stores % prevent the establish
incnt 81 open markets az what were
known az the HGulf' ports. the chief
reason. alleged being that dealers I'D
FfFF ~
territory west af the river. a. IL was
not worth 80 much - them as naval
stores over in the eastern district:
that e was difficult. az times lmpos-
sible, - Ref foreign vessels r. come -
tae Eef ports for carEoes therefore,
buyers only bought turpentine and
rpatn ln this section a. a favor a. the
producers and factors engaged in the
business etc Therefore. q policy was
adopted. then and there, which has
eoat producers aud factors ln this
western territory millions of dollars.
and tho end Is not yet This policy
vas q consider an the ports 81 the
suit as what ~ known ~ closed
ports. With 40 markets Of their own.
but AN takiug their quotations from
savannah, Ca. ana az the same time
60 deduct from an the turpentiae ana
rossa produced over here from nne-
half @ one cent Der gallon on turpen-
tine and from ten cents - twenty i've
cents per barrel coz $50 poundfl on
rosin. this "take-out being STYLED 4
dinersntiaI
THE CLOSED PORT
y Is Just az wen @ bear In mind.
right here that the only good reason
which ever existed for this CLOSED
port and 'dlmerentiai" business was.
that aurlns the development and en-
iariFement 81 the industry on this side
- the river, and The building np n
sufiicient receipts nc the different
ports 60 load caFgoes. etc some plausl !
hi3ity was attached to the claims
maae tby TIE Interested particsl that
q charter cost more from 4 quiz port
aud exporters preferred a. load out
naval ports But as the production
lnreased ia volume. and naval stores
CURED into Pensa cola. Mobile and NeW
fisSana Nv the HUNDREDS ~ thousands
barrels annually. with a steady se
crease IN the amount II business AZ
the eastern ports. consumers and deai
In naval stores wera hy the natural
sgis 81 events forced to- follow thr
saurces 81 production whether will
ngly or willingly b. a matter *
Indifference 10 the producers.
The naval stores ports u TIE west
rH territory are Pensacola. ria. Mo-
alir Ala, Gulfport Niles and New
Orleans, Ia IN previous years car
rab'slle. via. and Tampa. FLA. handled
naval stores a. some e&ttnt. hat ar
good reasons those ports have been
abandoned ~ what are called naval
stores ports.
m the fan - 1909 The Big Consoli
dated Naval stores Co. was formed
.n Jacksonville. Fla. and the Gulf Ma
val Stores Go. and the West Goa Il
Naval Stores CO. or Pensacola. merged
with THIS large organization. and y
branch ~ the Consolidated Waa e.
iahlished here Then, about "A wear
later the ,. y williams Co. II savan-
nah, Ga. noticing that Westward ths
star q NAVAL Stores) Empire was
holding les sway. opened a branch OF
their business In Pensacola. with
Messrs. r. A. Jennings and y y Du-
senbury Ia charge
IN February. 1905. SIR .. n saun
derH q vice. president n the Cona1ll
dated Naval Stores Company. became
dissatisfied with the glarlnn. and con-
tinuaL discrimination against PenHa.
celia as q naval stores port and mar.
ket. and drew out from the Conaoil.
dated Company and organized "Tas
J. f. saunders COMPANY faasazs AMI
exporters the main Office here and !
branch az No.v Orleans
Coming aol 70 statistics and agure.
now. II nut be borne in mind tina
there has NJ er been kept a complete
reliable and 'cemprehensive set az na
val stores statistics. such a. we haV,
in cotton wheat corn lumber AM
other American products. The sa
vannah board q trade. which has
dominated the naval stores situation
decided many years ago that tha3
would keep their own statistics cor.
rectly and IN complete form. bur that d
would Be good policy 20 ignore the m.
ceipts. sales and exports from ali fh,
Others
This factors could have kept thli
very valuable and actually essantia