The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-01
TvBAeco INDUSTRY.
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cali there was we'll at
p' sI. y Il the rooms Of the Bust
ar Sss,erday afternoon to discuss
elss !, organizing tobacco
'au's ~, IS city and establishins a
z .souse for handling the pro-
F sitting 4 ccntral market for
SMeco ..r,.
Moore, B. +. Cameron, W, Vs., 8.
|, q. Rust, p. c. Crawford. Philip
~ Jones of Kansas City.
80, s.,,oughs, Isaac $. Myer, J. e.
d. F, MacGrcsor, Seth strong,
D, ~. rootain q. w. Kidd, n. a.
bs Ix eniruncwald, a. X. Taylor. u.
wv. ". Hall. !. y, ,,,.a
asn,rtng tobacco growers were also
's yr n Jcrgenson, Charles McCui-
ss.,ss Moers, s. II, Patterson.
la and some five or six others.
Moore in calling the meeting
s I,,,,sns We move forward step
III walks Of life and Indus
swis with pleasure that ] note
- y enterprising and wealthy
sss..ton present upon this i'm
fRasion. n,,,a,.,
IA qualities OF Texas tobaccos,
r.ctlemeu present today are MAX
~ IN Texas in establishing a mar.
y new staple, -
M We could carry out such plan,
~ saw from the majority OF many
~ In that the tobaccos sent lis
N. SiHcrent parts of the State was 1
&siIiion to offer to Eastern buyers,
Ss son,ething had to be done to
~ tobaccos merchantable and ere
IA. market here for 1t. So. acting
IN fart II was deemed best that a
v = called today of the citizens OF
n Tor this purpose.
Sysrr norton OF samples that we
~ time TO time received are not
v saourh nor assorted as they should
n Ais condition they have a value
arpvers which will be remunerative
Il they can be sold to a company
y IN who will take all the visible
b I'M state and rehandle 1t hero and
n for the market. After 1t has
t,de merchantable by such COM
then can be sold to Northern and
purchasers at a reasonable pront
y 1 company.
1fices that have been obtained for
tcbaccos, when prepared by expert
6owers, has been from 35 to so cents
NJ With ample capital behind a ware
these prices can be made to 60
W,
10 FIRST place, the Texas tobaccos
ecsparatiyely unknown upon the mar \
INN the fact that they are put up in
b ttyle and sold in the Eastern mar
dc price from 81 to $3.50 per pound.
31atco man, who is posted as to the 1
Rilns Of things In the East, said to me
Nhef day that there was from forty
Ny times more tobacco sold there as
y tobaccos than We are actually rails
/ w State, at such prices as we are
e1ihs our crops at.
~ II only one firm In the United
Fltch ID quoting our tobacco and
, Chicago firm, at 80 cents. This Is
Wing price here for this product.
y At above statements you can
~ that our tobaccos are now be-
11lprlated. There can be no question
~ quality and demand for our to-
To fact Is that the. demand for
Esds cigar tobaccos is increasing
y which Is recognized as being the
itnous tobacco growing country in
sid IN her most palmy days was
~ 70 supply the worlds demand
ciqf tobacco. For 1t is fact that
Y lands In Cuba are not suitable for
9Auft Of tohaccos of the cigar varie. |
llefe Is only one strip of 100 miles
~ About thirty miles wide, Iii the
g part OF the island, called Pinar del |
lM mas the soil that produces these |
tlaae tobaccos. Such tobaccos we |
ssng mere that compete successfully |
hat district.
are other portions of that island |
wv toDacco. but of a lower grade. |
IA u now becoming to be recog- |
% cigar tobacco growing State,
\, can not grow such a high grade |
Unit 1t. -i "''
eallhy leaf dealer OF Kansas City, !
no visits Florida each year, said. |
soll Is almost pure white sand, |
Is q lack in 1t which causes to-
ease poor burning qualities. From
49, seen OF tobacco raised in
s'u'n Iexas from Cuban seed.
we nearest to Cuban tobacco
ans .s,seo In this country, and my ex-
nv pronounced 1t Cuban tobacco.
az existing high grade Of duty OF
puma ON wrappers and 35 cents
.opacco from Cuba, I expect
~ itm years Southeastern Texas VIII
sne largest cigar tobacco produce
y IVA q the country, as land, labor,
a tinber for building is cheaper
~ ~ any OF our cigar producing
r a.. OF these facts before you of
-. advantages as to proper soils.
Dnditions and the number of
: ~ ssUAp huu INC IdTke |
va. acreage that will be plant
ma u market Is established
1'e rs only one more thing for
mo mo, aud that Is today. to take
|ohsne. 70 put In a market here for
, Me thousands of pound OF tobacco
sn, Of the farmers in South Texas
IrsS.-ous 10 dispose of their crops
Ind ha, condition, as they lack the
na'en't the experience to carry
taI .,urther. A warehouse is
axe these crops and finish them
49, lovers will refuse to plant a
= bux unless warehouse ID estab-
Fesn NY lhe crop In what is known
rcw,n state; This is done In all to-
d.. districts In the United
bms houston want the warehouse
Of T ,ne trading point for tobacco
ehou.ssA s as There will be market
cI,v established somewhere. and
III cra.s " make the move viii re-
II aents. Let Houston manifest