The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-28
FLOODS CAUSE A
TOBACCO FAMINE
Eastern Roads Unable to Get
Their Shipments Through.
GREAT SCARCITY OF PLUG
ONE FIRM MAY BE FORCED TO
CLOSE DOWN.
GREAT SCARCITY OF PLUG

The floods Of the east have caused
a serious shortage in the tobacco mar
ket of salt Lake Especially is this so
in regard TO the supply Of plug to-
bacco. Local tobacco merchants are
authority for the statement that there
IS not pound Of one famous brand to
De had in the city and the wholesale
houses are out OF nearly all other
brands Of chewing tobacco. There is
stlu small supply in store at The re-
'ers' places, but this is going rapid
". and it is stated that if the tranc
tle-ups are not Strengthened out soon.
the Salt Laker who must have his chew
VIII have TO take TO gum. The SUMNER
supply Of cigars is also listed among
the non-arrivals, and some OF the mer-
chants are growing alarmed lest there
might be a shortage in. this line also
sam Levy stated yesterday that his
orders of tobacco had not arrived and
as a result ne feared that he would be
compelled to close down his factory I'M
I'll it does. He is unable to get ont all
his orders, and does not know what the
result VIII he If freight is held back
much longer.
Wholesalers Hit the Hardest.
Ihe shortage is being felt most Sc
Verely by the wholesale dealers. The
local representatives of the Stickney
cigar company stated yesterday that
the local dealers sold out all the Horse
ShOe plug they had on hand last week
Even the retail dealers, it is said, are
completely out of this standard bra nd
Ihere is small quantity Of some other
brands yet in stock but this. 1t is
claimed, is insufficient 10 SIMPLY the
market for more than a few DAYS The
wholesale dealers are practically out of
all kinds and the retailers have not
very much to draw upon.
oh s.. 4
the dealers who are dealing IN trust
goods One or two others who do not
handle the trust goods and who had
large supply on hand. have not begun
10 feel the stringency to any great eX-
tent yet. One merchant stated veSter-
DAY that 20 far as he knew there was
not enough chewing tobacco in the
city to last more than a week, and un-
less something was done very soon, to-
DaccO chewers would have to find some
substitute until more could be secured
Sam Levy May Close Down.
The cigar dealers stated that the
orders they sent in early in the spring
have not yet arrived. Some of the
cOns1gnments have been on the road
Tor more than two months and nothing
mas been heard of them since they left
the factories Mr.. Levy said:
The tobacco that ordered in April
mas not come and my supply has got
ten 10 such a point that / told my CT
garmakers that I feared it would be
necessary to close down the factory for
week or two until more leaf could
be secured I am far behind with my
orders and cannot supply the demand.
The floods have tied IN everything
Some Of the orders that have shipped
out from here have not arrived at the
point of their destination, so il seems
that the tie-up is working both ways"
The foods are declared to be the sole
cause Of the trouble. Trains that bore
shipments of tobacco for Salt Lake
have been caught in the inundated re-
gions, especially at St. Louis, through
which place most Of the tobacco must
come. Until the freight traffic is
Strengthened out the shortage VIII con-
tinue.