El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-04

Co1LEWHERE On The South Atlantis
y Coast Jan Prom the long leaf
pine forests Of our great southeast
write OF the turpentine industry II is
one OF the live features Of war rehaoi-
urztion- II enters into the vast num-
Der o. new buildings now being con-
structed and II has its part in scores
OF peace industries
7 have dated this letter somewhere
on the south Atlantic coast The ez-
act locality is not far from Bruins
wick. but Il would serve equally vel
for almost any pine forest along the
coast II Georgia or Florida. and many
Of the manufacturing conditions oe-
e--fl1ez e-e 10 Be found all along the
Gulf Of Mexico The pine forests OF
the south produce more turpentlne
and rnsIn than those OF all the rest
Of the world put together. CUR total
production has been worm fausyue,vuv
on Eza.0o0.1e1 dollars year ana from
row "a ft viii be considerably great
Is War And Peace Staple.
Roth turpeutine and rosin have
their Part in both war and peace
Thev we're once so important 10 naval
construction that they were called
naval stores. and today they are en- %
rloved IN ore shape or another in the
sHfnhufl5lng plants all over the union
TheT had their place in the finishing
Of every aeropllue that flew over the
hattlefields, and in the automobiles
ard motor cars that moved back ana
forth in the rear Of the trenches The
bullets OF the shrapnel shells rest IN
q bed Of rosin inside the steel. until
they are ready TO be shoWered over
fhe enemy, and there is not bit OF
an l.
milton OF war that has not some OF the
Juice Of the long leaf pine in II The
same stuff is used in the making OF
soap. PAPER and printing materials,
and they are now experimenting VITA
il 10 make a synthetic rubber which,
d IS claimed viii eventually compete
with the gum from the wilds OF the
Amazon and the cultivated RUBBER
limitations Of Ceylon and Malaysia
Wide Area Produces
During a recent trip through the
southern forests I saw them making
rurpeutins here and there all the way
from Georgia to Texas.
The ruruautine and rosin made IN
the Ulired States came from the car
olinas Then the Industry moved
down 10 Georgia. and. as the forests
began % play out II went PARTNER
Today jacksonville, Fla, is the lead
ln- point for shipping naval stores
although the work OF making turpen-
tine in the woods still goes on almost
everywhere The rurpentine forests
Of south Carolina and Georgia have
been largely exhausted but they are
now cutting down the dead trees and
blasting out the stumps and roots, ano
heating the wood in retorts 70 extract
the turuentine and rosin- The gum
OF the pine seems TO be practically
f-fesrrucrfbIe. and today one OF the
- go 70 nd
the gum Of kauri trees which died
centuries ago The wood has long
since disappeared. but chunks OF pure,
clear. amber Ike gum are still dug
from the sWamps and sent TO the mar
Forests Called Farms
Getting out the turpeutine is known
as rurnentine farming. A turpentine
farm Is a forest OF pine trees each OF I
which has been so cut and Scared
that the sap oozes ont 50 that Il may
be collected eor the making OF turpen-
tine There are farms OF this kind al
along our south Atlantic and gulI (
coast a single farm has thousands
OF trees. and where tapped long white
scars run from the roots up 70 the
height OF your waist A hole OF DoA
has been cut ont in each tree At the
into the box
Trees Are slim.
The trees are not large around I
They are perfectly straight. and often /
80 tai that they reach the height OF ]
an eight story house before their
branches begin There Is but little 4
underbrush, ana we walk through the ,
woods on q carpet Of fallen pine
needles. or on the wire grass. 50 called 4
from its leaves which look like pieces
o. wire
Eup1cF Many Negroes ;
e. 80 Mt
D. the number Of buEes- Ten thousand 4
Eve hundred buEes make what Is called T
q crop Irers are turpcntins farms I
wtich have Millions q boxes. and on I
which u taires hundreds Of negroes 70 j
rreua=e the trees and gather the sap
ne cutting q the boxes IS done in No 4
remtEr or December The men labor /
under an oTErseer. in gangs. and they are /,
RAID 80 much FOR each box that Is cut 4
some % the best men can earn from 4
So % 50 a day zach tox VIII hold .
1rr-n q pint 20 a quart Ct the sap
Gathered In Spring
When the sap rises IN the spring iti