Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-26
THE UNION WAREHOUSE.
The Alliance People in Fine Shape For
Handling Tobacco and Are Reach
ing Out For Large Shipments.

the Union Tobacco Warehouse, which
appears in another column, soliciting
shipments of tobacco. This is an
Alliance house, working under the
authority of the State Farmers and
Laborers Union of both Kentucky
and Tennessee and also the Grange
and is endorsed and operated by some
Of the most substantial farmers of the
cuuntry-men of the highest integri-
ty, as will be seen by the names in
the board OF directors, and is the only
strictly Alliance house operated on
the co operative plan that we know
of il existence Our State Senator,
A V Goodpasture, is the preSi tent
w II, Browder, Of Olmstead, KY,
widely known in that State for his
integrity, is vice-president; A. e.
Gardner, Of Dresden, Weakley coun-
ty, Tenn, who served number oil
years as treasurer of both the sta {
and National Wheel, is the secretary;
John b. Allen, the only zone" Al
len and great Alliance orator of the
South, is general agent and solicitor
G. p. Wartield, of this county, is the
excellent superintendent and general
manager. The house, as before sta
ted, is operated on the co operative
plan-that is, a division of profits
among its patrons, after pay
ing expenses, and looks alone to far.
mers for shipments. They have two
large houses and are prepared TO
handle great deal of tobacco. Hav-
ing made an excellent record last
year for a be inning, the organization
IS in fine shape for business this year,
with established credit and able to
command all the money needed to
assist its patrons in carrying their
tobacco until they are ready to sell,
which will be advanced planters in
a conservative way under the strict
regulations and requirements of the
Union. 1t is useless to state that MIR.
Warfipld has managed the business
Of the organization splendidly
This is evidenced by the strong tinan-
cial basis the house is on, and in its
excellent shape Tor handling the
great amount OF tobacco that prom.
ises to reward the movement this
year.
1t is apparent that this house will
do much for the market, as well as
for the farmers who patronize it.
There is scarcely any rivalry between
it and other houses, nor will it in
crease its receipts so largely by tax
ing tobacco from other houses as by
reaching out into new territory, and
when farmers once turn their atten-
zion this way they invariably stick
for there is no other market that Of
fer5 s. much, and strong cOmpetili n
to the Reggie monopoly.
The late furry in the trade here,
which other markets have thought
would prove beneficial to them, has
only served to give GAINESVILLE re
neWed strength The farmers under
sttnd that every time a speculator
goes down here it is by reason OF
butting against the Reggie wall, pay
ing high pric for tobacco, and that
the farmers have gotten the money
for the tobacco. There is no argu-
ment so clearly in favor Of the mar
ket as this, and than not a single
farmer has lost a dollar on his to-
nacco account by any failure that has
occurred here. Our market is strong,
with eleven well equipped ware
houses and large board of buyers
with orders for all European markets
and the large home trade for dark
tobacco.
A committee of Alliance men from
West Tennessee was here last week
negotiating for the organization to
ship several thousand hogsheads
from that section to the Union Ware
house. This house will sweep around
from the West up the Ohio river to
the farthest extent of the dark grow
ing section and bring strangers who
never before visited the market, and
we are glad to be able to assure them
that the Union House is on solid,
strong busis having command OF
plenty ofmoney to meet all demands;
that it has strong and competent
working force, and every patron viii
be well treated and fairly dealt with.