The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-12-04
ALL READY FOR THE TOBACCO
OPENING.

Tie slogan heard at both the Bour-
bon Tobacco Warehouse and the
New Independent Tobacco Ware
house in this city at nine o'clock
this morning, when the auctioneers
begin their singsong of the 1917
tobacco crop of Bourbon county.
county, and even some crops from
and even some crops from adjoining
counties.
Both houses had large force of
men busily engaged for the past
several days receiving and arrang-
ing the different crops that have
been placed on their floors for the
opening sales. Not only do the
managers of both houses anticipate
the biggest opening days business
in years to-day, but they will also
be disappointed if the farmers and
growers do not receive for their
product the highest prices ever paid
on the Paris market.
Tobacco began coming in to both
houses on Friday and SATURDAY..
and the houses and floors presented
scenes of the greatest animation as
the assistants helped unload and
place the tobacco in position for the
inspection of the buyers and the
auctioneers. Local tobacco men
look for the largest crowds at the
opening sales to-day of any year
since the industry developed into a
market locally. Leaf department
heads from different parts of the
country will be in attendance, while
number of the buyers have been
in the city for some days.
The warehousemen are very OPP
timistic regarding the prospects for
the Paris market, and say that the
highest prices will prevail, despite
the fact that the crop is only about
eighty per cent of last years
Some of the local tobacco men ex-
press the opinion that if any of the
tobacco was inferior to that of last
year it will be the late tobacco
They say that the eonsignments to
be offered to-day are representative
cIops. and show UP we'll. The color
and the quality of the weed is I'M
usually good
All commissions on sales at The
New Independent House at to-day's
sales will be donated to the follow
ing good causes: IOne-half to "Our
Boys III France Tobacco Fund"
one-fourth to the Bourbon County
Health & Welfare League and one
fourth to the American Red Cross,
credit to be given to the Paris Chap
ter. In addition to this they will
sell free of commission all tobacco
donated by the growers to the "Our
Boys In France Tobacco Fund"
TT oh,
W i'll donate their first days commits
sions as follows: One-third to the
Red Cross; one-third to the "Our
Boys In France Tobacco Fund" and
one-third to the Bourbon County
health & Welfare League.
AS indicating the interest mani
et-sted in the tobacco industry, and
TO further the scientific culture of
the weed in this county, a number
OF Bourbon county tobacco growers
and brokers have decided to hold a
tobacco show in Paris on Saturday,
December Is, in the Doyle building
on Main street. The exhibitors will
be limited to the growers themselves
and the entire Burley district will
be invited to compete for the prizes,
hitch will be liberal ones. The
samples will revert to the promoters
and will be sold on the Paris mar
let The prizes will be divided
fist, second and third, and will COM
Prise all grades with sweepstakes
prize to the grower having on exhi-
bition the most complete lot of to-
hacco. quality and texture and color
considered. The prizes will be an
nOunced later
The Lexington tobacco market.
/! one of the largest in the world,
made a record yesterday at its
opening sales, when averages of $33
y. ere made at the houses. The gen
! el al range was wide, swinging from
SIS to $40. Bidding was very
! brisk. The highest price of the
! days sale was mao, when one baS-
ket of a crop belonging to Woodford
county growers brought $50 per
hundred. One of the biggest crowds
ever seen at a Lexington opening
attended the sales.