The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25
GREAT CONVENTION
OF TOBACCO MEN
independent Tobacco Manufac-
t,trers Of Country Will Get To
gether at Madison Square.
LINES TO BE CLOSELY DRAWN
Man Must Be Independent III,
Fact as Well as in
Name.

NEW YORK, August ,24--The con-
vention OF the members of the hide
tobacco trade to be held in
Madison Square Garden on Septem
Der 9th and 10th promises to be tho
most Important organization along
co operative lines ever attempted in
the history OF the tobacco industry.
Many evils exist at the present time
In oil branches Of the trade, 1T is said.
and It is hoped the conditions can be
largely improved by organization.
Richmond and Virginia Will be largely
Tron Pacific Const.
The president Of tho Cigar and To-
bacco Merchants Association of San
Francisco, Mr. J. S Parry, has worked |
to such good purpose that delcga-
ton OF twenty-five from California
will be In attendance at the convcn-
tion. Mr.. Parry will represent the
San Francisco association, while
among the speakers from that State
will be ex-Congressman Theodore a.
Bell, from Napa. The Retail Cigar
and Tobacco Dealers Association. of
Baltimore, has arranged for three
speakers to attend as delegates The
Philadelphia association and local as
sociations from other points have
taken similar action
To Cooperate.
The president Of the y Independent
Tobacco Manufacturers Association OIL
the United States has called a meet
ing OF the executive committee In New
York on September 9th and 10th, at
which meeting 1t Is presumed some
action will be taken looking to the
co operation of their body with the
national convention The members of
the executive committee are as fol-
lows H. .. Miller. of Trismuth
Brothers & Co.. Philadelphia; r. r.
Whalen. OF r. T. Whalen & Co. Ro-
chester: Hon. John 8. Whalen COZ r.
F. Whalen & Col, Secretary of State,
Albany: S. s. Block, OF Block Broth
ers Tobacco Company, Wheeling;
ers Tobacco Company, Louisville; G.
D. Larus. OF Larus & Brother Co..
Richmond. Geo F. Brown, of Brown &
williamson. winston Salem; w. IT,.
Reed, OF Larus & Brother Company
Richmond: Albert Weisert. OF Weisert
Brothers Tobacco Company, st. Louis;
". F. Axton, OF Axton-Fisher To-
bacco Company, Louiville; II. A. Wart-
mann. OF Ryan Hampton Tobacco Com
pany. Louisville; w. e. Massey, OF
Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Company.
Louisville; NJ. p. Bailey, of Bailey
Brothers Gnc.). Winston SALEM Ben
Pearson, OF Byneld Snuff Company.
ByAeld, Mass; Henry S. Pfe!l. of
Campbell Tobacco Company, Newark;
! Adolph Dill. OF J. G. Dill Gnc.). Rich
Ter & Co, New York; j. w. Surbrug,
| OF the surbrug Company, New York
and Richmond; f. D. Ware. OF Ware
/ Kramer Tobacco Company, Norfolk.
/ One Of the rules of the association
Is that any Of Its members who shall
1 affiliate with the American Tobacco
company must withdraw such mem
! bership within a stated number OF
days under penalty OF heavy fine
! per day for each and every day mem.
bership shall be retained after mem
4 ber's af1iliation with the trust.
4 Business Before the House.
i Several important questions nave
already been mentioned for discussion
at the convention, relating to dealers
Il jobbers and manufacturers. The Job
4 Der and dealer assert that II indie
pendent brands are to be pushed ant
sold, then tho Independent manufac
4 turer must take the initiative and d.
I work for his own brands In some sens
equivalent to the support now len
their distributors by the trust Tn
s 1obber and dealer believe that Thu
manufacturer should make some eff
fort to bring his brands into pub
licity, that the public may knoy
which are independen and ask 70
them. The dealer and jobber heliev
, that the independent manufacture
should sell his brands to them a
t prices to- compete with trust price.
) and where attack is made upon Their
1 In Individual cases by the trust tina
i the independent manufactured shout
Q protect them.
Trenchery Charged.
4, One OF the strongest complaints, an
!. about which there is bitter feelin
I among jobbers, Is the treachery c
{ manufacturers In selling out to tn
: trust. A supposedly j., independer
o manufacturer will places his brand
d throughout the country. representa-
y his Independence to jobber. Upo
these statements q jobber will cor
centrate his efforts upon a certai
IL brand and work hard to make II popr
A. lar In time he succeeds, and larg
J, per cent. Of his business Will be reI
- - resented in his transactions on tn
e brand. He, perhaps, has placed
80 with distributors to the exclusion (
1t other brands, some of which woul
i have paid him greater profit. He
Just beginning TO congratulate hin
"a self upon bis success and to fe'
4 that he Is about to reap results fro
A. his efforts, when without warnin
s. will come a formal notice to him tn.
81 in future that brand will be owne
y and controlled by the trust. An ind
to pendent jobber can do but one thing
discontinue handling the brand ar
:. then he has all the work to do ov
again at great pecuniary loss.
y, .Iobber's Rights and Coupons.
~ The question OF q jobber's rights al
q inanufacturers responsibility w
Quite tlprobably precipitate one OF II
3 warrnest discussions al the conyentio
VI Another vital question will be tn
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