The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-21
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selling 10000, 900 pounds of tobacco
this year on the Oxford market. Our
friend is laboring under quite mis-
apprehension if he thinks that because
we hc.e to sell &c, 100000 pounds OF
tobacco therefore the impression Will
be produced that the reason we INTEND
to sell so much is solely on account OF
the large crop. We would have our
neiphbor to know that our expecta-
tons are based largely on the great
fame Oxford is making as a tobacco
market.
Already we are pleased to state that
farmers from a distance have been
selling tobacco on our market, and
they are so delighted that they will
not only come again and sell with US,
but will tell their neighbors to do
likewise.
We thought that manufacturers at a
distance and elsewhere generally get
their information as regards the state
of the crop as to quantity and quality
from other data than the simple state
ment of newspaper. We feel COM
plimented that the GOLD LEAF should
think that they get their opinion from
the PubHe Ledger as to the quantity
of tobacco grown. This is proof of
the great reliability of the Public
Ledger.
If Brother Manning who conducts
an able and manly paper, and who
though little jealous OF the great i'm
portance Of Oxford as one of the best
tobacco markets in the world, is ever
ready to do us justice, could see more
of how Oxford is beating the record
on fine tobacco and high prices, he
would be ready to cheer our claim
that we intend to sell 100000
pounds.
Brother Manning is a great lover OF
fair dealing and if he could only
know the truth as it is he in the mag
nanimity Of his soul as true tar heel
would hurrah for Oxford.-PubHe
Leaser
We assure our brother of the Public
Ledger that it was in no spirit of jeal-
ously that we said what we did. We
were actuated by purer and higher
motives. And we do not write now
with any desire to provoke a contro-
versy, but since he has twitted US
with being a "little jealous of the
great importance of Oxford" &C., we
will say that we do think 100000
is claiming more than will be real
lied, Judging of the future by the past
Now, does our friend ask US to pro-
duce the figures upon which we base
this opinion? We can oblige him if
he SO desires, although we have no dis
position to make comparisons.
As Brother Britt says we are lover
Of fair dealing, and that is what we
are contending for. We meant moth
ing else when we wrote last week that
the figures at which the Public Ledger
puts the quantity of tobacco it claims
its market will sell, are entirely too
large and out of the question, and are
calculated to produce wrong impress
sions upon manufacturers and dealers
at distance with regard to the state
OF the crop. We simply meant what
we said and nothing more, that such
broad assertions are calculated to mis-
lead, and as we have no idea that
anywhere in the neighborhood Of 2o,-
coo, 900 pounds will be sold, we saw
no good reason for making such
claim.
In all seriousness, we have no OBJ
lection to Oxford selling every pound
of tobacco she possibly can, even more
than what our friend puts his figures
at, for we assure him that the perma-
nency and prosperity of the Hender-
son market is not dependent upon the
downfall of any other. No, we are
not jealous of Oxford, Brother Britt.
On the contrary, we rejoice in her
prosperity and have applauded the pro-
gressiye and enterprising spirit of her
business men. We admire dash, cour-
age, pluck and perseverance wherever
we see it, and time and again these
columns have heralded the name of
Oxford abroad as possessing these
characteristics in high degree. We
are proud of the growth and progress
of all our North Carolina towns, and
next to our own, Oxford has come in
for more frequent and favorable mel-
ton by this paper because we thought
it deserved it, than any other one of
the many bright jewel-towns that
adorn the brow of our noble old State.
So no spirit of jealouy can be rightly
attributed to us.
AS to the compliment paid the Pub
Tic Leager, and its "great reliability"
our friend we'll knows that the trade
journals get much of their information
from the local papers, and the manu-
facturers and dealers at the great mar
ket centres in turn get il from them.
At least the columns of the GOLD
LEAF are freely drawn upon in this
way, and we had given the Public
Ledger credit for being known to the
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