Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-08-02
OPENING SALE
OF LEAF TOBACCO.
GOIdSbOrO'S Tobacco Market
Opens Most AuSpiC-
iOuSIy.

lOuSly.
The Goldsboro tobacco market
opened up this morning with condi-
tious very favorable for the seasons
run, and those who had tobacco on
were well pleased with the prices OBJ
tained.
Owing to the very unfavorable
weather for the past two weeks, it
was not expected that there would
be a heavy break for the opening
sale, but when the sale hour arrived
the floors Of both the Planters and
Farmers warehouses were we'll COW
cred. The quality of the tobacco was
very good.
There was the usual large crowd
of spectators On hand to see how
the market opened up and these
together with the buyers, presented
lively scene. The bidding was live
ly and spirited and much interest
manifested. No pile of tobacco
was allowed to go by the buy
er5 or the warehouse men until the
best possible price was reached.
Both warehouses-the Planters
and the Farmers'-had pretty even
"breaks," aggregating about $1,000
pounds.
The scenes On the floors were very
familiar and the jolly, good humored
buyers brought back feeling of
satisfaction and hope to the business
men of Goldsboro, that trade is
again opening for the fall and winter.
after the long dull spring and sum-
mer months.
With the opening of the tobacco
season, trade conditions always be-
gin to improve. The tobacco crop is
a "between the season crop" and a
ready money crop, on which there
is generally very little if any incum-
brance, and The moneyis freelysp
for the immediate needs of the fara
mer to tide him over until the main
crops-cotton and corn-are gathered
and marketed, and this money equal
ly distributed among our merchants,
and thus it is that trade conditions
begin to improve after the first days
sale. And again the weed is handled
in many ways: taken from the
floor and packed in baskets and
hauled to the headquarters of the
different buyers, where it is graded,
and packed for shipment, a quantity
of it being stemmed before shipment,
all of which gives employment to
hundreds of people-mostly women
and children-at good wages, and
this work, or the greater part of it,
lasts from now until Christmas, and
if the season is good one even long
after. And, everything taken into
consideration, it is the greatest money
crop the farmer grows.
You may notice it when you will,
if we have good tobacco season,
trade conditions will be good all the
year round, therefore we should give
every encouragement to the farmer
to bring his tobacco to this market.
The farmers of all this section
should realize at the start that Colds
boro is the best tobacco market
certainly in eastern North Carolina,
and should not lose time and money
experimenting with other nearby
markets, but begin with Goldsboro
and stay with Goldsboro the season
through, and they will find In the
end that they have acted wisely and
made money by sticking to the
Best Town in the State.
In conclusion we will say that if
you have never tried Goldsboro as q
tobacco market, we invite you to
bring load to this market-and our
word for it, you will never haul an.
other load anywhere else.
We have large and competent
corps of buyers from different towns
Representing the largest tobacco
concerns of the country-and they
have come here for the purpose Of
buying tobacco and tobacco they are
going to have, and if you want the
very highest price paid by any town
in the State bring your tobacco to tho
| Goldshoro market.