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20 THE ATL ANTIAN L. V. WILLIAMS, I FRENCH SYSTEM OF TUR PENTINING. (By A. L. Brower, U. S. Forestry Ser vice). Washington.—A Study of the French method of turpentining demands es pecial interest at this time when the naval stores industry has. assumed such large proportions in the South and when improved methods similar and probably more advanced than the French system are coming into such wide use. In France bleeding trees for tur pentine has been carried on for thirty years or more without killing the trees or diminishing their flow of ros in. Here in the United States, even in the righest forests of virgin yellow pine, the productive life of a tree is only four to six years when turpen tined by the old destructive box meth od, and fifteen to twenty years when the cup and gutter or cup and apron systems are used, and shallow chip ping carefully followed. The French method of turpentining, however, requires more labor and greater skill, and is less productive than any of the several methods in use in the United States. Owing to social and economic conditions in the United States, it is extremely doubt ful if the French hethod will ever re ceive the favorable consideration of the American turpentine operator. The rapid diminution of the supply of longleaf timber suitable for turpen tining and the immense loss that has attended former practices of turpentin ing in the United States, has led to a desire to inaugurate more conservative systems. A description of the French systems will furnish an example from which may possibly be drawn sugges tions and ideas useful in the conser vation of the longleaf pine forests of the United States. In French practice the pine tree is first bled at an age of about fifteen years. Trees from four to six inches in diameter, breast high, are common ly found to contain a single face from three to four inches w'ide. Before placing the face, the rough, outer bark is removed as far up the trunk as it is expected to wound the tree for that season’s working. Beginning about the 1st of March, the face proper is started by cutting out a small chip, about four inches square and one-half inch thick, as near the ground as pos sible. An incision is then made in the lower part of the face, by driving a chisel-like tool into the tree at an upward angle. The edge of this tool is in the form of an arc of a circle instead of a straight line. A strip of zinc is fitted edgewise into a groove on the back of the tool, and is then inserted in the incision by a smart blow from a wooden mallet. For the first year the gathering cup is placed just beneath, on the ground. For the succeeding years the gutter is raised at the beginning of the season and the cup crowded between the gut ter and a nail driven in the tree lower down. Manager for Pope Brown’s Campaign and a Prominent Member of the Fourth Estate. THE ISSUE—THE RESULT. The present Gubernatorial campaign involves three important issues. While there are more issues at stake, yet the three things of greatest im portance are: The Preservation of the Reform Legislation of the Last Four Years. Advancement that is of Interest of the Farmer, the Laborer, the Manufac turer, and Keeping Out of Georgia Open Barrooms. If an unprejudiced mind will con sider both sides of these three great issues, and reflect for a minute upon the intelligence and integrity of peo ple of Georgia, there can not be but one conclusion reached both aa to what should be done and what will be done. There is about one candidate in the field, and that is Hon. Pope Brown, who takes the affirmative of all of these questions, and who stands for everything that is right, progressive, and conservative in all questions that effect the State Mr. Brown fought for all the progressive measures (com monly known as Hoke Smith meas ures), and is the only candidate at the present time who has the cour age to declare in favor of maintaining, and making stronger these laws that have done so much to further the ad vancement of the State. He is in favor of maintaining the present Railroad Commission, that has saved the shippers of Georgia millions of dollars. He secured for the people of Georgia a reduced pas senger rate, and is in favor of keeping It. He is a farmer of experience, and favors progress along the line of agri culture. He favors giving inducement to diversified manufacturing interests, and feels as that by giving encourage ment to producers of wealth, that the people, as a whole, are the greatest recipients of the benefits thereof. He favors good pay and reasonable hours for honest labor rendered. He has the confidence of all with whom he has ever dealt and has never been accused of being unfair in a private or busi ness transaction. While it is to be expected that the manager for a candidate for office should predict the success of his can didate, yet I believe as stated above that no reasonable man can look the situation clearly in the face, and fail to reach the conclusion, that such a man as Pope Brown, who stands for the things which he does can not fail to receive the endorsement of the great State of Georgia. (Signed) Volney Williams. HOKE SMITH, United States Senator From Georgia.