The Washington herald., 1912-09-22

bacco market OF Eastern North Carolina
and is the camping ground Of an army
OF buyers, representing the worlds lars-
est factories. Tobacco purchased on this
market Is shipped to all parts OF the
world and s2,50o.0oo has been paid for
tobacco at this point, in a single season.
Wilson was opened as tobacco market
in 1852 and unlike other sections of the
South where tobacco Is raised. this COM
munity has never suffered a crop fall
ure. The only cause to which crop fall
ure can be attributed Is a superaound-
ance OF rain, and statistics are exhibited
10 prove that Wilson County. because of
its fortunate location, is exempt from
this destroyer OF tobacco crops.
The amount of tobacco produced and
sold in Wilson County will average l6.-
900, 900 pounds annually. This average Ia
based on the sales of the past ten years.
Last year the average price paid for to-
bacco by the buyers stationed here was
S+7s per hundred pounds.
For the information Of those Of our
readers that may possibly be interested in
tobacco raising to the extent of desiring
to locate in this community and engage
in the tobacco business, We will give a
brief summary of the situation.
Good Lands at Low Cost.
Excellent tobacco lands may be had in
Wilson County, and the price Of developed
lands is from $50 to SIS an acre. Just
as good results may be obtained from
the lower priced lands as from the high
er. The lands commanding the higher
price are right at the door or the ware
houses The lower priced lands are farth-
er into the country, being at that but
q distance of from six to twelve miles.
Uncleared lands may be purchased In
this section at from $50 to SIS an acre.
These lands are equally as good as those
that produce fine crops Of fine tobacco
from year to year. For the benefit OF the
reader it is stated that the opportunities
to engage in and become a prosperous
raiser of tobacco are plentiful and lying
idly by waiting to be snapped up. Every
thing is here but energy and ambition.
The above statement is not intended as
a reflection on the major portion Of the
white people here, but to state that they
are at the mercy Of shiftless. 'undepen-
dable. slow-moving negroes.
The Southern business man is just as
capable and wide awake as the business
man of other sections of the United
States, and the purpose OF these articles
is to attract the attention of the thrifty
citizen of other parts. to the opportunities
of the South, and especially the vicinity
of Wilson, where a welcome and en-
couragement await the newcomer who
is needed and who can become inde-
pendently rich by applying his energy to
the resources of the South.
Each acre of land here will yield on
an average of from 800 to loo pounds Of
tobacco. Lands frequently run 1,50O
pounds to the acre.
These same lands are adapted to the
raising of cotton, another profitable in
dustry, with which We will deal later.
and corn. Diversifying the crops is profit
able and improves the land for tobacco
purposes. 1t is not an industry that re-
quires expert knowledge. but can be mas
tered easily. What is needed here is an
influx of Swedes, Germans. and Italians,
who with a little money can better their
finances. Without money to purchase
land, they can secure profitable employ
ment and buy as they save.