The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-06-22
Marketing Of Tobacco.

is l ~ N"N '''t anu III virginia. y
DO Ter most Of the crop had been sold.
70. put INTO Association, suddenly prize
# on fine leaf tobacco dropped, and Il
Dr.. same people gave a. a reason for n
II decline in price, the tremendous Gro
p Of line leaf tobacco made in 1905. III
Government report does not show a
increase IN acreage planted in IN
% Dark Tobacco section of Kentuck,
! tennessee and Virginia; but rather
p decrease in these three States Pract
I cal farmers whom we have met in di
, ierent parts Of this State do not repor
an extra heavy crop from any section
The Western crop is not weighing a
they expected, but the reports from
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, say it is a shor
crop. ! am not going TO try to give
f reason for the decline i'm price of fin
Virginia leaf tobacco, but it is certain
~ TO the interest Of the buyers Of thi
grade of tobacco to lower the price il
possible, since a large quantity Of this
type OF tobacco IL i'm the Association
W hat Is the prospect for the 1906 crop
| | p To this date-June l2th-less 10
bacco has been planted in this State
than for years, on account of Dir,
weather and scarcity of plants. The
unfavorable seasons, the exceptiona
scarcity Of labor, resulting from IN,
Increased number of sawmiIls. and tho
building Of the ridewater Railroad. ex
lending through the entire length o.
the dark tobacco section of this State.
VIII very much shorten the crop here
The Leaf Chronicle, Of GAINESVILLE
Tenn, published on June Sth. say.
that less tobacco has been planted in
Kentucky and Tennessee up To dat,
than for years, on account of the Dir,
weather The high price OF cotton ha>
very much reduced the acreage plant |
eel in tobacco in North and South Caro-
lima. The 1906 crop bids fair to be the |
shortest for years, and if the tobacco /
growers Of tins country will realize the |
the situation, cooperate with each
other, pledge the 1905 crop, to be sold
through the Association, put fair and
equitable price on their tobacco and
hold II for this price, their effort, will
he crowned with success. 4 great
many good tobacco grower, who did
not put the last years crop i'm the As
socIailon have promised to pledge the
1906 crop. We need their help and
cooperation to assist us in selling the
1900 crop. 1t does seem TO me that
any farmer who has any manhood in
him, and who has seen the efforts and
sacrifices some members Ofthe Tobacco
l'rower> Association have made and
are still making, would not hesitate to
pledge the 1906 crop and do all in his
power To make this undertaking
success.
We not only need the help and CO.
operation Of all theinteIigent farmers.
'ut we need the help and assistance of q
he experienced warehouse men. If,
his movement i a success, the Asso-
'latlon will have TO employ experience
'd tobacco men TO handle lis tobacco "
ma men who know the tobacco trade
o grade and sell il. 1t is not the oh l
ect Of the Association to take the to-
acco out of the hands Of experienced
men, or out Of lis regular channel, eN-
ept M the mode or way Of selling. To
'ul tobacco, or any product, on an u
pen market and sell with just a pre- ii
ense Of competition is farce. and
very honest warehouseman knows '
!, and ought to admit il. Under the
resent system Of selling tobacco. there
not salesman I'm the State that can
dd one dollar TO the average price Of
lbacco sold on his floor: and the farm
r who makes it, or the man who sell, 7"
, has no more voice in the average
rice at which tobacco is sold than the !"
iule that plowed if. I'm discussing ~
Ms matter recently with a prominent .,
arehouseman, Of Petersburg, Va. he W
limited that the above statement was
ne, and said the reason the ware ~
ouse people were 80 reticent and slow
take hold Of the Association. was ~
lat they had never bad any PROPOSE III
on from the leaders Of the Associa
on. 1t does seem To me that the time '''
as come when the intelligent ware !"
)use managers who love the farmers
much, and Sympathize with them ,"
deeply, ought not TO wait for for
al lnVi alton, but manifest their love
7 cordial cooperation and assistance. ~
nd quit discouraging the member, Of ~
e Association by telling them that III
cy can never sell their tobacco. All
e Association asks Of the people who
ave been handling their tobacco is
tote fair Ifthey expect to han
e the farmers tobacco in the future
ey ought to put themselves i'm a posi- W
'n TO truly represent the people from u
hom they derive their living. \ al
acticable plan Of selling tobacco can -
made by the united efforts Of the VI
tclligent warehousemen and tobacco
overs, by which the managers of VI
e warehouses can be well paid for ~
cir work and the farmers greatly
neiitted over the old way Of selling. "
lille ! am not member Of the state VI
,ccutiye Committee Of the Dark To-
eco Growers Of Virginia, but a pri- i'e
te i'm the lower ranks Of the AsSo- VI"
.lion, am sure that all tobaccomen
10 do not belong to the trust soul
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