The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-08
In all colors, ~ inches 4 81.
wide; sale price, per yard, 1A2C

all about them Immediately 1t &C.
Cured to me that he knew better than
did that Richmond man or men
were buying hogs out west, alive;
that they were bringing them to Rich
mond in great Quantities by the car
load; that they were killing, cutting
them up, sailing and having them In
spected in Richmond that they were
then sending the hams to smithtield
to be smoked, to be reshipped to them
in Richmond, and that then they were
sold to the trade and to private indi-
viduals as "Smithfeld hams" and 80
said: "Charies. they are not yet
myth, but IL your Richmond merchants
continue to conduct their business as
they are now doing for Just little
while longer the Smithfeld ham viii
soon become a myth. and the business
be ruined; for sooner or later. the
! not only the Richmond merchants who
/ are doing this, but some of our Smith
field merchants are sending their
agents to Richmond to buy these same
| ing them inspected in Richmond: then
| sent to Smithfield to be smoked and
cured there, and then they sell the
hams as Smithfeid hams. They are
| joining hands with the Richmond mer
chants, and soon will kill the trade
as dead as Hector"
/ This is what my friend knew: this
Is what / know. and this is what the
| DuDllC ought Know.
Some few, years ago l was at The
White" and met gentleman from
Lynchburg. who told me he bought his
"smithneld hams in Lynchburg.''
said. DO you? What do you give for
buyers of the hams in Smithfield give
more than that for them green-right
out OF the carts and wagons that bring
them to town III they give more
for them green than you do cured,
4
an imposition upon your"
a grocer and asked him Il he haG
any Malaga grapes" He said: %, yes
and sold me the pounds wanted. JUS
as soon as l got home and began Il
eat them l saw that they were not tht
Malaga grapes that had been eatint
thing to the grocer. for / thought al
innocent mistake had been made
Later I went over TO the same grocer
asked the same question. received IN
same reply, and brought ), home e. III
went over to the same grocer again
and said: Twice 1 have been over her
for Malaga grapes. and twice Eo'
Malaga What are they And h
said tina. they are California grape
. that I'VE call Malaga" ] replied; TIN
devil you do. I came here for 'Malas;
J grapes and you sell me grapes INA
you know are not Malaga. That's 81
imposition and fraud upon me:
And SO l never bought any more Cali
fornia grapes called Malaga
Wren the Richmond merchant. Q
the SmIthdeld merchant, Sells WEST
. ern ham for Smithf:eld ham. he sell
( what he knows is not ;smithHei
n ham, acd the buyer ought 10 know II
e The buyer ought not to get CaH G,S,f
: mia grape called Malaga, nor en-
cagG ham called a Smlthfield ham.
IRE .5m.thield hare is the prodnct
hogs raised in Isle Of wight, in Surfy
Z in Southampton, in Nansemond coun
tIes anil cured in Slnithtield. or IT
Immediate vicinity. Tie nogs OF i!ies
counties are OF the same freed, the
t .ead the same life. they roam the sam
: forests. they are fed. fatteneu kllIe
: and cursd the same way. ana nave
y sweetness, a julctaess, a grain, tas
e and flavor all their own-oho tn q
J, you cannot get elsewhere, e1.nei ~
: love or money. -,
r. If you want hogfsh. don't take
: croaker: If you want Malaga, don
$, take a California; if sou want Mochs
S don't take Laguayrs, and n YOU van
a SmithdelJ ham buy 1t right mere
: Snitufield, and demand that II sha
i be the home product.
It I wish it to be distinctly Lrdersloo
a that | never owned a hog or cured
" ham. and that ! have no pecuniaIy =
: terest in either. Directly or in ... eI.'.
remotely or nearly to the extent
even one cent, or ono mill. | hay
stared the facts of common notoriet
here SC that buyers elsewhere ma
81 know .'the tricks OF the trade. ord ,s
ie exactly what they want, and ger VIVA
u they order. H. .. ii'NiN''
= August !, 19lO