The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-02-25

they cannot buy anything like il else.
where, and there is an established trade
that wants 1t and must have it. The
price will be governed, as heretofore, BY
the amount produced II we produce
largely ins excess of wants we may ex-
pecs how prices. If less, or about what
is needed, twill always bring prices that
will pay the grower.
. While ] recommend the shipping of
all of our leaf tobacco to Bellsire, l
know full we'll that the greater part Of it
will have to 60 to the seaboard eventu
ally: and there would be the place to
ship II il it were not for the uncertainties
connected with the sale and management
and The financial standing and honor of
the agents who handle it.
) The qdestion has been often asked the
dealers by growers, Why we do not ship
to Belisire ?. The answer has been, That
we grow a kind of leaf that must he sold
to European buyers, and that the market
for it has been established in Bal imore.
So you see that we have been growing
and shipping an article that the only
market for 10 the Uoited States has been
in Baltimore. ii is not like any other
tobacco grown. Kentucky tobacco has
a home aud foreiga market; so have all
other kiads They will sell in New York,
Boston, Baltimore, Bellaire,or any OF our
small villages where 1t is needed for man
ufacturing purposes. Our own growers
will pay 40 to SO cents per pound for ci-
gar clippings aud crumbs OF Kentucky
leaf and pay so cents to 81 per pound
for chewing tobacco OF other growths,
rather, than use what they grow them.
selves Thus you see that our tobacco
has no character at home; In fact many
.ot4het growers wonder what Is done
p2Eh it Some believe that it Is used for
co1oring purposes II matters not where
or. how it is consumed; there is an an.
nual demand for about $4,000 hogs
heads, and let the growers continue to
,iaise about this amount and no more, and
let us try and correct all the evils that
are connected with the sale OF it,
:, | believe that our growers could in
crease the production proftably by
growing seed leaf and air curing it.
The trouble is that they do not know
how to cultivate, cure and market such
grades This could be learned by get
Ting proper instructions from growers
who know how to manage such grades,
furnish seed and circulars containing all
the necessary instructions, and / think
that our farmers would be willing to try
it. Some growers that have new lands
suitable to grow the old kind could still
continue to raise it and part OF our
growers raising seed leaf it would lessen
the production of the former and make
it more valuable. I think that this would
stop the evils Of over production OF an
article that is not wanted in excess Of
10000 hogsheatls annually. Seed leaf
could be grown on old rich, or manured
lands, while the old kinds grown on same
kind OF lands has become almost worth
less Now, IL we can raise such grades
as will meet with home manufacturing
demand the Bellaire Warehouse would
undoubtedly be the place for it. The
farmers could ship it 10 cases themselves.
Some claim that our soil and climate is
mot suitable for snch grades ! do. not
believe it. We may not grow as valua-
hle tobacco as they do in Brown county,
OHIO, or Kentucky II our farmers will
continue to grow tobacco OF kind in
texcess of the wants OF the trade, what
viii they 90 with it Z Nobody else wants
lit. l would recommend our growers to
TRY and grow such tobacco as could be
sold to home manufacturers, and it they
prodnce anything like fair quality they
will God better market with better pri.
ces than they get for the old kind, espe.
cialiy when 1t is grown in excess Of the
wants
Ihaye now written more than in.
tended when began Ny ad ,ice TO
growers is not TO grow any more than ID
needed and to cultivate. cure and handle
| it better, and try and grow some kind
that will have home demand-some'
thing you would chew and smoke your,
selves il properly Manufactured | would
say to dealers to ship their tobacco to
| BeIlaire. Mr. F NJ Atkinson under
stands the tobacco business and 1 thinh
is the right man for the position. and il
Gieske 4 Niemsn, Wilkens q Beall Oh
others want to handle it they can come
Ito Bellaire. F.
1 iha
| Mr. JERE WILuAxs-Sir: Ia my
Communication. where / advise ship
pers TO ship all of their tobacco tc
BeIlaire, you can say that it would
not do for one third or less to be ship
ped there, as Baltimore people are op
posed to the warehouse, and they would
give those dealers who shipped there th'
I benefit of the market; and if there wa
any, Leaf to carry over which there
mostly is) those who ship to Bellairs
4 would have to carry and suffer loss Tt
make success of Bellaire all, or at leas
1.-TWO. thirds of the entire crop should b
sent to Bellaire F
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