The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-18
NOW AFTER
LEAF: TRADE 4 T
Rather Startling Movement
by Tobacco + p Trust.
INVADE GERMANY FIRST RS
Reported tina. il Ia. Already Appointed
its Agents There-Bremen Market Market
Stirred Up-Exporters Here
VIII Sufferlifit Succeeds.

Recent developments In the tobacco
world which promise to be very vide
spread in their effects upon the trace ae1
IN virginia ana all other tobacco growing
sections, Indicate purpose on inc pAlt
OF tho American Tobacco .nphnS !, eu,n-
monty viewed In the light OFFS com Diha-
tion OF manufacturers, to enter the ieaL
busneas M we'll and compete actively lor.
the trade now covered by indlvldual ana 1o
expor tors located IN Hlch-
nond and other places. s5 81 q
To Get It All.
nj. =, overnent n is the latest step In
What appears to be the Intention OF the
great corpora ton II gradual to 81 secure
tba control'1of the tobacco industry IN al
n. va rod forms Heretofore It's eleIsy
hna heen directed toward lnonopoll2.i.n ~
the manufactured business, and IN 5 TINS
# has now largely succeeded. ne sI roy.
factories have nearly all been o oub ~ = =
In this country, and there rs rs q co-op
five "alliance' with similar trust ~
~, ~, =, ~ -,rhe business Of manufacturing
1ohacco in these two countries Is thus
eSat1yS veil under the control Of the great
corporations. X, 3. (. ,,o,,,,
Rrt the assumption that the trust would
ha satisfied when It got this far 10 my ~
corroct, IN So far as 10 known %nopous
dreamed that such u development "ou.u
come. but there now turns up the ain INA
inr statement that the trust IS GONG nv! nv
the leaf business also. mas hsaa.. -,
t,, ,v 1eaf concerns and Is even now prepar-1
in1 10 enter foreign markets and sell ~"
&isaf tobacco to foreign manufacturers
NJ. "a ther n, novel lght-a great manu-
80 ntnrinp concern selling the raw mate
riai5 10 other manufacturing co,.cel ll.',,
Soma Of the tobacco men here VINO WI
he most affected by the movement pe''ose
q means that the a. Z, Company ~ s'.,-
nly working out a plan 70 capture '"e
tohacco industry as q whole. A 1,pe' .
.opa tlo tobacco world will be divided
MO Two PARASITIC part that Is the amer ne
80 :. 1,obacco Company and the part wv =
~ - VI the ego and the non-ego, as !!
wsra TO those concerns not inciuu ~
within itself the trust Will sell le'tl ".
h,cco and take the place OF the export'ee's
In this country.
Invade Germany First ),
-. country that is being invaded
:. ~ rar,,,any. The information, on tn's
.sa,nt is nretty definite, and seems ~ -
POM e,, - correct. Rumors have peen
~ , Jn1 around for the past Two weeAs
md there is now, practical cohl'''''u t'o'A
of them. ~ Company
SuI ant Matthews & Son. OF Louis
, .uu' 10, dealers and later Nathahlel :.
1,,rtso,, Of the Same place. 1t WIZ ptop-
~. ~. transnct business through u,ese
49,, ~, 90 and others that may be ACQUIRED
nr established later II Is ullu ,. $50 -.
further that the a. 7. COMPANY nna ~
rointed Mr.. u. Barkhausen, ue'.i Nn AZ A.
bremen, MS the agent 10 sc'. 'v Ea,,,,anv
,, Gne = ra' renorted also to have rented
49,, ,, ,rohouse Mt Bremen and engaseu y
,onn 90 ~ hands to handle their hoGsneaus,
ma also several drummers, VINO aFe ~ "
to,,, 1tho manufacturing centers OF ~.
rcne The countries open 70 tIeI.. .. :, =
Germany, Norway, sWeaeh, aW't4s. .a. ~
9o,,,,ri, holland and Belgium. FRANCE
t,sIlnna Austria are regle countries,
, ruas tlne governments conducts the to-
m Zoo trnde and gets Its supplies from
exporters located here
r:ermnn manu- hacturers and dealers
have heard OF the threatened Invasion
md are considerably stirred UP over Y,
The brokers there are vltallS lnteresteu ~
+hn question, because if the movement sue
ceeds they. along with tho exporters here,
viii he cut out OF the business. Private
CIRCULARS received hero q short while ago
from bremen refer to the matter, and in-
dicate that the market Is rather excited
over ii, One of them declares that things
arc decidedly demoralized as a result OF
tho news. SA as
What Exporter Says.
One Of the most prominent leaf dealers
of Richmond, who is n large exporter 20
Germany, ana whose business Interests
may DO largely affected BY the new pan
Of the trust, was seen yesterday, ie
wos aware OF the Developments, and Was
figuring on them When the reporter i came
In. 1 lTs .F
70 hannen." he said In effect THE move-
ment is on and ! am strong N the hope
tLat 1t WON'T succeed all events !
not going to got out OF the business Just
: mrhe American Tobacco Company
now largely controls the manufacturing
field here; 1t is now after the leaf busl-
ness. All 1t wants to do after that IS