The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-31
WILL PRODUCE
I'll
:. GREAT ACTIVITY
Retailers Will Begin to Slack Up
!. lin Order to Get Rebate.
Fine Sales Yesterday.

The removal Of the Spanish War taxes
on tobacco is expected to produce a great
activity in the trade. Retailers and job
bcrs, as a rule, will dc anxious to get
a large stock on hand, SO as to reap
the benefits of the rebate on July 1st-
The action Of the Ways and Means
Committee preclude any further efforts
by the various tobacco organizations. y
call had Just been issued yesterday after
noon for a meeting; OF lie Richmond To-
hacco Trade to DO held today, to take
steps towards securing the abolition Of
these taxes.
Preparations were being made to send
a delegation TO Washington. IN tho new
view CT The situation, however, the CT
forts OF the trade are, OF course, unnc-
cessa1y, and the meeting has been called
or.
The T. c. Williams Co. and several
other tobacco concerns received telc-
grams yesterday afternoon from the Hon.
Claude a. Swanson, announcing the good
news that The committee had agreed to
reduce tie tax on plug and smoking to-
.bslcco to cents beginning July 1st with
rc,,atc. This is TIC tax with which the
manufacturers arc mostly concernch.
Then there is :, s;pecia, war tax of SCI
per year on the leaf dealers, which VIII
also coEie Of. The Tobacco Association
of the United States, located here. had
only recently taken steps TO get TINS
burden removed.
The Board OF Gcvornors OF the Tobacco
Association of The Uni.cd States has been
called to meet in this city on Mouuly al
sued yesterday morning by the president
sof the Association, NIi. 7. ii. Darlington.
There ;lre several out-of-town members.
2sevcral OF whom viii he present.
This will 1c the first meeting OF this
! Board and it is expected that some mighty
matters will be transacted.
One new member will have 10 be elected
The question OF perteoLnt the 9rseni.s;t-
ton OF the Association and ether mat
ters, will be taken UP.
1.-The sales on the Richmond breaks yes
to-day were of an exceptionally fine order.
At Shelburnc's Warehouse and at Stone
+w..ll fire sales were held. with remark
ably good prices. Shelburne sold $3.50
pounds in all. the highest price received
being SIT. Tho suncurcG portion OF the
crop amountet; TO 1870, and on this part
!, OF tie break an average OF sla.S1 was OBJ
tanned stonewall sold something over
5000 pounds, all sllncured. The average
WAS $l2.09; the highest was SIT and the
lowest 50 At Shcckoe G510D pounds were
sold the highest price being SIS. Cren-
3shaw's Warehouse had g sale OF 1876.
ltrhe highest rytce received was si5.50.
"a Shelburne's5 Warehouse, OF which Messrs.
Dickinson and Shelburne arc proprietors,
'ihas issued a statement in answer to the
charges of drumming, ctc-, recently
brought against il. The opening para
graph sets forth that the statement il;
made in correction of q false impression
which has been made upon the public by
The charges which we arc leG to be-
Ieve cr.a,!ated from certain OF our com
spctitors, and which have been very dam
aging to our business The charges are
then taken UP and discussed in detail.
Mr.. SlIelburne says in conelusion:
...rha above is an actual statement of
b!ehc facts in the four cases by which we
Rhaye been brought into most undesirable
.notoriety and we are willing to leave
sit to tho public whether we have in any
kinstance been guilty of conduct such as
Eto Justify the attacks mace uponsus. In
asnlucli a our house is commonly spoken
Of as .:SheIhurne,s warehouse. we wish
| to- state that AIr Stlelburne has been en-,
gagged in the tobacco trade in this city
for over thirty years During this period
There have been connected with him some
thirty or forty men who are NOW in the
tobacco trade in this and other markets,
and any and al of these men. as well
as al Sbily ers during these thirty years,
are gwen as references as to our business
m al f1nfIs