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tatsticaL iafefmation n to fiie prod tets
an6 Of this Sale IS difficult
70 ontaln consequently oil attempts at an estimate
mast De detective; but yet attempted estimates OF
an article which forms so important an item in the
labor and wsa kh 3, E:astefn Carolina as TarPen-
tlne cannot tai to be Interesting, even should they
taH below the truth orcin meadegreesrise above
II and they may possibly lead to good results
II is certainly very desirable that we should have
some acquaintance with the resources of the State
and the extent of her products which our present
means OF information very partially furnishes,


Few persons, perhaps, uneonnected with The
commercial transactions now carried on in this
State in the single article Of Tntpentine, can form
an idea Of the quantity annually made IN our lin
Its, the amount of labor employed in its manuac
lure the large capital invested, the large number
supported by it and the various 10 which i;
appropriated. Nor are we prepared 10 enlighten
them fully upon the subject, because Of the neces
sarily Limited Information which even dealers IN
the article possess in reference to it. In our con
Iversation with intelligent gentlemen engaged ia
the business, we have been enabled to gather VI
some particulars however, which may be interest
ing. --e.
We find the impression to be, that about 800,
900 barrels Of Tutpentine are now annually made
In This State. Not more than zoo, 600 barrels, il
that were shipped to New York and other ports





of the whole being distilled in this State. The
estimated value 10 the makers is about Sl,700,0 ,0OO
annually, and may be $4,000, 900, About 4 oil
5000 laborers are engaged in making it, and per
haps three times as many more human beings are
supported mainly from the proceeds Of its frs
sale. The distillalion ol Turpentine inthis State
is now carried on very extensively, which will
render the shipment of it in its crude state, very
small in future. 1t is supposed that there are now
in operation about $50 stills which at the average
cost of $500 with fixtures, shows that there is
an expenditure of 1926, 900 to begin with in the
dstilling of Spirits of Turpentine, This number
Of stills to have steady work would require 900,-
600 barrels, annually-more than is now made
which to US is an indication that the distilling
business is overdone. Should the makers of the
article continue to multiply stills and thus monopo-
ize the distiIIing as well as the making it will be
necessary forthose now engaged in ii to invest
their capital in other pursuits. The cost of dstill-
ing is very great, and when we reckon the cost of
transportation, the profits of distilers of ship
ners, commission merchants, and The venders of
the article abroad, it will be seen that the capital
Ond labor employed is not only immense, but the
numbers who are supported by the manufacture
aud sale of the article is astonishing. Perhaps
there is article produced in this country by
the same number Of iaborers, which contributes so
much 10 the commerce and prosperity of the coun-
try as the article OF Turpentine. NeaOberminn.