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

r which the conflicting authoriti'
/ and advocates of the Louisvil
: markets would lead the minds
: the toiling farmers.
The News says "Planters will n
quire to see something more tang
bic than merely listening to hi
, Lmyl ipSe dirH on the point; tina
planters will fare better there thaI
in Louisville" Well, for the deleC
tation of the editor of the News, an,
for all those whose ''horn he blows,
| viii give him something "mor
tangible" In April of 1878 Messrs
III. c. and B. Anderson, of Logar
county, KY, shipped their selec
hogshead of tobacco "a fine blacl
wrapper orGerman spinner)toLouis
vile, and at the same time shipped
to our house their two hogsheads o
second grade. We sold the two
hogsheads shipped to us at $40 u
and 81 p. They rejected the sale
of the fine hogshead in Louisville al
50 %, shipped it to us the next week
and we sold it at Sl4 %, an advance
of So 90 per 100 pounds over Louis
vile. Is this "more tangible ?''
Mr.. G. A. Stark. ofSimpson county,
informed me last season by letter
that he made a test by shipping
two hogsheads to Louisville, which
sold at 81 40 and 81 80, at the same
time shipping us one of same kind,
all dark, rich tobacco, and the one
shipped to us sold for IS 90. Is this
tangible? 1 have Mr.. Stark's letter
to verify this sale.
Mr.. Felix Fuqua, of Logan coun-
ty, shipped his crop to us last sea-
son, and when we inspected it 1
valued it at his request, valuing
the Tugs at &c and the leaf at Zoe
and lie. A Louisville agent, r..
A. CAMPBELL, stood by, and during
the entire day urged Fuqua to ship
it to Louisville, offering to guarantee
him II to 134c. Fuqua yielded to
his solicitations and shipped the
leaf there, and sold at 50 90 to Sc so,
but selling the Tugs at DC. These
were dark, rich, waxy, fire cured
tobacco. Is this "tangible?" Mr..
Fuqua's address is Russellville, Ky.
Mr.. L. B. Polk, of Cedar Hill, in
Robertson county, Tenn, yielding
to the fiattering promises of Louis
vile agents, shipped last season ten
hhds. fine, dark, fat, rich Clarks-
vile type of tobacco to that mar
ket which he had offered Sep
TENDER 18th, but rejected pri-
ces. Some time later he in
structed it to be sold if former
prices could be obtained, which he
was advised, however, was impos-
si5le. In November he shipped
same ten hhds. to us with markets
constantly declining, having in the
meantime reached a decline of one
dollar per 100 lbs, but, nOtwith-
standing this fact, we sold the whole
LOT at an average of 81 II per 100
lbs. over Louisville's rejected prices.
But then this was the kind which
we have shown to be out OF fashion
in Louisville, and which are stand
ard articles on our market. Is this
tangible for the benight-
ed intellect of the editor of the
Louisville Tobacco News? Again,
Mr.. T. A. Martin, of Elkton, KY,
shipped us one hid. and one of the
same kind to Louisville. We sold
at $40 80, the one in Louisville sold
for Sc 80. He rejected price and,
after four months, constant decline,
same to us, which we sold /
at er. l also refer to ID. B. Smith, !
Esq, of Todd county, who tried |
both markets, and will testify that
we made much better sales on
much the commOnest tobacco than
Louisville made of select lot. |
also refer to Sorry, Son & Co., of Sad
lersville, Tenn, who tried both |
markets and will testify that orr
sales were much better than Louis
vile all the above tobacco being |
dark, rich, fire cured tobacco, which |
are out of fashion" in Louisville.
l could give hundreds of such cases,
but as my article is growing much |
longer than | intended to make it,
l will give Only one more. Messrs.
Russell 4 Lewis, of Logan county, !
us one hhd. about Jan. %,
1879, and two hhds. of same kind
to Louisville. We sold the hid. |
us at Sc 80, thetwo in Louis
vile sold for 50 05 and 80 10, and |
were bought by a friend of Clarks-
vile tobacco who knew their value
on this market, who shipped them
back here to Messrs. Kendrick &
Pettus, who sold them the next |
week at So go and 81 90, an average |
of 50 224 over Louisville prices.
These were GAINESVILLE style, which
/ said in my little of the 18th of |
March (Which has caused such a
among the dry bones of
Louisville and Hopkinsville editOrs) |
was out of fashion in Louisville, to
Judge by results, and the above are
a few specimens of the results to
which we alluded, and which |
hope are sufficiently tangible for the |
editor Of the News. | feel very |
sure the planters of Kentucky and |
Tennessee can appreciate it, and as
it is their interest we advocate and
serve, we submit the case to them |
as the proper tribunal to pass iudg-
ment on the merits ofthe case, and |
propose in the future to leave the
editor of the News TO that retired |
obscurity for which kind provi-
dence has so eminently qualified |
him. The editor Of the Hopkins
vile New Era has also taken up |