Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-02-20
TO THE TOBACCO RAIsERs.

TO THE TOBACCO RAISERS.
Messrs Benson g. GREEN:-There are many
farmers about Fayette, who have not sold their
tobacco. The price is very low, end they cannot
afford to haul it far, over bad roads. We have at
Fayette the best buildings in the State for putting
up tobacco and every convenience for preparing it
for market, but it is feared they will lay idle.
submit this plan to my neighbors--Le. some
thirty or forty responsible tobacco raisers, form
partnership for the purpose of putting up and
shipping their crops; let them, if they can, get
claws Factory" let them agree to contribute
in proportion to the amount of their crops, the
hands to work the tobacco, the teams to haul il,
after it is priced, to the river, the payment of
the agent and other expenses. Let them ship it,
and sell it in the name of some responsible person
Of their number IF a profit is 10 be made, let
those make it who have done the work. if there
is loss it is as we'll the farmer should bear it as
the buyer.
The expense will be but SMALL each farmer of
the association can spare small hand for stem
ming, and team for fen days to haul it to the
river. They will lay out of tn eir money longer
than if they sold it to the buyer, but they will get
a very good interest. Their only money expenses
will be the payment of competent agent, the
rent of the buildings, and the freight and commits
sons to market. Let the partnership for the pur.
pose of paying these expenses, put their note in
Bank to be repaid when the tobacco is disposed Of
If those who form this association think mo ney
can be made in buying tobacco at its present rate,
and are disposed to aid their neighbors who raise
small crops, and are compelled to have the money
Immediately, they may in addition to pricing their
own crops, put their note in Bank to the amount,
they think prudent and buy their neighbors to-
bacco.
We have sensible and enterprising farmers in
the vicinity of Fayette, who able to carry this
into effect, and there are now number dspo sed
to embark IN it, who are as competent to attend
to business as any buyers in the State.
Let the farmers try this once; this season is
the time; if they lose their whole crop, the loss
at the present rates will be but small. But they
must make money, every judcious tobacco buyer
is now anxious to purchase, and they have reason
for it, they know money will be made this season.
IF the experiment is successful they repeat it,
if not they had better stop growing tobacco. II
successful other neighborhoods will follow the
example, farmers will become their own shippers,
land realize for themselves those profits which
are making others rich by their labors
Shippers and buyers will ridicule this project
but they are interested and the farmers will under
stand them.
Let the tobacco reisers who think this scheme
practicable, meet at the Court House, in Fayette
on Saturday, the 9Th February, and adopt meas.
ures TO carry it into effect
, This is my estimate of the expenses and profits
of this plan: Say that forty farmers. each having
10, 600 lbs of tobacco, form an association, each
furnishing hand for FIVE months aud team one
week to haul the tobacco to the river. This will
make 400 900 lbs. of tobacco, which will make
200 hogsheads of srips-13OO lbs. to the hogs
head this at 81 pence, which is below the present
average price at Liverpool, will make S9l 90 .
hogshead-2O0 hogsheads at $9l,00 per hogs
head $l9,200 O(
The money paid out will be:
Rent of Factory, $4,000
200 hhds. at $500 90
Overseer, 10000
y Freight and com. to Liv-) mn
s s{s ns, on slS 200 hAd' 100000 as 800 Of
Amt. of sales, deducting expenses, $4,000 OF
This $4,000 90 is to be divided by forty, tt
ascertain how much each farmer receives for hi
10000 lbs. of tobacco. By max ing the calcula
ton it will be seen that each farmer receive
: S322,50 for ten thousand pounds, and the use
y one hand four or five months and his team on
week. But if he sells he will get for it 81 81
o making difference TO the farmer of one hundre
s and seventy-two dollars and a half on ten tho,
d sand pounds.
@ l believe this calculation a safe one; and b.
o lieve that we are as likely to get 4 pence as 3
n pence, which would be $4,000 more on 1000