The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-05-28
The Tobacco Product Of Southern
49,. Indiana.

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The Tobacco Product Of Southern
Indiana.
The tobacco crop OF Indiana is annu-
ally growing in importance. In many
counties where, ten years ago, this great
staple Of commerce. was not grown at
all. il is now produecd IN large Snanti-
ties. This is particularly true in the
southern counties of the state, where the
soil as wcll,as the climate is wclladapted
TO its growth. The farmers in Southern
Indiana find. the crop not only prolific in
yield but more valuable TO the acre than
any other crop grown; and this results
SO generally known that nearly every
farm in Southern Indiana now has its
"tobacco patch" and on very many farms
these ''patches" cover many acres.
. In the counties Of Washington, Or
angc, Dubois, Greene. Daviess, Martin,
Gibson. Warrick, Pike. Knox, Spencer,
Perry, Crawford and Harrison tobacco
lis grown upon nearly every farm its
production in the counties of Floyd.
Clark, jackson. Scott, and Lawrence is
by no means small. and is increasing an
iIually. This increase will become great
| or Us our Indiana farmers pay increased
attention to the curing and proper pack
! ing of the crop: and il il not too much
to say that within the next five years to-
bacc0 will become the leading article OF
production and commerce in the eoun-
ties we have named.
]. a gentleman Of this city. who has re-
lcently returned from Il trip through tho
counties Of Harrison. Crawford. DHbois
Gibson. Orange and Pike, informs II.
THAT he was surprised at the vast quaint.
lilies Of tobacco no found in the barns O1
/. I,hc farmers, .prized" and ready for mar
.,kct. AT the little town vf Huntingburg
lin Dubois county. Ie states. there arr
-four extensive tobacco stemneries, ont
of them owned by gentlemen who resid,
lin Liverpool. England, and one of theis
by New York firm. During the pas
.year there were shipped from Hunting
lIburg by these stenmeries seven hundred
.lbogshcads of tobacco. valued ut threi
hundrcd and fifty thousand dollars. AL
llthis tobacco was wagOned TO the Ohio
,Iriycr, and thence shipped OH boats TO
! New York and liverpool by way o
!. New Orlcsfns. Nota pound Of the whol
.IamUunt, W.T. arc told, went TO Louisville
1 ilsimply for he reason, we presume, tina
slthc louisville warehouses do not deem
). 1.-The trade from Southern Indiana O
I cnough importance 10 even advcrtis
p for il. fua aa fa
II We, think we are quite safe in saying
: THAT not less than four thousand hogs
heads of Southern Indiana tobacco ar
,iaInually lost to the Louisville ware
.,hvtses from their Indifference TO thi
5 valuable staple in ihc Southern countic
tlof the State. Travelling agents from
ilNcw York and New Orleans go through
{ the country buying up the crop at jus
: slsuch prices MS il suits them to pay, Will
riff Louisville would put forth the prope
: effort she could drive these "drummers
nlout and secure the tobacco for her owl
+ warehouses In conversation few
: -ldays ago with one of our subscribers rc
siding in Dubois county, and who cult
lvatcs tobacco extensively, we urged th
: advantages Of The Louisville tobacc,
: market TO the tobacco growers of hi
i, county. His reply was -"Louisvilc don
+ want our tobacco. Her dealers an.
|, lwarchousemcn have never put forth
E eIsingle effort TO draw our large and rcall,
rIsuperior crops there" There il in thi
sldecaration Of tho farmer food for reflcc
:. .|tiOn for the warehOuscnen of Louisville
\ The railroad proposed from New al
,lbaiiy to st. Louis and which will b,
; -|builf. beyond AL question will pene
: -tratethc very best tobacco growing coun
ties Of Indiana. \, This. fact is one of i'm
: poHancc TO Louisville, and interests lie
lin the completion of the road. New al
sbany leads off in this enterprise will
) -four hundred thousand dollars, aud tht
.pcpplc of the counties through whicl
1.-THE road is to pass will do equally we!
in subscriptions, their wealth considered
| Can Louisville afford to stand back ant
/. sec this road lapgnish for want of tw,
Or three hundred thousand dollars! w,
think not but il is for tho people Of tina
: city to detcrlnihe. We arc told tha
There is encouragement for nbclieyin.
|. THAT two rthree hundred thousand dol
: liars will be subscribed at Louisville Il,
/. this grapd link in the proposed line from
list. Louis to Norfolk. Virginia. .
n n. A. Commercial.
New ALBANY AND, ST. Louis AIgLlNI
RAiLRoAD.- The Chief Engineer, Mr.. ST
John. and his assistants, will start out II