The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-13
TOBACCO COMING
TO PADUCAH FROM
DISTANT POINTS
Monday Will See Rush OF De.
liveries Commenced in
Earnest.
Loose Leaf Auction House 10
Open.
AND PRICES HERE.


not more loose tobacco this year than
last" said a prominent tobacco man
today. Last year Paducah received
not less than $4,000, 900 pounds of
loose, which is the record for a dozen
years. This does not include the to-
bacoo brought in hogsheads and re-
handled"
Paducah dealers are active, cover
ing the whole district In their opera
tlons and they are plugging hard for
this market, with the result that
farmers find they receive the top
price here. when they do not always
elsewhere. The loose leaf floor has
added its weight TO the advantage of
Paducah as a market. Then the city
is larger and affords a better variety
for shopping. the banking facilities
are better and the natural advantages
OF a cosmopolitan center are assert
ing Themselves, as the market for to-
bacco improves, and the farmers find
they would rather come to Paducah,
everything else being equal.
McCracken county gravel roads,
also. are playing their part in the
trade. Mayfel1 is beginning to feel
the pull OF this argument. Farmers
haul their tobacco to Paducah In
preference. because they find gravel
roads when they strike the Nc
Cracker county line.
First deliveries OF tobacco came in
this week; but Monday. il the weather
continues right, will see the weed
pouring into the market. The loose
leaf house opens Monday and the
American SMUT company and some
Others dated their contracts for de-
livery November Is. Most of the
dealers. however, bought for later
deliveries They have been securing
the country around, bidding lively
for the product
Good Prices.
Tobacco Is bringing a slightly bet
ter price this year than last. with a
firm demand. IL is selling on the
around" Only the very best brings
s cents, and il will average about Z
to ~ cents for medium grade. Leaf
brings Z TO So for medium and 3
cents for extra common, with to 4
cents for Tugs.
In Ballard county and parts OF
West Tennessee farmers are selling
freely at that price: but in other
sections they are not eager to sell,
feeling, apparently, that the market
is not yet fully settled. The crop is
nothing extra. az to quality
Planters Association.
There IS very little movement in
the Planters Protective association at
present and the busy season will prob
ably not be reached until after the
Christmas holidays. A small amount
of tobacco Is stored I'm the Western
District warehouse, while at the store
rooms of the association. in charge of
Mr.. Tucker, there are few hogsheads.
Pricing of samples will not begin
for several weeks yet and the local
salesrooms are closed. Mr.. Farmer,
OF Murray, the newly elected sales
man for this point, who was elected
several weeks ago to succeed the late
A. n. Veal, will not be here to take
charge OF the salesrooms until next
month.
However, many wagon loads of to-
bacco are being brought into the city
daily by farmers from points around
Paducah and from Illinois. Monday
morning the BONNER loose leaf ware
house, Ninth and Harrison streets, IN
charge OF Mr.. Campbell, will open
for this season. Many thousand
pounds of tobacco have been deposit.
ed there for sales for the past two
weeks and a big business Is antici
pated this season. Large sales are
expected Monday and there will be
several out-of-town buyers present.
New Warehouse.
The warehouse at Harrison ant
Ninth streets that was occupied b,
w. A. Martin & company last yea
and was burned down last spring
will be rebuilt at once by Mr.. b. II
Scott, who owns the property. 1t ha
been leased by Mr.. Vernon Merritt
the prominent tobaceonist. who will
occupy it as soon as finished. Mr.
Merritt will buy for the French Regi'
people again this year He ha
opened a warehouse also at Hardin
Marshall county, near the Callowa!
line, and will operate a factory there
Mr.. George Oliver, who is crit