The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-13
Since Early Days of History
City aud State Famous for
Weed
WAS ONCE USED TO BUY
WIVES FOR COLONISTS
Iodcy the Market / ere Is Rap
Idly increasing Government
Recognizes the Quanty Of
Local Product
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! The growing Importance Of the to-
I bacco business In its seSera. branches
+ in Richmond is most pronounced, and
/ is based on the following fuudauen-
tai conditions that exist here for the
/ success of this foremost business of
the city.
In the first place, Virginia as a
producer of tobacco aud Richmond
as a selling place carry with them
the FIRST historical existence of the
growth and trading in this NcrN iln-
porta.nt branch OF business. and the
early histories. beginning with The
time OF Sir Walter Raleigh were fnI
of illusions rs to the importarre ~
the tobacco Industry in Virginia II
was used a. currency and IT'S pure has
ing power was sufficiently great To
enable the bachelors Who came oVet
from England to purchase wives when
they could accumulate a few hogs
heads of tobacco
Richmond developed its business Of
the esta hlishment Of STATE ware
house. where tobacco was sampled.
and all orders for fore .gp countries.
az well az for home consumption
came 10 Richmond to Zee fi,ied This
continu / grow until only within
the last twenty-five or thirty years
have the typesaef tobacco and other
markets developed sufficiently to do
away with the TACT that Richmond
was really the orly market at which
tobacco could he procured
Its manufactures before the war
were large. and had world wide bust
ness The trade was practically
killed during the war but was among
the earliest OF all Richmond business
interests TO recuperate after the
evacuation of the city. Its manu-
factories and warehouses soon
opened up. and Richmond again took
its position as the tobacco market OF
the United States
Development al Burnley.
The Developments of the White Rur-
ley. best suited 10 the soils of Ken
lucky and contiguous States, had the
effect of developing the West into
large tobacco ceuters. but without de-
creasing in any way whatever the
amount OF tobacco handled and
manufactured in Richmond and-tn-
day amtng the many lines of business
ii must still stand a the front rank
Richmond's cigarette output is pos
sihly the largest of any city IN the
United States. and her cigar ami
cheroot business is among the largest
in the country Richmond manu-
features were the first to introduce cat
plug smoking HurleS winch is now
possibly me biggest style of al to-
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