The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-09-26
TOBACCO MEM IN
ANNUAL MEETING
Richmond Tobacco Board 81
Trade Elect Officers for the
Ensuing Y ear.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT


The annual meeting ~ the Richmond
Tobacco Board Of Trade was held In the
Tobacco Exchange yesterday. and was
Wei attended by All classes Of Tobacco
dealers m the city. There being nothir-
DIX harmony ia the trade 20 report th.
session OF the board lasted not more -bar
an hour, and the business Transacted vvas
i-eIr4y routine The interesting report
or PRESIDENT Spicer was tho feature ~
TIE meeting. When rcad hy H.. RETIRING
president g received the close arte-,io,,
or The tobacco men. MI Sr.rar has
served the board as president for H.,
terms or one year each. and as The hoard
Ike the great nation of which ~ IS "a
part has an unwritten law that "a tbt-.i
term is nor % he thought az ro Sinh
tied his parting report
Presidents Report.
Richmond VA. Sent o- -a.s
To the Richmond Tobacco -Tr.f. ric,.
mond. Va.
Nent men, Your president bee- leave
10 SUBMIT the following giving th. ealfor+
Ivi"'9 'l H-D nmond us "A tobacco market.
lN GIVING INC report of tho Richmond
.". ', 'itae during oIr past fiscal year
Nh-rr mas beer up marked rf.r,l-as ~
record our trade has been SD lon,- ls
I. ''l9ltd and on such "a firm basis that
lher" is very little 90 Doc said without
great deal 20 roiteratiou Hov.e,.~ 3D..
w. many aiFant1ces POSSESSED hv our
~ '| inntNco centre. both fo~ the
merchant ana manufactures arc .. mans.
that they can well bear r7en,- ,e-....f-,-'
Cur market sells more dIn.rert s,r,.,s
or t'hacco tnen almost any other .- 3D..
"'iIi. the Immediate TERRITORY .- +r
h'Fln SIDE producing exclusively +bc
''' famous sun-cnred tobacco eror,
"i'''N t"e navy contract has been and
''''N- IN" Hanufa"turers Of the rft,- n.,-a
1ne prestige OF having always obtained
."iS' notN thstanding competitive bf5s
from "a great many others F 3D..
austrian and italian a-overnner+ can
tracts and 70 supply the needs IF several
large conpanies ~ C~aet t,-.-..
whose factories arc located ba~o ,.-.,..
The English and Continental res,-,- 5s,i
to"acco grown IN the counties iuet so,,.h
OF U.S. From the bright sections 80 W.
t.ild. North and South Caroline ...,...
immense quantities of fine cured -ots,..
10 SUPPLY many orders which are -.l.....7
on this market. and % b., hela i r
merchants against demands To-
trade 'i ''''
Western Tobacco Used
It is n market for large o,,.,,,-,...
hurley tobacco from Kentucky ana ~.
WNirh has large and erowsne~ 5e,.,,,t
mere from manufacturers The r..,
lacluTerS OF our city are an dnfn, .,,
increased business and there am ,,..c
Inducements for factories IN the ,i+,. 80
richmond than anywhere else 81, OIL.
nited states. II cut and suol,rr., ,i..
made from the hurley tobacco IN f-e
section of country where ID ia usea rto
reputation Of tlc Richmond facto,f.s
stands above an other markets. ana .o b.,
very great measure this is frf,e ~ ,..
export manufacturers of tobacco T., Co.,,
on thls grade il divides honors win 3d..
tefsnlrs. being one OF the two rla...
whore practically al the export mann.
Iac'ured tobacco is made that goes o,.t
from tne United states. Therefor fIa
reputation Of our city as a fnantco,...-
point win a large number Of skilled aa4
easily CONTROLLED lahorers. the advorta,....
of low freight rates. we having no l.,...
peutive rate Of the water route to sr
Northern cities. also the comuetifio, ~
three roads to the West and three a. tt.
South. with "a large banking canItsI .u
conspiro 20 render the ADVANTAGES 4.I.h
tnat should result in the continued ir
crease in our present factories. and also
give every lnducement To the establish
ment OF new ones. These various a7,..r
tagcs are likewise useful to the dearer.
and commission merchants. and the dir
ference between these advantages and
those not so good, may mean a differ
cnce between a profit and a loss Tho
Increasing business is practically den,o,.
strated by the scyeral large additions and
new tobacco houses that are either NM
de- way or Will be- IN the near future
Among the most prominent is the large
addition to Larus * Brothers Company