The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-06
NOTES ON TOBACCO.
Wake County Fields AgIow
With the Golden Weed.
The Raleigh Warehousemen and Buyers are
Making Ready for an Extensive Bust
ness in Leaf Tobacco.

This years crop of tobacco in Wake
and adjoining counties has never been
surpassed. The acreage in Wake coun-
ty this season is double and perhaps
three times as much as has been former
| ly grown in the county and manufac-
turers, leaf dealers and exporters have
all united in pronouncing tobacco grown
in Wake county equal in every particular
to any grown in North Cardinals world
renowned tobacco belt and Raleigh is
getting ready to handle this valuable
local product. Indeed it is ready now
to handle it, and those who have become
interested in the matter-and that
means almost all the aggressive bust
ness men OF the city-have made up their
minds that Raleigh shall be q great
tobacco market. We have one local COM
pany, made up of more than one hun
dred of the leading and most active
business men of the city. We have
warehouse organizations made up of ac-
tice experienced and determined men
who know the business and who are
pledged to themselves to the city and
to the community to furnish every fla
cility and convenience for the success
full handling of the farmers tobacco. We
have banking institutions second to
none in the commonwealth.
Indeed, without Raleigh's financial aid,
extended through it's financial institutions
and individuals, many of its sister to-
bacco towns would have had hard
road to travel. This aid need not be
discontinued or withdrawn but some of
it should be and will be extended to
our home city. We have as quick, as
convenient and as extensive shipping
facilities as any market and we have
dozens of other advantages and attrac-
tions which it is needless to mention
and Raleigh is going to be a tobacco
market The farmers are going to bring
their tobacco here, the warehouses are
prepared to handle it and the buyers
Will be here to buy it.
The Raleigh Leaf Tobacco Company has
recently received letter from Mr.. c. p.
Sellars,, a prominent tobacconist of
Greensboro, announcing the fact that he
had just received notification that he
had been appointed by the American
Tobacco Company to represent that COM
pany on the Raleigh market, and that
he would be here at the opening sale
to remain during the season.
The head North Carolina office of the
Imperial Company has been established
III Raleigh, the Continental Company and
the Universal Company will all be repre-
scented and other buyers as well.
Messrs. w. Z. Cannady and r. f.
Knott, Jr., of the Capital warehouse, and
Messrs. Cheatham and Mitchell, who will
manage the Farmers warehouse, ar
rived in Raleigh some days ago and are
passing about through the county talk
ing with our tobacco growers. They re-
port the crop in fine condition, and are
feeling jubilant over the prospects.
This paper regrets to learn that some
representatives of adjacent markets have
been circulating erroneous reports about
the Raleigh market, telling the farmers
that the warehousemen mentioned had
decided not to come to Raleigh. OF
course these reports will eventually do
Raleigh more good than harm for
methods of this character never win.
There is room enough in this vast and
magnificent tobacco belt for Raleigh and
fer the other towns, and so far as the
capital city is concerned it has entered
the procession and entered it to stay.
We rejoice to learn that the Raleigh
warehousemen have decided to do the
warehouse business on strictly business
principles. They will buy no tobacco in
the barns, but they guarantee to the
farmers the best prices obtainable
and the best accommodate possible.
The tobacco drummers for Raleigh will
do only legitimate drumming and those
representing the warehouses will not be
privileged to buy the farmers tobacco
for less than it's value, and it goes with
cut saying that neither warehOusemen,
drummers or anybody else who knows
his business is going to pay the farm
ers more than it is worth, but when
brought to the Raleigh warehouses,
there is no question but what it will
bring its full value.
In some sections of the county printing
and curing are already going on and we
expect to see our warehouse floors covered
with the yellow leaf very early in the
season.