The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
THE PRICE OF TOBACCO.

i lie tODdCcO SIONtIS dIO liz pCopA~
generally wish the exact truth as to
what the trust is paying for tobacco.
It is not easy to get at it from the
published report. A few days ago TINS
paper wrote to the Secretary OF the
Tobacco Board Of Trade and asked for
a detailed statement Of how many
pounds were sold for 2 cents, 3, 4, 8,
G, Z. s. 9 and 10 cents respectively,
and how many pounds above ten cents.
1t has not been possible to obtain this
information. The only thing avail
able is that the average price has
been a certain figure. This does not
give the information needed. The
| only accurate information will tell
how many pounds brought 3 cents, and
how many pounds brought 4, s, 6, z,
s, 9, 10 cents, and SO on. If a man
sells $40 pounds for 2h cents per
pound and Is pounds for II cents per
pound, would it not be misleading to
say the average price is Ga cents?
The Free Press says that 1,361,3 1856
pounds were sold in Kinston in Au-
gust and the average was .0592k n.
I1CW IHduy pOUlluS SO1u " 1908 lIlcLAl
-four cents? And how nan pounds
sold for over ten cents? This is the
only sort of information that will give
the real situation.
When Eastern North Carolina farm
ers complain of the starvation prices
they are receiving, the trust apologists
tell the farmers in the Old Belt
Co1o~ nvfa~I DnDbo~o
Durham, etc. )-that the tobacco in
the East is mostly primings, but that
tobacco in the Old Belt is better and
will bring better prices" It is true
that the trust robs the Eastern farm
ers a little more o~utrageously than
those in 1.-The Old Belt" The reason
is that in the East the crop natures
earlier. The trust starts in to take
as much of the crop at starvation
prices as it thinks safe, and thus deters
raising the price until the time to
stimulate the planting Of another crop.
According to the Winston-Salem Sen
tinel the prices being paid In the
Old Belt" are starvation prices for
the bulk of the obacco. It prints the
AolAo iliS oo =" ASk VI AAS SlilSS
our last report:
IS. L. Meadows 100 pounds at 8; so
at $50.
IF. c.. Thomas $50 pounds at 2 1-2.
81. w. Hunter 1913 pounds at go.
"R. A. Petree 25S pounds at 2; Is at
$50.
Ed. Clodfelter rs pounds at Z ga;
60 pounds at $40; SO at 2.
81. r. Wall 40 pounds at Z "a; 238
at 40.
IS. C. Fowler $50 pounds at 3.
y. r. George 124 pounds at 4; 256
at t "a; 80 at 9 IL.
wv. II. Larrimore los pounds at
$50; 262 at 3.
wy. D. Thomas 4O6 pounds at 2.2o.
j. I. Larrimore 80 pounds at 8 Sd;
$50 at 4.
Squire Thomas 146 pounds at ..
"P. J.. Cutler 512 pounds at 5.
"T. R. Barrow 1872 pounds At Z Sd;
1876 at SO: 22O at 40.
y. NJ. Wright 70 pounds at Z 1-2;
So at 9 3-4: IL at 2 IL.
Bud Isley % pounds at S 3-4: "a
at 7 IA: 215 at 4.30.
IN. j. Pegram "A pounds at 8: 1872
at s IA; 165 at $50; 40 at 2 IL.
Bob Larrimore 48 pounds at 7 IA;
$50 at $50.
y. M. White 1855 pounds at $50.
&c. w. Thomas SIS pounds at 5; 216
at 3 1-2: 285 at 3.
"Westmore1and & Snuff las pounds
at 40; 80 at 9 IL; 60 at 6 IL: s5 at
Z; 225 at 40.
ID. NJ. Vestal $40 pounds at 2 1-2.
walker Neal sc pounds at 6; 246
at 3.
w. L. Slate 22O pounds at 4.2o.
r.. S. Tesh 165 pounds at $40; 1875
at $50.
j. n. Hampton 1875 pounds at $50.
IS. w. Fishel LOG pounds at z "a;
156 at 400.
"A at Z IA: $50 at 3 1-2.
L. O. Freeman 80 at s IA; 1870 at
$50.
"R A Pentec0st 40 noup6c AT g