The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-16


aa egiafs Charles As1inal
The FaeNlna nnalnoss Hese.
Iallahaeose, Pa. July 10, 1909.
ilios az TIE True Democrat:
lear Sir;-I an writing this foF 7ou
publish e, with tie hope Of doing
soae good for orr county.
Il seems that TIE packing houses in
t1r leen have been built specially 20
ne big money cut Of the growers OF
tcIacco Dc looks very bed that one
ctinR house should aak the citizens II
Pc town and county 70 contribute mon
g % build their house. and then cut
en cut Of eli AZ their tobacco, only
aVing one crop Ia the county IN 1908,
oInE 60 Gadsden 90 get the balance OF
hot they wanted and then charging II
nte Per pound 10 pack the other
tf1Wers tobacco.
Eorycar8 the newspapers and the
people have been clamOring for tobacco
backing houses IN our city. Nov they
have two. and what profit are they TO
aVbodg, except the packer, and the
faefchant and the bankeri
he banks furnish the money 10 grow
IS and pack it. and depend on the sale
81 the tobacco to pay them; or, else
ltko the real estate from the people TO
v the debt. What good viii that do
1f eountyl Not BIT.
There "a q certain tobacco company,
organized under the laws Of Florida te
bng and pack tobacco, and what havO
thev done Tor the good Of our county,
Ibev are paying 3 foreigner 70 come
here and back the tobacco, and charg-
ne the highest price for same. These
foreign trained packers have been used
IS Co8lie labor &C 10 OF Is cents per day,
md come here and try 10 carry the
Eofk on the same SLOW way, and pay
90 cents % 81 per day for labor, and tell
~ that Z costs them over ~ cents per
bound 60 pack Il. Then ! advise all
fCl c0BNtv tobacco growers 10 steer
ear Of that tobacco packing house. j
can show q bili for packing done h
Hlncy. Ga 1906, for cents per pound
~ 4 e worth more now than tkenf
IA asams that they have pot no just
simply % take all the tobacco grown 10
~ them for packing Il.
Boys, you had better quit growing
nn tobacco. I'm bet q quarter 10 8
ninoer snap, that c will not Be iopg be-
Iore some fellow from foreign parts win
tei us % grow sun Cuba ct 10 Oh Is
ais per pound, and try 70 advise us
bow 20 10 Il.
believe that the majority OF the
shade grown tobacco 10 too thin. When
- tIg 10, Guido Nature, you have q
en- 81 your hands. :.
nd the growers h this county had
Rat their tobacco il the hands Of Mr.. A.
ahnish, and had their tobacco packed
fntoly, / believe they would have
ft out better There - not 9 single
ceo man on the committee Wahnish
We on. but be got of. Whyl The
hanks wii get tired after awhile and
want their mcneY, then WhatI Why,
at simply dump ir on the market and
t what you can. The Job business e
10 much on q credit. The email
er, Of enc % four acres, u he sticks
81 81 ard makes q good sound article, can
nnQa.tO i've and cell 90 q low price.
90 myself, IhaVe never loat faith
fho tobacco business, III carried on Ia
economical way.
ne growers around Tallahassee
have been far better OF II they
packed their tobacco IN good, tight
Et Il will keep long time that
vas. nnd The tobacco u ell sound and
4if. there q some poor fellow
has tobacco In the pool and pat h|
into it--that would IKE q get Is bac
h ans pfOl,t (6u3 ehouRat Bul3
III ete 81 o. tie ED 81 tbeyeatl
3 n hing there ID Storage nl3
neas. and heis atIll 0opehdinr
roa anything, what b the matted
IS TIE banks take charge and cen
WhHt they get, ed lets start all
ag6in. Years truly,
w. 4. CaOHARTfb