Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-01-04

true reason why hogshead of good
leaf should be lined with inferior or
lugs, any more than that barrel of
-four should be lined with bran.
Great blame is thrown upon the In
spectors, but without doubt they gen.
orally try to do their duty, though
warehousemen in their contest for
business. may sometimes try to infu-
ence them. The great root of the
evil is in the packing. and we should
strike at that; if the hogshead is
packed uniformly, the inspector can
not draw a sample unfair to either
buyer or seller.
We have heard of packers offering
themselves in the country, with their
own recommendation, that they could
fool the Inspectors every time" Of
course no honest person employs them.
Some will say that few short
bundles of the same quality as the long,
fits better around the turns Our ad-
vice is to pack none, but to let the hogs
heads be uniform from head to head and
side to side. In small crops, or where
remnants exist, the rule for packing is
simple. Pack in first all of your best,
then follow it with next grade, and so
on, then sample will show a fair pro-
portion of each grade, and an honest
" mixed hogshead will always bring
Its full value.
The Paducah Market has suffered
from the same evilsas our own, and to
remedy them, they have in the past
few months entirely reyolutionized
their system, and now guarantee all of
their samples to their buyers.
Cincinnati and Louisville do the
same, and have Teaped the advantage
of better prices for their shippers, than
under the old system. Upon this
point we quote from the circular of
Messrs j. S. Phelps & Co, of Louis
vile, who say; 8 One word to our pa
trons-after six months experience
under the guaranty system of inspec-
ton, we are satisfied, that tobacco sells
for better price when hogshead is
guaranteed to be equal to the sample,
than under the old system, when there
was no guaranty. We would, there
fore urge our friends never to mix
hogshead, but to assort closely, put
ting each length, and color and quail
ty together, thus insuring the highest
market price, and leaving no possible
ground for complaint on the part of
the buyers"
Every market in the West has suf-
fered from the same evil, and each in
turn has found it necessary to remodel
its system, and give a more rigid in
spection for the protection of its trade.
Planters and dealers will find there
fore this season, close inspection in
every market they may ship to.
Without this reform we may expect
to see the best class of foreign or
ders withdrawn from our markets.
Our remarks are for general appli-
cation, personal to no one; we have
been buying from your crops for about
twenty years, and have always sought
to promote the planters interests, and
a hearty desire for your welfare has
prompted these lines; and for this work
of reformation we ask the full co oper-
alton, not only of planters and dealers,
but of warehousemen, inspectors, buy
ers, and all connected with the trade.
The best results cannot but flow from
it, restoration of our tobaccos to
their old position on the markets of
the world, a higher appreciation of
their values, and larger demand for
them.
The whole Western crop is a very
large one, showing greater increase in
other sections, than in our own, we
cannot therefore hope to see such high
prices paid this year.
As low grades will sell much higher
early in the season, than later on, we
advise our friends to market their lugs
and common leaf, as fast as prizing
seasons permit.
We are truly yours,
M. III. CLARK & BRO,
LEAF TOBACCO BROKERS.
Clarksville, Tenn, Dec, 20, 1872.