Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-30
ALL WORK IN UNISON.
Noy Zoe Interests Of Our Tobacco Trade
Nay Be Advanced.
u,,p II TIE HOME MARKET.
r,,. Can lie Done E0cctuaiiy ny
,.tuu Good, Nearby Lands for the
,,.,u,.tion of Grades That Com
,ard Coed Prices.
written for the Dlspatch)


regard 20 the confines TO those immedi-
,tclv interested in this crop. because In
directly IL Il from the handspring OF this
product that the prosperity OF our
s.ste-ciiics and counties alike-is de-
rived. The tobacco interest Is dinused
into every branch OF business In our
s.ate. There IS no equivalent or subsu-
,,,te for tobacco as multifarious money
rroducer or employment agency, so that
a. whatever degree 1t may be neglected
&, ike ratio will we find ourselves suf-
fcrcrs.
The days Of close competition are upon
rs requiring more watchfulness and CO.
eucratlon. and system. expenditure, WIS
dom. and alertness In keeping our adj
,,ncea position in the markets and up TO
~, demands required by the world
standard. Anything short OF progress IS
1.es that would require double enort TO
REGAIN. With a View OF meeting ne"
coalitions the Tobacco Trade in Rich
rrnl as the leading market. ana our
,sanh.r Of Commerce cooperating with
e., Trade. have wisely taken up this
subject recently. This dcliheration and
ae,fation. with the aid % the press to DO
r. mart. must insure results cOmmensu-
rate with such combined efforts.
FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY.
The conditions OF the trade call for
I've and persistent fight for supremacy.
MS We realize that i'm Richmond more
than half OF our Inhabitants are de-
rsaIcnt mainly upon this one industry
fr~ "a living. In this category are our
Ranks. building fund, ana financial as
s.raunns. our railroads and boat lines.
our merchants and mechanics. factories
ana fouudries. lumber-yards. tin and
r.rcr-tac makers. photographers, and
Winters on this point suffice II 10 say
lint over four thousand white girls earn
fltr living In the tOhacco-factories or
Richmond. and many more in connected
Industries What. then. shall we say OF
tte male Yopulation-white and colored-
ir Gals branch Of business?
Manufacturing is the great employment
factor. and % increase this the lcai to-
irrc1 trade must be FIRST fed adequately,
r..bly. and from the helds-that is, AT
first hands pfncipaily-and there are
many rivals In this field. near 10y ana
mar OF The time and tide that wait
f~ nobody also change the current in
deep and old channels. Richmond in by
zone days. with the monopoly Of chief
railroads. as n tobacco centre for lesser
E..am1nd n to-day with multiplied in
t.r.or markets. with many railroads and
,rl.plnc facilities and advantages OF
modern methods In shipping. exporting.
handling. and storing tobacco. but still
mainly tributary o. Eichmond-these viii
remain as nearly built up 10y our market
ana money ~ proper and prompt methods
are actively used % control the business
Richmond formerly m0nopoliZed the
frr. - l.
ness. and n WAS almost imperative that
f1baCco from tho interior should pass our
lreuecflcr iu order 90 he well disposed OF
Co. the world-tut to-day We find Ike
facilities provided by many Of the lesser
markets. with plans Tor hyrothecation ~
chscco notes with all the henehts 10
80 cleared from these modes.
GROWTH OF LOOSE SALES.
Richmond is gaining ground. and es-
scntlally SO, by the late successfully sys-
tom we adopted of selling loose tobacco
five o. our warehouses gaining from one
and one eighth million pounds four years
ago 10 the results Of eleven million
pounds ana over sold here in 1875 This,
too besides holding on 10 our regular
hogshead trade. and immensely increds-
GA. our sales OF Burley and other manu-
featuring tobacco. But the loose business
BE- destined. with the united system, TO
and I'm so doing viii benefit generally
everybody IN Richmond interested in
the tobacco business. and 20 this end
these should unite in voice, work. purse
and wisdom We must once more de-
trrmiuedly and vigorously reach out after
this planters trade. the greater ana most
profitable part Of which lies In ihc new
bright belt ~ Eastern North Carolina
and South Carolina, besid that wlthln
our own borders This trade has been
set I'm motion. and these fields will he
holly contested by many tobacco mar
kets Only gross neglect and lack 81
harmony. or naturalization Of this truly
iruportant business viii ever cause us
% fan short Of handling the bulk OF 49,.
To control this product we must use
money. employing special Richmond mar
ket agents. We must have special rail-
ROAD rates for the benefit Of planters at
different points: We must cultivate and
keep up the closest relations between the
planters OF Virginia. North. and South
Carolina, and our city. There may be
many further plans devised in detail
The au-round expenditure and proiits
drawn from rehsndled bright tobacco
as done on this market, would not he
less than 10 per cent over that due 10
the pront Of the hogshead trade, 6 per
cent Of which is from warhouse-charges
alone. so that this 5000 ON pounds sold
az 10 cents per pound would equal 5000
60 as good years sales. out or
which al least $4,000 would be left in
Richmond, exclusive II what planters
themselves may spend here with our
merchants. and TO say nothing Of the
great numbers Of traders and people that
this would draw TO Richmond. The HOO,
or sold last year In Richmond was the
cause OF settlement here OF at least
twenty-five new families and tobacco
men drawn from other fields; and we
should have hundreds more II We grasp
what We are entitled 10 In carrying out
these measures.
Put money and the railroads and the
Chamber Of Commerce and the press 10
work conformity. and our tobaccOnists
VIII surely bear their part Of the burden.
The buyer wants a whole market and
with IL they will not 10 elsewhere to
buy: IL requires a great quantity Of all
grades for the specialists 20 supply them
selves at al times.
BRIGHT TOBACCO NEAR US
Every years sales furnish evidences
that the very best and most easily
worked and improbable tobacco-lands
are our sclfsame Old-neld play lands
almost on every side OF aud adjacent
% Richmond. Sandy. with a light-gray
sub-s0u. are the best indications for
field county has FOR several years been
sold Ia Richmond made within a few
miles of this city. which has brought
the best OF prices on ia merits. and
shows conc.usively that the bright crop
/. VIII there pay Wei. with least attention
even on these poor lands only this
month was II that crop raised in King
ana queen. near West Point. Va, sold
loose az $3.50. $40. 81. 81 and 81 per
10 pounds. There b. enough idle land
OF this Kind that could be cultivated
s1 as 10 produce the best brlghts within
three years. and supply the Richmond
market with 55.osl co pounds Of bright
stock Neither should - be forgotten
Vat these very same lands in the early
history OF Eastern Virginia made that
dstinguishabie and highly-pr.zed sweet
scented" stock spoken OF In our Colonial
records. As the old bright-tobaccO lands
become exhausted. OF which there IS iull
evidence OF too rapid depreciation. as
shown by the inferior products Of the
last few years from such. there Is ample
room for the fuller and more perfect
development OF fresber lands. more ski
fully and carefully and scientifically
cultivated. which are all the better for
wing 20 near Richmond. where the planter
D. within easy reach OF the trade. and
.tsf.. kg "a holm i,uf