Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
Will SEEK A REPEAL.
Tobacco Growers of Tennessee Claim Hard.
ship In the Anti Cigarette Law.

They viii Ask Certain Notifications fran
the Legislature.
The last session of the Tennessee Ieo.
islature passed an iron bound bin pro.
hibiting the sale of cigarettes in tho
State. Wv
The tobacco growers of the State arc
organizing for the purpose of seeking n
repeal OF the measure. They will adyo-
cate the enactment of rigid rpstrictive
features in the sale of cigarettes. nrc-
venting the sale to minors, and so bro.
tecting 1t as to make it Il pcnal otTcnse
To- sell any adultcrated goods.
tennessee, as a tobacco growing State
ranks fourth, and adioins on the north
ana east, the two leading tobacco prow.
ing States of the union.
by The census, Tennessee ranked
fourth III acreage, fifth in production,
slNth III value of product, and fourth in
humDer OF planters engaged in the in
dustry. W" -
The tobacco industry increased in
and from 1889 to 1895, the gain hos honn
more than "a per cent. In 1850 the num.
Der OF pounds produced was 3636Sgg q
u It's value $l,S4l,i 64. In 1895 the value
oi inc crop had increased to $3,O25,A 400
Every county in Tennessee raises TO.
oacco, Dut there are twenty three coun-
iles mat make a leading CROP of il. The
oeIt OF counties lying along the Ken.
lucky line, west of Nashville (scyentecn
vi tncn) belonging to the great Ken
lucky tobacco zone. ClarkSville. Tenn.
the tobacco mart of that tier of counties
Is II OF the leading tobacco markets of
Lhe world. The increase in tobacco pro-
uuction IN tennessee has been steady
ana III Is already the fourth in value Of
the reading farm products. The tobacco
vI2p LOT iS91 was almost exactly equal in
alu with the wheat crop of Tennessee
Montgomery County leads in acreage
u production; Robertson in value Of
the crop; Cooke in value per pound, and
ureene IN value per acre, The last two
are III East tennessee, in the northeast
corner. That block of six counties pro.
Juices q very valuable light tobacco chat
Is IN great demand for cigarette use,
AT GAINESVILLE, buyers from all over
the world attend steadily upon the sales
conducted by the exchange. II is great
ana growing industry in Tennessee. and
Is questionable whether the planters
anu dealers, who number up in the thou
SANDS, VIII approve a measure that soin-
yuriously affects their interests as the
~lonloitory cigarette bill does. Much
nnutlerIIs Is heard that the Legislature
was carried of its feet by n sentiment
that is founded in exaggerated rumors
OF h ravages cigarettes are making
among the yonth of the land.
lhose who oppose the measure enact
Ell by the last session claims that Ten
hessee's great tobacco interests onght
to he dealt such a blow unless there
Is better reason for it. The assertion
the use of cigarettes is deIeterions
TO health is true only in a modified sense
me tobacco people say, the damage
either from misuse of pure CT
sarettes or the use of impure cigarettes.
ma IL Is urged ~strenuously that the Leg.
stature, instead of delivering such a
'lap al ienhessee's great and growing
,oDacco interests, should have passed n
.aw providing for the Inspection Of ci'
and thus shut out of the ',ar.
iet those that are impure and iniurions
IL Is claimed, furthermore, that This
'rohlDltory law, even if it escapes O n
'lllutlonal scrutiny, will not in the least
essen the use OF cigarettes. Tell n free
,orh american citizen that he shall NOT
10 a thing, and that is the very thing he
vii DO or die. Cigarettes will be brought
nto the State by the box, and every
nan or boy who wishes can buv them
'Ver the state line, and having thus TO
,uy them by the quantity, they have
lore OF them at hand and will use them
more freely. ~
IL Is claimed that the damage done Inv
lgarettes arise largely from misuse OF
III l~nnocuous article Gnhaling) and eX-
esslVe use. The tobacco men claim that
.ater Is equally dangerous and hurtful
a person should persist in deluring his
lngs with it. ~"
ltls held that this cigarette prohibi-
Dry law Is a much more serions and
amaging mistake than most people
haSlne, hurtful to one of Tennessee,s
reatest industries; that if other States
suit, 1t will result in incalculable
amage TO he tobacco industry. and
ennessee being the fourth State and
Ight along beside the two great tobacco
tates, kentucky and North Carolina.
III reel 1t sensibly. Besides that. the
rlvllege taxes that the State was col
'ctlng will now be cut off. and the
'easury suffer a direct loss.
The most harmless thing can he made /.
by misuse, and the remedv =
lould be, 1t is claimed by those who In.
q repeal or the measure, not in pro-
ioi.lHg the use, but in insuring the pu-
W OF Ihe article by a system of inspec-
ons, lhey hold that the tobacco in
rests oil tennessee could be fostered
handsome revenue provided by
Eulatlng the sale of pure cigarettes.
hereas, as the matter will be under
us new law, the prohibition will not
'ohlDlt, the revenue decreases and plan
rs, manufacturers and dealers in the
eau staple Will suffer great losses.