Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-01-06
To the Tobacco Planters and
Prizers of GAINESVILLE and
Hopkinsville Districts.

GENTLEMEN: On the 10Th OF
December, 1872, we addressed you a
circular letter ona subject matter :oI
great interest to all connected with
our Tobacco trade, which letter was
received in the same kindly spirit as
thatiwhich prompted its issue, and
therewss general hearty effort
made to correct the abuses referred
70, which resulted in great good ;
the improved care in pricing doing
much towards re-establishing the
reputation of our Districts for hon.
est dealing but in the past few years
il is quite evident that this effort has
been greatly relaxed, and abuses
have again crept in, which are rob-
bing us of our former high name and
good reputation. We therefore again
callyour attention to the matter, and
quote as follows from our circular of
1872: Gs# s#s
!" We desire TO call your attention
to some abuses, which have gradu-
ally grown up in our districts, In the
management of the tobacco crop,
until they are now so great, as to cry
aloud for remedy. We allude TO the
mixing of various qualities of leaf in
one hogshead, and in some cases to
the unfair packing of same. Univer-
sal complaint WAS made against our
section the past season, a Tobacco
District, which has heretofore held
the first rank for fine tobacco, skiL.ftd
management and honest packing"
awe appeal to you to give your
earnest aid to check this evil at once,
and to recover again the old time
honored reputation of 'GarkSvilIe
Tobacco"
Toshow how universal are the COM
plants, we point to the few extracts
below, as giving the present opinion
Of the Tobacco World, in regard to
the management in our section:
Messrs. Sawyer, Wallace & Co., of
New York, in their circular of De-
cember2d, say: 70 Is proper to
mention the frequent and loud COM
plants received from Bremen, Of to-
6dcco bought at the OdrkSVille and
H0pkinScille Breaks, turning OM en-
TREY different, and easily inferior TO
the Western samples. We hare had
some experience of this ourselves, and
If continued another season, IL must
aCOTk great injury TO these markets.
We k7oto there is a difference of opi,1-
ion as to aoIbdt constitutes a fair sample;
SChSther il should include a portion
Of the short Tobacco priced around
The turn Of the cGSk. Our inspectors,
and those Of several Western Breaks
include this, their samples represent
ing everything they ind IN the hogs
head; and any other course LedUes
open such q door for fraud, that ace are
conUinced IL is the only safe plan.
NotC Is the time, therefore, to notify
The planters, that If their ho0Sheads
are not Of uniform quality, top, bot
tom and sides, IL tciU all certainly ap-
pear IN tie sample"
Mr.. Verheyden, of Belgium, who
held in 1872 Tobacco contracts from
Spain, France and Italy, has ex-
pressed himself as follows: You
may aceU assure your planters, Irizers,
and all acho0a d mag concern, that zee
are determined not o. purchase merit
gear, one single hogshead Of Daired
sts1f. They haze merely for as the
sdtue Of Ags, as they are only admit
ted 6y the Reggie Governments s0der
that classification. 1t is then under
stood that zoe shall only accept u,a-
mt1ed ho0sheads, and the crop tCiH be |
fully Sufficient to admit Of that, and
supply The markets lcith the quantities
0fseIeetiofls ,0smired, sought for 6ypl1-
ch6serS."
The well known German house of
Messrs. Charles Luling d Co. say:
"GGrksriue and HopkiasviLIe- samples
this year, compared very HafarOrG6ly
S0ith those Of Bremen Inspection, and
frequent complaints hare been made,
and every effort should be made in the
interests of The Tobacco trade IA yolL1'
cities, to cheek and adjust irregularities,
for OtheT1Ciss yoatr Inspections SOiU no
more be recognized as creditd6Ie."
Mr.. Heinz Rienseh, Tobacco Broker
of Bremen, in his circular of Novem-
Der 1, says: The larger part of our
stocks Of Kentucky Tobacco IN first
hands has been redralCsa, holders finding
great reltsct1Ece on the sidb Of buyers,
10 purchase on american samples,
soIich too often prOUed perfectly ,aTeli-
a6le.
The slight and 'CdsatOn lody ia aChich
Sunlpling frequently seems to De done
severely damages trade, and ace
are sorry to sag that the former CONT
de11ce in the good tciU Of american In
spectors Is greatly shaken, ia many in
stances, eUea changed into open dis
trust"
Mr.. F. W. Smythe, of Liverpool,
says: " Your planters and
prizers should be induced to change
heir habit Of packing short Tobacco
around their hO0Shedds; our Inspectors
regard such hOgshedds as an attempt at
fraud, and aItoays put a portion Of the
,Aort tobacco IN their samples. African
>uuers refuse to take such ho9sheGds,
md Giev hare TO be sold for export at a
price near the raItIe Of the short breaks,
gntailieg heaUy losses upon the ship
per-"
We could add many more extracts
prom the correspondence of shippers
his wear, which has been notifying
o those who have the good name OF
,ur section at heart. But the above
rom well known houses Is sufnclent
q indicate the extent to which the
Evil has grown.
This custom has gradually grown
MO an abuse. until in some cases, the