The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01
TOBACCO PEOPLE
MEET THIS WEEK
Thirteenth Annual Convention
OF Association to Be Held in.
City OF Its Birth.
TO DISCUSS LEGISLATION
Delegates Will Visit First Settle
ment Where White Men Raised
Tobacco i'll Virginia.

Tobacco men from seven States Will
gather In Richmond on Thursday. FRI
day and saturday, to discuss laws and
measures affecting the tobacco trade
and all other matters OF interest 10
dealers and growers. The Chamber
Of Commerce. and the local tobacco
dealers and manufacturers are max
ing elaborate preparations for the en-
tertainmcnt Of the visitors. who will
include representatives, from Tennes-
see, Kentucky. Ohio. West Virginia,
North Carolina. south Carolina and
Virginia
1t is the thirteenth annual convcn-
aion Of the Tobacco Association of the
United states, and Richmond is an cs-
pecially appropriate place FOR the
gathering. because ii is here that the
association was organized in the
ganizatIon is To safeguard the trade.
and to always stand ready to promote
measures for its welfare.
II is expected that discussion OF
legislation. Federal ana otherwise
will occupy a large part OF the time
OF the convention. for the tobacco
trade has always been a favorite butt
Of Legislative action. and the favorite
mark OF the politician. To guard the
industry against the many difficulties
into which it may run. and TO steer
1t safely through the evcry-varying
maze Of legal ENHANCEMENT. by Co
operation. is tho purpose OF the asso-
citation.
IN addition to speeches by local
members OF the trade and by nifty Of
hcials and other Richmond men. there
VIII be several addresses by out-of-
town men. which will he OF interest
Owing TO the fact that the tobacco
industry SO one of the most important
in Richmond. and that several Of the
largest tobacco manufacturing con
Germs in the world are represented
here. the gathering of tho associa ton
viii attract more than usual interest.
ana the vhlue OF the meeting both TO
the visitors aud to the local men,
should be considerable. The Rich
mond members OF the association the
Chamber of Commerce. and the city
will unite to give the tobacco men
the sort OF a welcome that has made
Richmond famous as convention
city
To Get Warm Welcome.
of the deleGatpS
to he in town nv Thursda, morning
The will BE- mer at the station nv
a reception committees Of rho loca
members. ana taken IN rho Jefferson
Hotel. which viii he the boaduuartcrs
of the convention. There viii he Two
informal meetings on Thursday one
in the morning and one at $50 'clocl,
in the evening. when the delegates
will sold open discussions of subjects
bearing upon the trade
The convention will he formerly
opened at II o'clock on Friday morn
ing. There will be addresses M vel
come bv Governor William Hodges
Mann. Mayor George Ainslie and Toresi :
dent r. NJ Carrineton and Business
Manager pabney. of the Chamber of
Commerce The president and secre
tarv of the association will present
their reports. and other business will
b., transacted
At o'clock in the afternoon. the
delegates will take automobiles n, the
Franklin street entrance of the Jeff
erson Hotel for the trip AROUND the
city, which is an iuvariable and es
pecially enjoyable feature of Rich
mond gatherings
For Friday night an entertainment
has been arranged bv the Chamber of
Commerce and the Richmond Tobacco
Trade TO be held in the Jefferson Au-
ditorium Various amusemerts have
been devised for 1.-The guests. and there
will ne an informal reception and re-
froShmcnts