Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-06-27
TOBACCO.
An Appeal for a Warehouse from
one who knows all about To-
baccO-HOw DanVillc arose
from a Village to "a CITY
About our Tobacco
Factories.
BRISTOL, TENN.
June 10Th, 1876.

A"NAiI 1O'V' }
Mr.. Editor:
l am strongly impressed, and very
thoroughly convinced, in my belief,
that the town of Bristol only needs the
vim to take hold, and the energy to
carry into effect, to make this town
one of the leading tobacco markets in
the South, from the fact that all the
surrounding country has the soil to
produce as fine tobacco as in Eastern
Virginia, From my own knowledge
of the growth of other towns from
the tobacco interest do / speak, and
also from my own knowledge of the
nature of the land in all this country,
and all we need Is, for men of energy
to take hold of it. and raise tobacco
and make it fine, and it will always
bring them a good price-pay them
much better than any other crop they
raise. We now have two Tobacco
Factories in the place, one of them
run by our energetic townsman, Mai.
A. ID. Reynolds, from Eastern Virgin-
ia, who Is now working more extern
sively than he has for several years
previous, and perhaps this year will
work one hundred and fifty or two
hundred thousand pounds OF the weed
He IL running q large force of hands
from Eastern Virginia, and is now
making as good work as can be made
in any tobacco manufacturing place in
the South. The other factory is car
ried ON by the Messrs. Prather, from
the old North State" They are
young men of experience in the bust
ness aud OF energy, and 1 predict they
will make their business success in
Bristol, and have no cause to ever re-
greet that they came 20 this place to
manufacture tobacco. They will, no
doubt, work largely another year, as
they are opening up a large trade in
the Southern markets. Wenow want
some of our energetic tOwhsmen and
farmers, in the surroundings OF Bris-
toll and GoOdson, TO take hold of the
Tobacco business in the way of a
Warehouse for the sale of the leaf, and
then you will induce the trade to come
here to buy tobacco, and not only our
own people will go into it, hut you
will be OveTrun with orders to fill from
the Western States.
The writer knows of town in Wiz
ginia that in 1867 only had one Ware
house for the sale of Leaf Tobacco.
and some elk or seven factories that
manufactured the Leaf, and to-day
she has in successful operation six very
large Warehouses and thiTty-five man
ufactnring establishments, besides the
other different enterprises that have
sprung up during the time, and /
know of nothing to hinder the town
of Bristol from growing as rapidly
Let the people determine To trade more
at home and build up market i'm our
midst, and when the advantages are
ut all equal, always give it to our
own market in preference to any 9th
err. We know the life of a farmer is not
an easy one, but when we look around
and see the wrecks of fortune made on
every hand by men engaged in other
pursuits, the farmer has cause to be
thankful II he can support his family
and give his children a good common
education.
Farmers be contented, and plant
good crops Of tobacco, and cure IL fine,
and Il will always bring you good
price. You may not be able to lay up
much money, but il you can live COM
fortably and pay for your farms, envy
not the condition of those engaged in
other pursuits.
10 those farmers who are out of debt
and own good farms need l say that