Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-01-08


Cfarhsviilc, Tcnncssee, the Rest To-,
, baccp Merket I'm the united states
for shipping Leaf Tohacco. W
To the flditors of tho Union and American
BuRKsyILI XIV. Der %. 1893
Last Monday heinz, the q rat dav of
Circuit Court Lere and n bcaufifni
pleasaut tlav. n yact concouvuo ~ ron
bio were IN 'attentiance. pdncIpajlv
Tobacco pIanters. eager 10 hear ali
the latest news II, regard to that nnr-
cotic weed. After the prand iury had
been empanneled and received n
o lengthy and, stunning charge
from the Hon. II. II. Alexander, pre-
siding, recess was taken and an an
nouncement made from the court
house door that some speeches would
be matte TO the Tobacco planters by
by gentlemen from GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
Paducah and Louisville, KY, which
created quite rush for both standing
and sitting places i'm the courthouse.
The debate was opened by the dis
tinguished lawyer, MIR. Stone, intro
ducing Mr. Robt. Woodbridge, of the
Elephant Tobacco house of Clarks-
willie, Tenn, with o few appropriate
remarks explaining the object of the
discussion. '.a9 an ta9i'rag Ara
Mr.. w. commenced by saying this
was rovsl and UNUSUAL way of pre-
senting the claims and advantages OF
commercial markets to the people -
But when we take into consideration
the fact that Louisville papers alone
are in circulation i'm thissection of the
country and that they had repeated
ly and positively refused TO give our
market access To their press for estab-
fishing our claims, and also refused to
contradict and remove the false state
ments put forth by designing and in
terested parties, and as the season for
selling tobacco had now opened, and
the five great markets, GAINESVILLE,
Paducah, Louisville, New Orleans
and New York were soliciting the
patronage of the planters and specu-
lators, that it becomes a matter OF
Importance that every man engage,
in the cultivation or sale of tobacco
be correctly informed as to the mark
ct which is best suited to the quality
of tobacco raised in each section Oi
the tobacco growing country. He
claimed alone for his market q pre-
cminenee Tor the sale Of what Is
known and classified in Europe a.
Shipping leaf, and conceded to Padu
call and Louisville advantages in sell
ing bright and Black wrappers, cut.
ting leaf and the nondescript tobacco
from Illinois andIndiana. att}
He gave minute and graphic DIES.
cription of the mode and manner o
selling tobacco in each market, ant
alluded in scathing rebuke to tht
frauds which had been practiced b,
the Louisville warehousemen during
the war. when the planters wer,
7 forced TO seek thatmarket on account
of the blockade. He explained clear
lly the different grades and uualitip.
OF tobacco grown i'm the different
counties and sections. and the use.
thew were put to in foreign countries
and what class OF foreign and loca
buyers could,b be found in each market
filing orders and contracts. II,
showed that tobacco could be shin.
ped from here TO Clarksvilles for one
half what it would cost to Louisville
and from reliable statistics furnished
!, by the respective warehousemen t.
the United States revenue officers
that tho same quality Of tobacco sol,
| for S53 per hid. more in CIarksvill,
, than in Louisville, and taking tht
crop of Cumberland county this sen
son, which il estimated at 200 hhds.
If sold in the former market, woul,
bring back into the county S63 80
more if sold in the former, than i
sold i'm the latter market. Add t,
: this SO per hind. difference in trans
portation, makes $40, 500, n sufficien
sum to pay the taxes of the county
lie read extracts from the Clarks
vile annual tobacco report, also tn
; Hartsvillc Vdette, in vindication o
the statements he had made. III
showed out of the fourteen larg
stemmeries in and around Clarks
. VILE, depending on that market 70
supplies, that some of them went {,
Louisville to purchase their alnos
, entire stock, and frequently, in al
probability, purchased in that mark
], ct Cumberland county tobacco, an,
worked IL up in Clarksville at prof
it. He showed knowledge of tn
tobacco trade which is rarely me
with in this country, He said Clarks
, willie was the natural market for Tn
, upper Cumberland tobacco. an
; Nashville the market to purchase tn
supplies for this county. and URGE
upon the people the advantages @
patroniZing both. Mr.. w. from hi