The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-01
TOBACCO MEN IN UONUCuL.
They PrOtest saaiB.t House BiIl No.
lO26-A strang Doc usnent.

AioNctulu-> bl tue MteiliH OF W AfrlbfiSe- |
men, Leaf Tobacco Dealers. Manufacturers |
and Farmers, Held at Yarboro House, Raj |
eigh, y. c., February %, 1898
AT a meeting of war-housemen, affohacco
dealers, manufacturers aud farmers represen. |
tatives of the following tobacco boards of /
trade and markets of North Carolina, viz A.: |
Winston, Durham, Greensboro. Milton, Hen
d-rson, Oxford, Warrenton, Louisburg, Rocky |
Moun', Wilson, Tarboro, Reidsyille, Roxboro,
Burlington and Raleigh, in conference. held
at the Iarboro hou e, February ~. commit
tee composed of members from each tobacco
market and section represented in the coufer-
ence having been appointed 10 prepare a suit
able expression of the sentiments of said to-
bacco markets and sections I'm regard to house
bill No. 1926, entitled "an act to license To
hacco warehouses in this state and to protect
tobacco growers from fraudulent combina-
tions To reduce the price Of tobacco SOLD III
such warehouses;:
We, the said committee. beg leave To say
| that, while no doubt the bill is intended for
| the good of our people at large, and our far
mers especially, yet when we come To consi-
der its practical workings are forced - the
conclusion that its ultimate effects will be to
defeat the very ends which il was intended to
| accomplish, and to prove really disastrous
| 1st. BY diverting the trade from our home
| markets to the markets Of Virginia, thereby
| causing not only great loss of business in
many of our towns, but also subjecting the
| producer to increased outlay and inconye-
i
| 2d. BY withdrawing capital now repre-
| sented here by brokers operating for manr
| manufacturers in this and foreign countries
| 3D.. By defeating the main object of the
| North Carolina State Tobacco Association in
l endeavoring to establish and build up the
| name and reputation of North Carolina bright
tobacco, which has hitherto been too long
| credited to our sister state of Virginia
4th. By tending to break up the small mar
| kets and to foster the Capitalization of the
| business in centers outside of the state,
thereby causing depression in real estate in
| our own tobacco towns; and
| 9th. BY tending to drive away industries
now operating in this state and which furnish
much needed lai or and employment to many
of our citizens, and further by encouraging
largely increased growth of tobacco in new
| territory, such, for instance, as South Caro-
| lima and Georgia. To Illustrate, we have now
in the state representative companies buying
in all the chief markets of our state many
Il grades of leaf tobac o at public auction, and
| OF course as the highest bidders. But for
these bids every pile of these tobaccos would
| go at less price than now These purchases
in the aggregate amounting to many million
| pounds annually, and consequently causing
| our farmers to profit by the differences be-
tween what these tobaccos were purchas d AT
and what they would have been bought AT had
these representatives not been on our market.
Now, If you drive such buyers from the state
| you simply transfer them to the principal mar
the trade of our towns TO be transferred also
| to Virginia at the expense of the towns oi
| your own state.
AS further practical illustration We refel
T you to the history of what has occurred in on,
| of our ST ter towns, Reidsvile. Twelve mouths
ago there were no agents of our large con
| sumers buying there, and their grades of to
J bacco were selling at discount as compared
10 the neighboring markets. Seeing that thel
were rapidly losing trade, their tobacco peo
rtn m SfanS IN no W fn lf.h hlt
there, since which time the market has ha
its due proportion of prosperity, aud thei
people only wish the agency had been estah
e lished sooner.
We do not pose as champions of any corpoI
n | alton or firm doing business in the state, bu
IL any or all buyers Of any firms or corpors
J, | tionS are to operate anywhere in the Unit e
II | s ates we think we derive more advar
!, | tage from them as BUYERS on our respecliv
! | markets than as opponents to us in the VII
| ginia markets.
Furthermore. we have heard OF no petitio
II | from any tobacco market Ia North CaroliI
asking through their boards of trade or
representative growers of tobacco, for the ei
actment of any such law or OF any law seel
ing to prevent any buyer or firm or corpor
tion from bidding on tobacco at public All,
e. ton; therefore, in view of the aforesaid pr,
visions, be it
Resolved 1, That we most emphaticall
a" pronounce this bill as opposed to the be-
| tobacco growers; that we earnestly oppo:
lie | any legislation that tends to build up marke
he outside of our state in preference to our ow
Is: markets, and we therefore respectfully y
h. | earnestly ask your honorable body 10 disa
h. | prove of this bill.
re G. E. Webb, Winston.
,s f. C.. EdmuudS, Winston.
al A. B. Gorrell, Winston.
.rs T. j. Brown, Winston.
M T. l.. Vaughan, Winston,
to f. J. Parrish. Durham.
he Jno. r. Hutchings Durham.
in JnO. w. Pope, Durham.
JnO. s. Lockhart, Durham.
J. z. Lyon, Durham.
Albert Kramer Durham.
d. Samuel Kramer, Dnrham.
he J. r. Blacknall, Durham.
~ ~ V. Ballard, Durham.
at ,,I Jno. ii. Redd, Reidsvile.
IN J. H. Womack, Reidsville.
;.o &. A. Coggeshall, Oxford.
'n ~ w. A. B bbitt, Oxford.
re w. B. Ballou, Oxford.
- j. III. Bullock, Oxford.
NJ NJ J. G. Hunt, Oxford.
wi f. T. White, Oxford.
a. Owen Davis, Henderson.
hn s. r. Harris, Henderson.
aa ID. Y. Cooper, Henderson.
"a Magee Il Burwel, Warrenton.
ha w. b. Boyd, Warrenton.
Walter T. Woodard, Wilson.
1, j. s. Meadows, Louisburg.
ar, w. NJ. Lewis. Milton.
ani s. s. Nash, Tarboro.
r,o Tbos. II. Battle, Rocky Mount.
~ S. S. Berger. Rocky Mount.
'"' J. w. Hines, Rocky Mount.
B. Philips, Rocky Mount.
T. z. Braswel, Rocky Mount
X H. Kicks, Rocky Mount.
B. G. l.. Killebrew, Rocky Mount.
or Wa Erwin, Burlington.
has j. A. Long, Roxboro.
OF J. f. Pogue, Raleigh.
to J. K. Rankin, Raleigh.
too X. l.. Williamson, Raleigh.
od c. +. Harvey, Raleigh.
ott Jno. Stronach, Raleigh.
olt | Co.