Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-03
Richmond Tobacco Market, Again.
RICHMOND, June 80, 1886.

hlCHMOND, Juue oUi locO.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The Danville Register, in reply to
your correspondents letter, INDUCES
itself in q probably petty propensity
too personal to be designated as dig.
nifed editorial, too vague to be called
an argument, and contradictory as re-
CARDS apparent intents and purposes.
If there vas an incivilty intended or
reflection made on the Register or the
Danyille tobacconists in the article re-
ferred to, that paper, it is presumed,
has been the only one to discover it.
The reader may judge who has discov-
cred the mares nest. But the writer
Judges that if the Register had lacu-
brafed Il. e., studied by the light of a
lamp little longer he would have
found brains essential to lucubrations
even. No attack was made on that
paper or its constituency, and
hence any personal allusion is gra.
tnitous, to say the least; in fact,
the article in question was written to
convince our own dealers of the import
ance of patronizing their home market
as to their ultimate best interest, aud in
so doing merely quoted the Register to
confirm the fact not yet refutcd that
more than 100000 pounds Of tobacco
in one week is sold in Danville, with
avery little country tobacco coming
in." We will let others infer where it
came from. We would be sorry if we
had injured Danville in the pardOnablc
effort in reforming our own market;
and who, except by peryersion, can
make more or less of those lines that
caused the Register to smear on the
war-paint? Is it fair or justifiable
The same paper few days back chimes
in with the Enterprise in advocating
home purchases and fostering home in
dustry. Can't it tolerate that much
from Richmond? In substituting the
word "babies ~ where " children was
used the responsibility is not this
writer's. The former are not response
BILE beings, but children" the direct
issue of parents. is too closely an affec-
tionate term for the Register to appre-
ciate, even in joking.
The ruling passion Of babies even is
to strike back when playfully tapped,
but the Register has not this extenu-
a,ing excuse we made no feint at it
even. 1t is passing strange that it should
be boasted that the DanVille market is
So per hundred higher, averaged on to-
bacco for 1885, and this be offered as
an inducement for Richmond buyers to
send their orders there to an advantage.
This remark but fortifes the writer's
position. The Danville shippers would
be we'll satisfied with less than that
profit on their goods here; and as to
selling by sample while not altogether
welded to our mode), we would say
that we have an honorable Arbitration
Board to settle all discrepancies in sam
pies not only, but we have heavily
bonded inspector besides, and COM
plants are rare. 1t can't be denied,
however, that any one may be deceived
in q pile as well as sample OF tobacco,
especially when sales are exceedingly
rapid, as in crowded looso-markets. We
claim some advantage here in guaran-
tee sample, a leisurely inspection Of
same before purchase, the privilege OF
examination, and bonded inspector.
We never surmised these insurance
charges, hence insurance was classed as
a nuisance. We thought insurance had
progressed to be an absolutelyrecognized
science Of late years, and we think the
insured in our late warehouse fires here
will agree with US that it is blessing
that even the Register can't disguise.
Does Danville insure tobacco? Does it
cost more or less than policies here ?
Do you pay heavy taxes, If not, why
groan about them {? We let you answer.
Can any safe merchant do without these
business principles ? is her.question.
Richmond merchants cannot, and hon.
estly charge for the benefit conferred
thereby. The writer has bought tobacco
in Danville before the Register exist
ed, and therefore should be pardoned
for these remarks and questions. If
our interests are happily centred here
in Richmond, We hope the Register viii
prove indulgent and allow US to defend
the Same without getting mad or per-
sonal; especially in family feud out
siders had better steer clear. We lack
experience at cards, and could not dis
tinguish gsmes--ths old tricks the
Register kindly kindly refers to. We
would hesitate to learn them now in
our old sgs.
Regarding the tricks Of pinhookers,
we disclaim any knowledge except from
what We have heard from the profession
ais; and - the name itself was coined