Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-30
The OTHER SIDE.
A Statement by the American To-
baccO Company in Relation to
the Tobacco Sftuaf on In
kentucky.
Kentucky.
(By Special Wire to the AReUs.)

recent disturbance in Kentucky, the
American Tobacco Company has is
sued the following statement:-Iu
types OF tobacco grown-burley tobac-
co. Green River tobacco and dark fired
tobacco. h American Tobacco Com
panE is a large buyer of hurley tobac-
60, using Approximately sixty per
cent of the total production. 1t uses
also very large quantities of Green
hiver tobacco, taking, perhaps, a third
OF the total production. Of the dark
hred tobacco, The American Tobacco
Com pany uses substantially none, but
The American Snuff Company III
which company the American Tobacco
Cmpany owns stock. uses about fit
teen Ter cent OF the total production.
There has been no disorder in Ken
fnoky in the hurley tobacco growing
s"ctioi; there mas been very little dis
Q der III the dark fired section of Ken
tuck. anu TenHessee-at Hopkins
vile, Russel4ville, 11arksviIIe and otll
er polnts. This dark fired tobacco is
bought principally by buyers represent
ing Inc Tobacco Manufacturing Gov
ernnnent Monoplies of Italy, France
anu Spain, but TO some extent br
American Snuff Company, and to some
extent ny Tie Imperial Tobacco Com
pany OF Great Britain. The affairs oil
The American Tobacco Company, The
Imperial Tobacco Company and Amer
1can Snuff Company have been under
Government investigation for more
than two years. The Department oil
Commerce and Labor has had access
10 ali the books and papers OF these
companies; employees and officers OF
these companies has,s been before
numerous grand juries and equity
ex a'nIners. The fullest possible
examination has been made by all o.
these agencies into all (%incIuding the
most ~private) letter books and other
papers OF these companies, AMI there
has been the most thorough exasnlna-
f1on AID cross-examination o. the!
officers and employees. It is in
q :aceiyable that if there exists or had
existed any combination CT buy
ing interests it should not have been
disclosed. The fact is that there exists
no such ON bina1ion. No interest j..
any WY connected or allied with The |
Tobacco Company is IL c
com bination with any other buying
no understanding, agreement, t
or combination exists c
between The American Tobacco Com
y or American Snuff ana /,
the imperial Tobacco Con any, OF !.
between ANY OF these companies anu
any RIM or other purchaser. !
1t is simply and wholly untrue tha
there is any contest between the to-
bacco growers, or tobacco dealers IL :
and the so-called Tobacco" :
trust. Where disorder has occurred :
so-calied obacco trust is tn !
factor in tile purchase 8 =
tobacco. Where the so-called tobacco :
is the largest purchaser OF to :
pAegQ tAere has been no disorder nor :
law 1sssress.
as Il matter Of fact also, the prices
being paid Tor leaf tobacco grown a
in kentucky and elsewhere are very Ii
much higher than they were ten years {
ago, and their trend has been con- t
upward since the so-caIIed to- |
bacco trust was organized. /
The land on which tobacco is grown il
can 10 used to grow other crots purl%y Q
.obacco is grown on the famous blue |
gritss lands, the Virginia leai is largely d
grown on Land well adapted to tn, 5
growth of cotton. 1t is uncomfortable L
# it had a monopoly in the purchase OF e
tobacco, which 1t has not, not being =
purchaser directly or Indirectly Of
half the tobacco produced i'll sir: United
would attempt to depress the
price of leaf and thus drive the farmers =
these other crops. G
The so-caIled tobacco trust is con- !
buying tobacco i'll Kentucky I
.;.d elsewhere, and is always ready to =
) ,fcht 81 tobacco from anyone, whether d
~ Individual OF association, that has Il
L fnr .ate. il ilas never thrown any y
bstt.ie N tie WY Of the organization !,
r succe9 III 4ry of the so-called far c
l er's associations. S
Dearest Madge-You remember how i
sticky" and 'sstringy'' my hair was when t
[ saw you last? Wei now, dear, it's just S
Is fluffy and easy to arrange as can be. :
. few days ago our druggist told me to d
use "Tegerub" on it, and I tried it; I'm ;,
certainly surprised at the remarkable re- |