Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-01
WOES OF TOBACCO GROWERS
a SECOND :LtrrkB. sUo0Esr'N" mo"
yO AssUAaE TBsM
.pr A." t,abora,es H,s Plan tor Having au
omen Tobseco M~rhst In lancaster a"d
Toll. How 80 Would Conquer
Possible Vuysrs' Opposition
wuIrr ROCK, April 10, lssG.

week which YOU we're pleased To term a
hroezv je,tor though lId not wish A. for n
,.,y .,a a, ali 4 ,n,,,,.,o, ,h., no..
,y go, . Al, ". - -,
Wouiu DO "ofe W 'oioW' anu ue WMu'n
ana interest manifested IN It's ohlect has
impelled mo 10 write another, and give
moro fully the MANY yery'stron reasons why
Ianc.ster ci,v sbou,d baye mn oman ,o,,acco
,y 'ny sn'''' I nA,o '" Wv" ,',"ro ~
,,n, ,,.r,, 80 r., h.,.w s,,,n,,', ,',
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80, pui',''''' pi' " ,oS 'o"S
,a"'eu W. ~ "uN""oeheht III aTcui'"r"
business enterprise aud general intelligence
IL unworthy OF a community that can boast
such citizens as those whose history and pro-
files have adorned the papes of your able
journal for the past wear or more: and II any
good reason IN given wby n change should
not lie wrought Mt once. tho writer will be
much surprised.
For tbere ia I'm, o,e reason that really exists
and that I mink no packer will have the to.
merity 10 give 30 To- helm them out ON this
nnint. and save them from a charge of much
iIrL inc w,,bont nm assjvnable re son | will
nnt n in here. viz ufbe present mode of
iuyino tobac,,o gives To the buyers and pack
n,. .sau,hn,,nni,ies and facilities for buyinu and
handling our great staple at such exceedingly
lnw prjce and good protits and for keepinp
The grower so ,ompletely within their powar
that they would Ie less than human To lat
such a rich plum pass from their grasp with.
out making most strenuous efforts for Its re-
tention." Whatever reasons may be given,
sll others arc mere sophistry aud oaly meant
10 cover this Therefore farmers the degree
of opposItion 10 a change that may develop
among IN. buyers sho,iId be the measure OF
the efforts that Won should put forth To ac.
Complish II
WHY nrYrRs -uorf.p Sor oProsE Tr.
n,I,s,no, ,,,,k that snv yres, onno.i.
-, "' -, -, -, ,Sa -, -,
ti"n VIII los mel WIN from tne most fePh'-
able buyers, especially OF our own CITY. for
with good opon tobacco market such us
Iynchburg, Va, possesses under her system,
AN impetus will be given to the growing aud
uackiny of tobacco In your city that will far
more than repay, in the increase of tariff, any
gain that may arise from TAX ing ad dysntaee Of
The uunro,ectad condition of the farmer under
the present system.
Certainly the drawbacks to the packing
business under the present system are many.
The packer Is put to great expense in keep
ing a number of buyers ON the road through
OUT the season, which to a large packer IL
no small item lie must put the tobacco in a
dark, close cellar when ali opinion as to the
real value Of the tobacco must OF necessity
De ohly guess woSh anu hccoruIne 70 hl'
80 a. I'll ,ha a,rmar. ,at n many ,n.,n aayan.
tsve. ot him. and seldom deliver the to.
bscco in the condition that he buys 1t to be
In.
Now II there was in Lancaster an open
market all OF this would be impossible, III
the broad full day light with no chance FOR
cheating, mixing, docking or growing.
Buyers would meet growers and all stock be
sold for what il was, and not what IL was sup
posed to be. The business OF the packers
would certainly be greatly increased for in.
stead ot being the market OF county, your
city would become the tobacco market OF the
state and instead OF being hand To mouth,
browheatlng to jewing, uncertain and unsat-
isfactory business, IL would become full, Tree
and untrammeec.
gentlemen. 1 when
ConestoRa wagon replaces the great Pennsy l.
yania railroad when sait, coal and gram are
measured again by public measures in hall
bushel when The sickle ana sythe replace
tho mower and the binder; when the post
boy aud mail carrier on horse back take the
place ot the telegraph and telephone, that
the Intelligent farmers oi this county In tbis
age oi progress anu enlightenment Will
longer consent W ti's p,nSiiIs, "i''a,' al anu
urea,est stanles This is a System more
worthy Of the haitcivilized customs OF
Arabian, Chinese or Turkish merchants than
the Sktlesss, ShlrkS DetiaHens, SenerS
Shu''IeS anu hf'ue's' VI ''ah'"''ei'
now o'hERH Ahh iNNoLNEp'
SO much Tor the packers but the interests
number OF others are directly involved
II, ,Ii. ,uastinn The urower who works q
- o. .a,o,,,, an, 90 o,ad, tho o,r,a,
sea' III lN,o''S '',' W ~ 'i,o 80. ,'i. '.o
WI" 'u pishes ti'o 'a"' .a'., , ,T' ','ine' ,it'
and pr' bapiy guarantees the grower pitis
galheIefS, S"al i,en, pnosPh".e uoaieis ;
money lehuefs' iahu.orus ahu bankers ~ ~
All waiting on the tooacco money o' ,h'
county Ana "heh IL uoes hot come III que
uine All these lfaues arc more or ies'
disturbed thlH one eieineht oil uncertainty
IN lime alone mas driven or deferred a
least one naii OF our iaIihIhs community
from growing the Weeu. nave our packer
ever computed what they lose Just mere.
a man mas eraiu, or pee', "r polh, or o"t.e,
oregSS OF Pouuiy,or nay, vi Pos'tocs W sol
there ~ hee olen uatke'' AZ certain ns.u
aud "ellknown prices lor thein an; -, but 70
ba'e" must IA! Ieauy III his .oiah . VI IN coanc' si
may scnu hIhh puSo,' anu inns no seiis a
the bnyer prices Ior ne wei, khons WA.
secohn buyer seiuoin COMES anu tnlIu ON
never nut 'ne eShs W wy syS'ou' heeu no %
be enumerated mere, ior 'hey are 700 wei wei
hho"h !" growers "'o"'s ny p't'o' eNPe'
ehce.
GROWERS UNANIMOUS FOR THE PLAN.
have not talked to grower that is no
ready and anxious for change for the bet
ter but some have doubts OF the Nirgini'
plan working here, through fear OF opposi
tion to 1t by buyers and its purpose beinl
tbwarted by combinations among them [,
keep down prices As for combinations.
mas often been charged and generally be
iieyed, though l do not vouch for its truth
that combinations or understandings do nov
exist, by which certain sections are parcel lee
out by certain BUYERS and worked withou