Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12
BLOWING HIS HORN.

Mr.. T. Herndon, Superintendent
of the Grange Warehouse, Clarks-
vile, Tenn, issued q circular on
March. 7, which deserves attention,
if for no other reason than to give
an example of first class puff for
his own market for which he can
not be blamed), but more especially
to draw attention to a few state
ments of his regarding the Louis
Vile market.
To enable our readers to form
,their own opinion of Mr.. 7. Hern-
!dOn's circular and some of the logic
Hit contains, we reproduce it in full,
which is as follows :
lowing to the unfavorable wealth
er for handling tobacco the receipts
continue very light. There has
been a great deal said about the
quality of the crop, it being almost
the universal opinion that it is the
meanest crop ever raised in this
section. l am unable to concur in
this opinion. l think the quality
equal to that of the average crops.
The breaks now show nothing fine,
but this is no unusual phenomena,
as the fine crops don't move until
later. We have the largest board
of foreign and home buyers ever on
this market, and as q natural result
prices are stiff for all grades. This
is truly the home of the rich heavy
Tobacco, such as is raised in all the
Tennessee and Southern Kentucky
counties, and planters in these Sec
lions will fare much better here than
on any other market.
sour Louisville friends ddUiSe
their customers to quit the heavy,
dark Tobacco, and return to the air
cured light stuff as the prevailing
fashion. We must enter our pro-
test against such a delusiOn. The
dark, heavy fire cured Tobacco is a
standard article, and while it may
be out of fashion in Louisville, as At
Doubtless is, to judge by results, it is
never out of fashion here. The mar
kets of the world seek it here alone
as its natural home. Therefore we
must earnestly urge yOU to ship it
here, where heavy orders are await
ing TO be filed with it. Sales for
/ the present on Wednesday and
Thursday of each week. Thankful
| for past patronage, and respectfully
! soliciting its continuance, l am, re-
spectfully,
/ "T. HERNDON, Sup't."
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, March Z, 1879.
We have no reason to doubt, rs
/ Mr.. HerndOn says, that GAINESVILLE,
as we are happy to hear, has now
''the largest board of foreign and
/ home buyers ever on its market, "
/ but we fail to see why "stiff prices
/ for all gradesr should follow as a
/ consequence of such larger attend
/ ance of buyers. By that theory OF
+ reasoning Mr.. Il. Herndon would
/ imply that, as Louisville has lar
ger board of foreign and home buy
ers of GAINESVILLE rObaccos than are
to be found at GAINESVILLE, there
fore the prices for GAINESVILLE Tobac-
COS would be sitter in Louisville
than in GAINESVILLE. We do not say
so, but Mr.. 7. Herndon's reasoning
/ does. We had always understood
that the stiffness of prices in any
market depended more upon differ.
ent causes at different times than or
the regular number of buyers in g
market. But possibly Mr.. I. Hern.
don holds to the opinion that pri
ces in Clarksvilleare stiff dli'the TIM
and under all circumstances, with
the "largest board of buyers ever OF
the market" in attendance.
GAINESVILLE district is doubles!
the home growth of the GAINESVILLE
type of Tobacco, but the town O
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, is not the only
market in the home circle, beside
it sometimes happens that Clarks
! vile types bring as good aud some