Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-25


You gentlemen must strike out 10 con-
troll them in turn rs the channel through
which our tobacco shall find its way 70
the far of places of the civilized world.
II is well that you should be exercised
concerning the question of taxation.
Not TO be under the circumstances would
be 10 subscribe to n measure born of war.
and will live in war until the protection
guaranteed us in Constitution of peace
is vouchsafed. Matters OF freight and
such like will always engage you. But,
IL YOU will pardon me, the one thing for
Richmoud's tobacco trade is to strike
holder out on higher, broader plane,
and all these things will be added to you,
The distance and the steps between
Won and the far-of markets OF the world
must be lessened. Our trade must be di-
rect-our acquaintance familiar.
There is not handler of tobacco IN
Richmond to-day who should not be
personally in correspondence with many
Of the remote places OF the earth
wherever the solace Of the. weed Is
known--at the same time master IN
our own home market
There is no room for middle men be-
tween MS as producing market and out
side consumptive markets We must
know the world and the world must know
and recognize us.
HOW SHALL WE SET ABOUT 1T?
The lot of the tobacco dealer, con-
tinued Mr.. Starke, compared with some
other of our callings in trade, has been
somewhat HAPPY one in the past. Sell
dom have you had TO eat the morning
meal when the light was yet pale, and
after the long and tiresome hours wendell
your way home in the shades of night.
You struck" for short hours many
years ago, but " strikes" never enriched
man and never will, unless it be n
strike for the principles Of and new
life in business. We have dritted down
from one billow into the trough, and We
must strike out for rise upon the next
coming. or it will wash over us. We
have conceived grand Exposition. We
want to have a grand edifice in which to
give O royal reception to the world.
we want a great assembly of the to-
bacco kings OF Christendom. We want
the Tobacco Exchange OF Richmond to
send its invitations to the Gar of Russia
and the Khedive of Egypt, to Frederick
and John Bull, to the States Of our
Union and the border lands, TO come
and know us and see the fruits of our
labor and then we want you 10 spread
before them such a display, from the
golden leaf to the dark wrapper, wrought
into innumerable shapes; and while
here may be seen the fly and the worm,
sending sadness to the planters soul,
yonder may be heard the sweet melody
Of the factory so that theywill go away
saving, SO far as tobacco is concerned,
"see Richmond and then die"
Make noise make a great noise =
until everybody shall come to see what
is the matter. Don't think that money
is about TO give out, and if you let go
that one dollar you have got you'll never
see another.
There's more money to-day than there
ever was before. Send your dollar out
on a recruiting expedition. Bait your
hook if you want to catch fish, and re-
member silver perch bite best at live
bait.
Some of MS have undertaken a heavy
task. You have seen it all published.
We don't ask you to give a cent, but we
do ask yon to invest literally in this
well-secured stock. Now will you do it,
and then go ahead and work up the de-
tails of your department in the great
Virginia State Agricultural, Mechanical,
and Tobacco Exposition !?
We want this Tobacco Exchange to
take this tobacco feature in hand, COM
mence it, and crown it with that success
which will grow out of united and
earnest effort.
Here MIR. Starke went into an elabo-
rate erpose of the financial outlook in
the matter, reasoning from the expert
ence of other cities that have had expo
sitions
GENERAL ANDERSON.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Starke's
speech General Joseph r. Anderson was
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