The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-09
. no #ToBACCo GROWERS
An Open Letter from Ma. Gaines 7y,
( to Those Of Southeside Virginia

TO the Tobacco Growers socla ton q q
iSss}V irglnia SS "a.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ap"qln
the, go.9d as State
vital Importance which wish submit
Are the tobacco wa rehouses run5sii n
tobees3 ware 1S enn ha
Attorney General says is the law *y g ss''7
erning the ira do $5 4,
12aif a planter reject the, bid upon z hi =
and and affects the warehouse nan to PACK, |,
It up in a hogshea and hold II OF snip "
it. does the responsi o. The : wa IS
tobacco is burnt up or diets yed SYno '''a
s.. Section 1912, Code OF ulres , to-
bacco wa ehouses to keepgan open Iollcy5
Of Insurance sufficient TO ~ I, g
hacco received or stored therein. gam1 a.
Or dlaanags IRE
which are being run in. the to e to-day,
liable lazy and 81 Gar " pa :.
eeuf2y prexpsa na ali
ceived for sale or stored in heir houses,?'
And are they not compelled 70 tretIl L Tts "
Have warehouse men the rig 1t t, rt toI
charge planters two and a!,c
per cent IN 10 n raG-
Weight y;e for Weighing without taking out
license as commission mercha n ts ana pay 4
ing the tax rs rney 81 as
ne factors q EASE sgEfntiiN e 56f REan
sta Of M sopaaeo Susie
w sva at Drake s Branch for sale.
Offered tha tday apd the laf r of
jected az unsatis y iyen To-
Sbacco therein, including this Of my ten
ant,Swas destroyed by fl There !, were
XhG aeb haq be sssn and no
warehouse men paid for THIS aisp
We're we IS burned. There was left On
Ire floor Of the warehouse tobace W J, e
had been sold the day PEI before a goe
buyer Buy had taken Ills purchases and paeke;d
them up in hogsheads ana lett =, - -. y
All of ths thls
aiS calm tor NY tobacco was presented;
ii was rejected upon the ground lha u !
ordered ths Pbacco Raekdsd upi sed
Sshhennee 81 ali MH'r reespons|biliy for ME
fact was that gave no /, order L 7 z z
time was Rba fsna5t not %ho sDs ade
The sale. lie received, accepted and, q z
TENDED 70 my - soba d p9n hrogt
ed 1t was agree dthat the lugs., should
bring from four to four and a nan Genus,
short six to seven cents a and ne i was
e egRafee Out tro ow nve "a and
4 half and seven cents respec tlYely, ~
agent turning down the tickets aha TX
tobacco up in a hogshead and hold I u, IL
for the tobacco was Iins had order, s0.ne
Very soft and some very hard ana \, henlG s,
tsntion,, expressed ~ ths Tine; vas ua,,,. t.
1 Of 4 month or SO, when ] knew the mar ar,
kct would be better a the zba lance. (, o (
this crop sold afterwards bro ght 8th 9
prices put on this. which was AZ s sac,,
agTFhf e fo aae VAS t hxst shppea
i warehouse man, because ne ma q ~, SUI
ping instructions asso where or,I Il, ~
None we're z % Y I,at ynen thc
arfbiitrated and and decided AGAINST my claim,
We submitted letters from the haus,S 9
Hoaes II w pnny pasat saynS i aa
for all tobacco burnt W ,.snaT M
1 priced or loose on floor, y, w hout resa'A
10 circumstances or eondi tens v q I
q e # ases rsh yt,pay
tobacco IL he offers because Nhie ~
no puts II In his wagon and takes lt4oaeK
home he runs the OF g; ], u !, en- Y
u n aw she CT Hrs fnans ANA b
houses and the Whole l nnd y s y ~
shlRplnsI 1oeibaceo' What say you52 B, /. n;
nns ahsr auestlon;o geni n nse ata s
ton, here IN ChlrlotteY Have you any
faith In science, and rs application Y
1 the cultivation. Fertilization and p,anlpn
l latlon OF tobaccO2 You have orgaAlzeu