Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-01

experience. before tne WdT, WIEN
New Orleans received the tobacco,
she never lacked for moderate and
sufficient foreign tonnage.
As we are dealing out truth and
even-handed justice, we will accord
to New York one advantage over
New Orleans. Her home trade is
larger than that of New Orleans
She can, therefore, dispense u larger
quantity of tobacco suited for manu-
featuring and other domestic purpos
es. But New York must take care
that she does not make u bad use oil
this advantage. Bessure you do not
search out some domestic consumer,
sell him a few hogsheads at good fig
ures, aud report to the shipper by
way of inducing him to believe New
York the best market.
Last season the Franco Prussian
wal came. No one could forecast the
end. a large new crop was close up
on our heels. New Orleans sold out
her stock. New York bet on an early
peace and held her shipping leaf. II
she sells out her old tobacco at better
figures than New Orleans did, she
has simply beat New Orleans guess
ing in this single instance. That Il
all. No sane nan can truthfully say
that this would be n permanent ad-
vantage to New York over New Or
leans.
We advise the planters and the In
terror operators to break down one oi
the other of these two markets-tt
choose between New Orleans ant
New York. Does the planter ash
why we so advise? For the beneHI
of some planters, who may not EN-
tirely understand the working, W.
will explain fully.
France, Spain and Italy are no
free tobacco markets. The Govern
ments of those countries reserve t.
themselves the right to buy and sell
They then sell it out to the shop
Keepers, retail dealers and people gen
orally.
Suppose, to illustrate, two buyers
come from euclr of those three gov
ernments out to the United States
suppose they come together and con
federate to keep down the price o
tobacco. 1t is agreed that M of eacl
20 to New York and the other three
to New Orleans, and that while the
New Orleans three are buying, til,
New York three must stand idle
New Orleans becomes a lively, activ,
market and tobacco is taken at reas
enable and cOmpensating prices
New York becomes dull and heavy
the tobacco is there and must be sold
The New York commission mer
chants lower their figures to Undue,
the buyers to take the tobacco
When the buyers have put the New
York prices down to suit them, they
begin to buy, and the New Orlean
buyers stop. New Orleans then be
comes dull, and her commission mer
chants must do rs the merchants o
New York-lower prices and thu
one market is played against tn
other. The New York and New Or
leans factors being separated by hun
dreds of miles, cannot concert tOgeth
er and defeat this combination OF til,
brokers. Who are the real sufferer
by this com bination? 1t is the plan
ter, the man who tolls beneath TIN
burning sun.
Does the operator in the interio
ask how the putting down of II o
THESE UltTktlS WOulu lclD MIN. w
answer in this way: At the opening
of II season the Intelligent buyer viii
investigate and make an estimate ~
to the amount of tobacco held in tn
great markets of the world, the eX
tent of the crop, and the probabilitie
of the demand. He pays such u pric
as is warranted under the considera
ton of these things, and ships t. til,
seaboard, where brokers have com
bined to put down prices, and is com
PEELED to sell at less rates than ar
warranted by the law OF supply an,
demand.
The New Orleans home consump
ton is rapidly increasing. 1t ha
more than trebled since the war, ant
will continue to increase. Why not
There is a vast country around ua
and to the West, which consume
hut does not produce, and must there
fore be supplied. Then, too, Mckee
must be supplied.
TRADDLES.