Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-11-28
INDEPENDENT INSPECTORS.
Action Of the Tobacco Board in Regard to
their Election

the beginning OF a new year IN the
tobacco world and on account OF some
dissatisfaction with the system OF IN
spection that has prevailed in Clarks-
vile, it was determined to change TO
the independent plan that is, to have
inspectors elected by the Board. The
former plan has been to let each Ware
house do its own inspection.
This plan was agreed upon at a meet
ing of the Board held last week, and
the fact having been noised abr cad
various and sundry citizens became
candidates for inspector, and, as 1t was
expected that an election would be
held Wednesday, they were on hand
in force when the Board met each
making his best endeavor to impress
the members with his capabilities for
the Office, his fine points as a judge OF
tobacco, his general cleverness and ac-
commodating disposition.
The Board was called to order
promptly at 10 o'clock by President
Herndon. The secretary read the
minutes OF the last meeting.
Mr.. Crouch moved the reconsidera-
ton of the resolution providing for
the independent inspection, which had
been passed at the last meeting. Mr..
B. K. Gold seconded the motion.
Mr.. w. B. Anderson moved to table
Mr.. Crouch's motion and Mr.. Walker
seconded his motion.
This indicated square issue be-
tween the buyers and the warehouse
men. The former were most anxious
for the establishment of the independ-
ent inspection, but thought the resolu-
ton that had been adopted conceded
too much to the warehouses III the
way of fees, etc.
The motion to table failed to carry
on account of a tie vote and for the
same reason the vote on the original
motion brought about dead lock, the
BUYERS voting solidly in the affirmative
and the warehousemen with equa
unanimity in the negative.
Mr.. Clark then laid on the table
sealed proposition from the buyers t.
the warehousemen and the latter re
tired to consider it.
They returned in short while anC
=
reported that they refused to accep
the proposition of the buyers an'
would make no proposition to them
Mr.. Clark moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Anderson asked him to with
. draw the motion; said he wished t
explain the position of the warehouse
, men.
Mr.. Clark declined to withdraw hi
motion, saying that the peremptor
! action of the warehousemen left notf
ing further for the Board to do.
:, The motion was then put and lost
Mr.. Anderson moved the postpone
ment of the whole matter until d.
cember, 1856. The motion failed
o. carry.
Speeches followed by Messrs. Ande
son, Clark and Rudolph.
- President Herndon called Mr.. Lew
:. Gold to the chair and put matters
plainly on the part of the warehouse
, that he brought about a conclllatol
:. spirit in Mr.. Clark and he asked for
conference Of the buyers to formula
4 another proposition.
- Mr.. Lewis Gold said the warehous
!, men had spoken of concessions mac
bv them. He wanted some one
them to state what those concession
- were.
Mr.. Herndon replied that the fe
~ were regulated by committee tn
- had been appointed by the emit
NJ Board.
:, Mr.. Rudolph said it was conct
10 sion on the part of the warehousem'
to permit any independent inSpectic
80 The suggestion of Mr.. Clark W
y. then acted on, and the buyers wit
- drew and in a short time brought
10 another sealed proposition.
- The warehousemen withdrew
A consider it, and when they return
-, it was evident that compromise h
i. been reached.
-. The Board shortly after adjourn
- for dinner, and in the afternoon
80 law was adopted, the substance
,ro which is as follows:
,Ir That the present mode oil inspect
-, be changed from warehouse 1nsp
100 ton to an independent board OF
VOW spectors, consisting of four memb
and two deputies The inspect
fees are to he 40 cts. on the hogshe
40 The charges to the buyers are chan;
- from S1.1O per hogshead to $50
hogshead, and the buyers are also
-, paw a storage fee OF % cts. per h
,o,I head.
xT The following were placed on
g., election COtnDlltttc W CAAOO0O iA'SP
on ors:
~ Buyers-M. H. Clark, w. H. Crol
,,at P. C. Hamburger, L. I. Gold, b.
tho Gold and J. f. Bronaugh.
~ Warehousemen-R II. Walker
" y H.Smith, 1. H Shelby, w. F. Buck
T. r. Hancock, ]. c. Kendrick ant
HerndOn.
y L The committee retired to vote
re- secret. The candidates waited Il
elor hours in an agony OF suspense
ard then the committee came out
to calmly announced that they had
but iourned till Monday, without mas
ac- any elections. There are over tn
'red candidates and it takes a two-th
niue vote to elect.
'ard Those who seem best infor
rson about our tobacco interests are
tie, L satisfied that the change Will re
to greatly to the benefit of our ma
the and the planting community,
fore change is made without any incl
said of charges to the planter.
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