The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
AS TO TOBACCO
AND The Big TRADE
Disintegration of the Trust
Leaves Richmond on the Big
Winning Line.
by FRANk :. WooDsoN

'@oAiS pcople III NiCnmond and In other
parts of Virginia have been for the
past several months watching the dis
indignation of tho American Tobacco
Company. as ordered by the highest
court in the land The process has
been watched because of it's Industrial
erect upon Richmond and other trad.
Ing points of Virginia. Tho Anne -ican
Iobacco Company, as 1t was with all
OF Its qualifications and it's MANY
branch industries, affecting the trade
conditions of Virginia, meant n great
deal to Richmond in the way of pay
rolls and In other ways, 1t was feareJ.
and there was good reason for the ap.
prchcnsion. that in the dtsintegratIop
and reorganization of the company. as
ordered by the curious decision of
the supreme Court of the United
states, that Richmond would be the
SUFFERER In more ways than one In
fact. to a business man who looked
at things from purely business stand
point, 1t looked very much as II at
least half of the business of the big
company would have to be removed
from Richmond AS a matter of fact
the company, and that the first made
program has been changed, and
changed to the benefit of Richmond
and all of Virginia is in no way due
to any activities on the part of any
Acknowledgement of Virginia and the
Carolinas, Quite the contrary.
The Lawful PInn.
AS has been stated in the news
columns of The Times-Dispatch the
plan of reorganization submitted by
the company and adopted by the courts
cut the American Tobacco Company
into four parts. the American Tobacco
q G.
pany, the Lorillard Company and the
X. j. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Under this plan of reorganization
the three first named companies cut
the most important figure in Rich
ond in that the business Of the Fed
eral Cigar Company went to the LoriI-
lard Company, the cigarette business
OF the Allen & Gintcr Company went
TO the Liggett &: Myers Company, the
smoking and chewing tobacco bust
ness of both the r. a. Patterson To-
bacco Company and the Mayo Com
pany, went to the American Tobacco
Company. while the r. j Reynolds Co,
which was always only leaf
dealing concern In Richmond. may or
may not have maintained it's leaf bust
ness here. The Reynolds CO. became
an independent but as before keeps
up its leaf buying here.
Rlchmond Men 10 the Front.
several weeks ago learned, con
hdenuially, that the first plan drawn
up by tho reorganization company con
templated the total removal of the
federal Cigar Company's business
from Richmond to Jersey city. where
1t would be more directly under the
eye OF the Lorillurd Company. ! also
learned that at least half of the Allen
a. tiintcr cigarette making business
would be transferred under the LiE-
sett & Myers operation TO ST. Louis.
ana in the course of tine the whole
business would 20 to tina; city. Thus
II can be seen at glance that it
looked very much as IL Richmond Was
% lose two mighty big industries and
."o very extensive pay rolls
The original plan. briefly referred
TO above, also CONTEMPLATING removal
OF the big leaf tobacco buyers from
nc. Richmond market. ana a Kind of
concentration of the business in an
fther CITY. Al the same time ! learned
mat the Richmond men interested i'm
nc former American Tobacco Com
5any, among them som. OF the most
'oEai Richmond mon that were ever
HCrn III the old town, were sun loyal
:" thc CID town, and were doing all
IN their power To orii with the
. 'N'N'' = 'HiitD Company NlusndtcS
10 Keep In Richmond as many OF the
industries OF The former American TO.
aacco Company as they could. and add
some more, If possible
iinn1 Results.
Iheac fellows askcd me TO come in
ana help them. did my little part,
ana now ] am happy 20 announce that
all OF the first plans have been unset
ana new plans are TO be put In force
January l. The upshoi Of II all Is That
me mammoth plant Of tho Federal CT
gar company, which Is now - mart of
Inc Ioriliard Company. viii remain
IN richmond. ana the big pay roll viii!
De made out here every week Instead
of In Jersey city, the Alien and Ciintcr
NiShrciic COMPANY, which liz one end
"l INC Lis&ett 81 Myers Company. nm
continue TO operate in Richmond. and
not IN st Louis, and its weekly pay roll
Wlii likely be bigger than ever; that
IfnN al.