Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-19
cLARKsvILLE TOBACCO BOARD OF
TRADE.
Committees Report on MIR. c. P. War
fields Circular ITO the Public"


CLARKsvILLE, TENN, April 10,
lS90.-Mr. j. G. Kendrick, President
ClarbsUilte Tobacco Board Of Trad. Sir:
At an adjourned called meeting OF
the GAINESVILLE Tobacco Board of
Trade held on the 10th inst, for the
purpose of considering aud taking
action on circular recently issued
by Mr.. Q. p. Warfield of the Union
Warehouse Co., making certain
charges against Messrs. Smith d An
derson, which charges he claims are
sustained by the minutes OF this
tobacco Board of Trade, it was re-
solved that a committee of five
members of the Tobacco Board of
Trade-of Mr.. Wartield's own selec-
ti0n-should be appointed to meet
Mr.. Warfeld and the directors of
his Warehouse Co. for the purpose of
examining the minutes and deter
mining whether they sustain Mr..
Wartield in the charges that he had
made.
A messenger was sent to notify MIR.
Wartield OF this action, as he was
not present, having abandoned the
meeting Immediately after reading a
paper. Mr.. Warfield declined to
select a committee, and on motion
E. M. Flack, ID. Kohler, W. f. Dohr-
mann, T., &. Warneken, with L.. h.
Clark as chairman, were appointed.
Immediately upon the adjourn
ment of the meeting of the Tobacco
Board of Trade, the chairman of this
committee addressed a note to Mr..
Warfield, notifying him of the
further action of the Board, and re-
questing him and the Directors of
his company to meet this committee
In the Directors Room of the Tobac-
co Board of Trade, on Monday, the
18th inst. at 1890 a. m. Copy Of
which note is herewith laid with the
secretary for file.
On the 18th inst. the chairman of
this committee received reply from
Mr.. Warfield declining to meet the
committee, and demanding that the
Tobacco Board of Trade shall make
publication of its private records.
Which reply is herewith laid with
the secretary for file.
At the appointed hour this COM
mittee-with the exception of Mr..
Flack, who was absent-met and
proceeded with its work, without
the cooperation and assistance of
Mr.. Warfield and the Directors of
his company. Mr.. Flack had al
ready carefully examined the min
utes, and upon the reading of this
report, cOncurred in and signed it.
Upon looking over Mr.. Warlleld's
circular, to determine the lines of
the work before us, we found that
Mr.. Warfield says that the buyers
signed paper stating that Messrs.
Smith 81 Anderson are not non being
boyc0tted. In reply to this, we would
state that when we signed that paper
we did not notice what was evil
IDENTIFY careless wording of Messrs.
Smith & Anderson's letter to the
buyers. Nor did we intend any
evasive quibbling, calculated to pro-
duce an erroneous impression. We
had been informed that Mr.. War
field had said that Messrs. Smith d
Anderson had been boycotted by the
Bremen buyers and that he had the
documents in his possession that
would prove it. When we
signed that paper we meant
to certify that Mr.. Warfield's
statement was utterly untrue and
without any foundation in fact, and
that Messrs. Smith q Anderson had
neuer been boycotted by the Bremen
buyers, nor by any other class of buy
ers. Mr.. Warfield insinuates -
though he seems careful not to make
the charge in distinct terms-that
Messrs. Smith d Anderson sold to.
bacco by a good sample and delivered
frosted Tugs to represent the sample
of good tobacco sold. We find in
the minutes that there were some
grievances and complaints of this
kind, but none of them were against
Messrs. Smith & Anderson, or the
Gracey Warehouse.
Mr.. Warfeld says: LET it be
clearly understood that none of the
parties accused by the foreign buyers
of crooked dealings land promi-
nent among the accused were Smith
a. Anderson) were ever acquitted by
that investigation, nor were the
charges brought by the foreign buy
ers refuted, nor so far as / know or
have heard, did these inculpated par
ties ever demand that the investiga-
ton should proceed" And further,
he suggests that Messrs. Smith &
Anderson procure from the buyers
certificate something like the follow
ing: ave certify that no charges of
crookedness or dishonest dealing was
ever made by foreign buyers against
Smith d Anderson, and that no for
eign buyer ever charged them with
selling tobacco by good sample at
high price and then sending forward
chaffy stuff and frosted Tugs to repre-
sent good samples, and that they
would not buy tobacco from the
house of Smith e. Anderson until
those dishonest practices were cor
rected and abandoned. That the
minutes of the Board contain no
such charges against Smith Il Ander-
son, and that their record as ware
housemen stands unimpeached.'
We have gone over the minutes
carefully, searching for all of the
above points. And we find those or
similar charges in extracts from let
tiers from foreign buyers who are rep
resented by brokers on this market.
With one exception these are all adj
dressed against the market, and none
of them mention Messrs. Smith d
Anderson, and only one eff them in