The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-26

IN which 1t is Heir Attributed 10 over
production.
REDMOND. November 2fih-Edito
TINES What does the duiiness In to
bacco signify
What is the cause Of the apathy OF al
concerned in its trade aud manufacture
And what are the CAUSES leading TO IN
.ow prices prevailing for the bulk OF thu
crop everywhere
over production is at the bottom Of i
al.
Over. production has caused the IN
xoense surplus which Is weighing dow
prices.
Over production has caused the apathy
Of the dealer and manufacture.
Over production has caused the exist
epce Of the large stocks Of undesirable
and unmarketable tobacco ming lhe
world
Oyer-produclion is the cause Of keeping
poor the farmer and the dealer.
The dealer oanpot distribute his pur-
chases without loss before the farmer
piles on him another crop, and as he has
Che tendency in him more to raise to-
price. and is always trying TO make liz
lie more than be can well attend 10 ana
has the labor TO work, he is therefore
steadily and surely helping his own ruin
by creating lower and loHer yalu,s.
The dealer thinks prices are low this
year and he goes 10 and fills his factory.
But the f,rmer outwits him, and maybe
himself, by raising another crop. and a
little larger one, for he figures that while
Ave or ten years AGO he used to get $500
10 81 900 for 10000 pounds of tobacco,
he must now make $4,000 to 10000
pounds to bring him the same amount OF
money
lie is undoubtedly right to do il he
eau pfodoce The larger quantity at the
same cost. But if he goes on at this
same rate for another year OF so what
will the price lie then
From the experience behind IS We viii
nv the experience and fiud out
Virginia tobacco had its merits II
used 10 be appreciated at home and
abroad and was sought after Du,wbat IS /;
now and how quickly is lis fame dimin-
isbiDeY
There are still some few grades which
have not lost their renOwn, but also they
arc becoming fewer, less and far between
every year
Raise tobacco because your fathers
raised il before you, and You must do
wha, you have BEEN accustomed 10 DO,
but do net forget tia. your fathers have
gone TO the past, and that the world does
not stand sti !. hui is constantly moving
and changing and that these changes NE
A0t 10 favor of your product, bat agaihs,
II. Little more than one hundred years
500 Virginia raised nearly al the tobacco !
the world did know. Now the whole /
world raises tobacco, and this Virginia I
ought 10 know. SENEN
IOBhCCo FROM OUR EXrosIrIOS FOR !
PARIS.
The LyDchburg iTginiaH says Mr.
Mcdonald .eiurntd from Richmond YES
te faay. whittier he wer, to secure to-
lacto 70. the Paris Exposition, and was
entirely successful in his efforts Most
If The line exhibits OF the Richmond FIX
position were TUNED n3er to him, and
some of them will be greatly ampiifed
and improved. Messrs. Allen 4 Ginler
will make an exhibit that viii cost them
len a.Ossand doltlrs, and will be the most
superb they have ever made.
The splendid display of hessrs. p II
sfayo e. Co, which has ! cen the admira.
ion OF so many thousands, it is almost
;ertain will be sent TO Paris, though it :
;apnot We, be ascerlained as fixed fact
of nj la
Whole of Virginia ought to ardenlly de :
ire ,s exhibition on the wider field that i
ne Worlds fair of 1889 will afford q
The Pace Tobacco Company, one Of d
he largest Companies in Richmond. viii 4
jso spread themselves on their display, g
nd their enterprise and unlimited means v
re a guarantee that it will reflect credit /
n themselves and The entire trade b
Messrs. Myers Brothers d Co, + {.
Williams & Co Cameron Bro hers, and N
her well known manufacturers have y
$50 condilionally promised 10 exhibit. ri
Among The enterpTising leaf dealers il
: Richmond who will send exhibits and q,
ave already turned them over to Mr..
icDonald are Vaughan Il Saryay, t. D. 7
eale. Darlington 4 Co, l.. NJ Griffin ( "
o. Wilson & Son, Sias Shelbourne
M r. Il. Wiles & Co Messrs. Strause u 81;
aab aud ]. NJ. Conrsd's Sons also ex :,
,ci 10 exhibit. The Virginia and North ~
,rolina weed will be well represented ~;
rough Richmond dealers and manuiac -,
reTs =,
Mr.. John T. Edwards, who went 10 ~ =.
presen, Mr. Mcdonald at the Danyille o ns
Dbacco Fair, reports that that market III
II also be well represented by the yel- 40
. leaf al Paris. i;
As yet but one Lynchburg firm has pre- ~, w.
red aa exhibit, very pretty one; but ~
is to te hoped that many others Of -,
m. or their entire trade, will send ~
play worthy of the Oldest and one Of ~
; est tobacco markets Of the country. -
fillmore, Louisville, Cincinnati and
Ter places are preparing exhibits. .
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