Oil city Afro-American., 1900-01-27
TOBACCO RAISfRS
Meet at Houston and Transact I'M
pOrtant Business
RELATIVE TO THAT INDUSTRY
This Years Crop of Cigar Tobacco OF Fm'
Quality and viii Command RsmuneF-
alive Prices

The Texas tobacco growers as
sociation held meeting in HOus-
ton at Turner hall. 1t was we'll
attended and was an important
one just at this time, owing to
the growing and enlarging in
terests in that business at pres
ent.
The meeting was called to order
by President A. K. Moore. An
interesting paper was read by Mr..
W aShburn on the subject Of TO
bacco Soils, as found i'll Texas
Lands"
1t showed that he had given the
matter much study and careful
thought with considerable expert
ence. He stated that the soil
from which the wild peach or
green growth of that character
showed the best quality of land
for planting tobacco. 1t was d
bright soil, the greater proper
tiCn of which was sand, the other
being d dark soil. The article
was given the closest attention.
a committee to get up Il stock
company for the purpose OF erect
a tobacco warehouse was appoint
ed as follows: j. w. Collier, j.
NJ. Salidiner, Mckee Robertson, A.
A. Moore, ChaS. n. Rhode, VITA
a. capital of $4,000. This project
when proposed was received with
Ia great deal of approving interest
and Mr.. j. n. Taub, when it was
suggested, stated that it would
take $1,000 to push it through.
The officers elected were: a. r.
Moore, president; II. Hardy Rob
insOn, first vice president; ii. l..
Reinecke, second vice president;
j. n. Taub, secretary; Vet Cave,
assistant secretary; j. n. Salid-
iner, treasurer, j. w. Collier, as
sistant treasurer.
The annual report and address
of President Moore was i'll part
as follows:
Gentlemen: 1t is my pleasure
to render to this association my
annual report. What [ have to
say will be made up of cOnsidera-
BILE study and reflection of the
past years progress in the in
dustry of growing tobacco in our
state. Through the efforts Of our
association thousands Of bulle-
tins form TIE agricultural depart
ment at Washington, treating on
this culture, has been distributed
throughout OAR state. The very
best of seed from Cuba has been
imported for cigar filler purposes
and the best Sumatra seed for
wrappers that could be bought IN
this country has been supplied to
the farmes of this state. VIII
recommend to this body that they
purchase seed for filler purposes
that has b, N impO' ed direct
from Cuba each year as domestic
seed deteriorates each year until
}the tobacco raised from such seed
has scarcely no market valuation.
From the best information OBJ
tainable the Sumatra seed for
wrapper purposes that is import
ed from the isle of Sumatra are
| the best seed for wrapper purpo-
ses that can be purchased upon
our continent and seed procured
lfor the secnld years planting
from the original seed can be
used, as plants grown from these
seed are improved instead OF de-
teriorating as the filler seed from
Cuba. There is very little of the
pure Sumatra seed that can be
purchased upon this continent.
We have the assurance from the
agricultural department at Wash
ington that a limited quantity OF
the Sumatra seed will be distrlb-
uted 10 the tobacco growers or
Texas next year. 1t is with great
difficulty that these seed can be
Obtained from the Holland gov
ernment. The island of Sumatra
belongs to the Holland govern
ment and all seed and tobacco
raised upon this island is under