The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-07

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You have undertaken too big a job.
he further says; "the only way Mr..
Duke can atone for his sins is by
washing his hands of the whole matter
and apologiziug for the part be plav-
ed in it. viii you make the amend
honorable, We wait to see." Now
WHEN the Devil begins to preach to
sinners to turn fIom their evil ways,
Mr.. Duke will probably heed the adj
vice of this self-constituted latter day
Saint. Apologize for what? For en-.
abliag the farmers to get more money
for their tobacco than they ever did be.
fore. To the thousands of laborers
he has helped by paying good wages
to support themselves and families
In a former article in the same pa
per editor Webster in speaking of
this Cigarette Company to which
Messrs W. Duke Sons & Co, belong,
he says, "Such m"nstrcus creatures
of greed and avarice cannot be toler.
ated in this free land of ours"
Stop the CIgTetts factories and what
would Lecome of the p or farmers,
who raise bright tobacco? Where
Nou'd they find sale for their bright
Cut ers? No where. Prices would
drop a hundred percent in a day.
We are surprised at the ignorance
Mr.. Webster shows as what is really
BENEFICIAL to the tobacco farmers.
The Cigarette men pay more upon
an average than any class Of man.
ufacturers for what tobacco they con-
sumo. They pay double that paid
by the plug manufacturers generally.
Then why this abuse Of the iirtas
who are helping the farmers the most.
Because man BY honest toll aud
attention to his own business, by en-
ergy, ssgaeity and push or makes q
little money in North Carolina is he
to Be called a mo ster, a robber.
No sir. Durham boasts Of two fac
tories, the Dukes, aud Blackwells
Durham Bull Smoking Tobacco Co. ,
who have made tortu ,es out of the
manufacture Of tJbacc,.
They have m-ria the name of Dur
ham fam rus in every cline and nation.
They have shown the world what
brain backed by erergy and perseyer
ance ear d. They have built up u
town the peer Of ans Ia Nlrth Caro-
iua. They have built up a tobacco
market the EQUAL ofany iu the State.
They have been q blessing to the
farmers and poor pc Jpls in this Sec
ton. They are an honor and credit
to the State, yea. al honor to the
nation. The name and fame Of Dur
ham is eoextensive with that of the
civilized and semi civilized nations
on the globe. Are such. firms not to
be tolerated in this free land Of ours.
Mr.. Webster would have the farmers
believe that We haze in Durham a
yeiiatsble den Of robbers, who seek
to destroy them by stealing their to-
bacco aud robbing them Of their
bard earnings. They will never be.
lieve you Mr.. Webster. no farmer
wlo sells bis tobacco in Durham
wants the firm Of W. Duke, Sons &
Co., wiped out of existence by one
fell swoop from the foul pen Of such
an editor. The farmers in all this
section would rush to the rescue and
prevent such dire calamity. One Of
our leading wA'eh pusemea informs
ns that there Is no complaint what
ever by the fIrners IS TO the price
they get for Cuter4 That ii Is often
the case Mr Ton Walker, lbe buyer
for w. Duke, Sons 4 Co. runs the
tobacco up and continue. to bid when
no one is bidding against him That
it has been their aim 10 pay..fall prices
for every pound # Cutters offered on
the Durham market. The people Of
DORIAN and The N thodiss aud other
denominations ri lea 10 the success
Of this good man. lie has giyea Of
bis earnings $4,000 u aid In the
education Of the bD7s Of North Car.
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