The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
|DRIGHT TOBACCO MAnTs;
DANV|LLE, THE GREATEST
lCombination OF Business Among
Warehousemen 1nsures Financial
Help That the Farmers Need.
Co OPERATIVE WAREHOUSES
Danville, Always Mt the Head OF the
List, Is Now Far, Far in the Lead.
Biggest of Brights-Fifty Buyers
= Every Day.

& DANV1LLE, VA. November when
one comes to speak of Danville. nat
urally the bright-leaf tobacco propo-
sition boos up. For all these many
years, even since the days long be-
fore the war. Danville has been noted
as the one greatest bright-leaf tobac-
CO market 1t has been printed time
and again. and It has gone out to the
whole world that Danvillc is the big
Eeet bright-leaf market in the whole
world. That simply means that with
in yenr. any given year. more OF the
bright lenf comes to market hero than
anywhere else in the world-more in
pounds and more in value, so far as
dollars and cents are concerned. 1t
may be said In further explaining DAN
vilie's greatness as n bright-leaf mar
ket. that Ii has more nrst-class ware
houses for the sale and the care of
the bright leaf than any other mar
ket in the world: il has arranged and
keeps arranged better facilities for the
care of the leaf than any other mar
ket in the world: it has more banks
and more ready money to pay for and
take care of the bright leaf than any
other market III the world: it has
better combination of warehouses to
look after the tobacco thnn any other
market In the world; 1t has more buy
ers to bid for the bright leaf than
any other market in the world; and.
putting all these things together. there
D.
tobacco raiser who markets in Dan
vile. Dull years may come and they
may go and they do come and go for
the tobacco grower. and there come
times when the grower has hard
time In regions that know not Dan
Vile. but here in this good old town
is always way to take care of the
tobacco farmer, be he nearby far
away.
TOBACCO MUCH THE GO,
nut THERE ARE OTHERS
But Danville, while It always looks
after the tobacco grower and takes
care Of him in hard times as we'll as
In flush times, does not depend entire
ly upon tobacco for Its prosperity. 1t
has Its cotton industries. It's various
other manufacturing Industries. and
1t would be great town even If nov
cr a leaf of tobacco Was grown: but
that is another subject that will be
talked OF in another letter. For the
present / am dealing only with the
tobacco situation. AS is we'll known,
tho present year has been rather
hard one on the bright tobacco grow
err The drought came and had It's
blighting effect, and the tobacco grow
ers of this great bright belt found
their crops short both in weight and
in quality. and this condition follow
ing on fat year in the business and
then bobbing up against Il war in Eu-
ness dull. left the tobacco man In
rather bad fix. The warehouscmen,
who always look after the interest OF
the tobacco grower, have come to the
rescue. and they we're financially able
to do It, They are saving the bright
gro.@ars who market in this town
FROM that financial disruption that is
playing thunder with the growers in
some other regions.
DANyILLE's FAR-sEEING
PHILOSOPHY TELLS
Danville was far-seeing, and in some
way foresaw conditions years ago.
The individual warehouseman OF years
ago did his best to look after the
interest of the farmer and the tobacco
grower. and he did we'll as far as he
could. but the time came when COM
bination OF energy and combination
of capital became necessary, and the
organization of the Danville Co-Opcra-
tive Warehouse Company was a result
This company was organized several
years ago. and a number OF the ware
houses came into II. 1t Is strong
organization. with ample capital TO look
after the interest of their thousands
of farmer customers. and through their
operations the tobacco grower has
nothing to fear when the lean years
come. Whether they have big crops
look after them and let no man go
hungry.
The houses operating under this
splendid combination are Acres Ware
house, under the management of NJ. o.
Nelson and w. T. Fowlkes; Banner
w. t. Keeling. w. r. Fitzgerald and
III. b. Watkins; Central WarnhpnRc.
under the control of James II. Wilson
and j. c. Dickerson: Union Warehouse.
with George e. Coleman, w. b. Guerra
rant and II. G. Swanson as managers,
and the Planters Warehouse. with c.
b. Davis and j. X. Dudley at the helm.
AMPLE FLOOR SPACE AND
ALL OTHER FACILITIES
These six warehouses give the CO.
operative company floor space that
covers more than two-thirds OF the
warehouse facility of the town. and
with their storage facilities in the
Easements OF these warehouses and
elsewhere, they can care for all OF the
floor room and all of the storage room
required Tor the business in hand but
IL is In financial position to look after
all Of their trade, be /, near;,o Dan
Vile or far away. This year, and
dull year II is. the company IS making
special effort to care for the far-away
fellows.
The sales of the bright leaf on the
Danville market last year were some
thing over 100000 pounds. and the
average price was little more than
$17 per hundred pounds. OF course.
such hgure cannot be looked for this
year. because the tobacco is not so
good, but the fact remains that what
ever may be the best figure obtainable
the high price mark will be recorded
in Danville. Here, above all other
places. the highest prices prevail. Tho
reason is apparent: Here there are
more buyers than anywhere else.
There are over nifty buyers on the
market every day. All of the big COM
panies are represented here, and there
are thirty-od independent buyers to
keep the big fellows bidding to the high
notch on every pile of the tobacco that
shows up. On the Danville market the
bright leaf always brings the top-notc
figure. Whatever may come, Damvillc
will continue TO hold its own aus the
greatest OF all the bright tobacco mar
kets.
COTTON THYME CONTRACT.
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