The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-12

course. there was a new deal, for
other players had entered the game.
and for a time Paducah's glory as a
tobacco center gradually waned.
while she lost her cotton trade en-
tirely.
Now the trade seems to be coming
back and in the time mentioned no
less than a half dozen exporters have
opened new warehouses here, a new
Istemmery has been added, one loose
leaf auction house has operated two
years and contract Is let for another.
the second largest in the state and
the largest in the Black Patch. The
big exporting concern, which will
build a factory on Kentucky avenue
and employ a hundred hands, and
the leasing of the Auditorium rink
flor a warehouse indicate that this
year will send the volume Of bust
ness in Paducah millions OF pounds
beyond that OF last year.
The new exporting house on Ken
lucky avenue will prepare five mill
lion pounds annually for the Italian
market, and will distribute a half
million dollars each year through
the Paducah banks. The big auc-
ton houses will attract tobacco here
by rail and river from the territory
which heretofore has been the exclu-
sive possession OF Hopkinsyille and
Clarksville, and will care for practi-
cally all the uncontrolled to-
bacco in the Purchase and western
district of Tennessee.
The Planters Protective associa-
tion also has made this the only
grading point in Kentucky. and II
has disposed of hundreds # hogs
heads in this city, finding this the
last year the readiest market in the
two states. Thus, following a ma
tural law, every pound OF tobacco
that finds its way to Paducah will
draw after 1t another pound The
buyers are here, representing every
old world market and the two big
home consumers, the Smith & Scott
Tobacco company and the American
SNUFF company; big auction houses
are here, where the product can be
exposed and sold for cash to COM
petitive bidders; the exporters are
here to work the loose leaf up into
condition for shipment to Europe.
All the requirements are met here
for a ready market at the highest
price, and that is exactly what the
farmers found here last year.
The banking facilities are also i'm
poTtant in the tobacco trade, as most
sales are cash. In this respect Pa
ducah has a big advantage over any
other community west of Louisville
and north OF Nashville. The ad-
vantages to the buyer and the
grower are obviously what drew
them here; but the advantages to
Paducah are worth consideration.
The money for all these millions Of
pounds OF tobacco is paid here in
Paducah to the growers, who find
their Accommodations at the local
banks. and running before the banks
a street lined with first class stores,
where they can do their marketing
before starting home. 1t Is not to
be questioned that appreciable
quantities of this money. paid over
at Paducah to the growers for their
products, will Immediately find its
way into retail channels.
Thes county has its responsibility
The roads already improved must be
kept in first class condition, and the
Improvements must be extended
Paducah has caught considerable
trade from capitals OF adjoining
counties by reason OF the better
roads, and II is an advantage, which
just at this time, we cannot AFFORD
to let go.