Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-30

SUFFOLK, VA. January 2a.--One OF
the most intense Of the struggles FOR
trade 10 follow peace IN Europe will IL.
mat between the city Of suffolk and
het OF the world.
SUFFOLK has long been widely known
hS The peanut ccn:er OF the United
states. There arc Il few peanut hn,,.vs
III Norfolk: in Texas many peanut. arc
raised f"t their oil. ana in Georgia
the! arc called so"berS amd used as
h"S FOOD. but Suuoll; is the one treat
center in this con;tncn, for thS col
iectins. preparing and t,istrib,lliur nf
tho "hve-a-bar" dclicacy
Sunolli mas hiihorto held it's ,inminsI-
Ing position with ease because !, is
ideally located in the center of tho
MISUNDERSTANDING region where alone
IN this country the peanut attains the
best "f size and flavor Although il
has half " dozen railroads and Il pouu-
laIiUn Of 10000. Suffolk has remained :,
very quiet old Southern torn p,u,Id
OF its Colonial nnccstr% ana satisfied
I" &c; along with one hotel and n,,
Street-car service. The b,r red fac
tories and warehouses arc in striking
.ontras; to the general air ot age nn,:
serenity thai char:.cteriHcs III" riacc;
IN. peanut business is iiouriShImS
barnacle of indusir! ON :, rock al old
time Southern conservati .ln.
As long ago as tho wear OF the James
town Exposition the complaccncc If
SufToll. was so,nowhn; jarrnd when
number Of daDpcr little Japs suddenly
appeared III Tho town cuuippci with
cameras aud not. books, rud began
making a mos, exhaustive study of
til. peanut business. from &c plant.
EE Of the seed 10 the shipment II tho
cleaned ana roasted nut
Tho peanut dealers know that pea
nuts Srcw in Japan. but they had l.cvcr
thought Of that coumiry As aflnidinp
them ANY competition. For "nc thing.
peanuts had place in the protective
ia al. and FOR another, tn" j: pS ala not
pruducc any nut that could rival ;hc
"Euuuiur Jumbo" OF Virginia Thcs.
ia ps. however. carried away with them
large supply OF l;unninG Jumbo seed.
Tho second act in this peanut dram.
VAS tn" removal "f the tariff on pea
nuts by the present Democratic ad
ministraii"il--au aC, which tho Suffolk
section "f the Solid South koeniy re-
Scnts.
Japanese Built In Industry.
During AL tho intervening yoars. THO
isns had hccn carefully building up
their peanut indu:ary--imtroducin The
larSf and attractive American Naric-
ties. forming company for the rrcra
rAiion Of them and charterinE Il special
iic.t Of boats 10 bring them 10 Amer
lsR. In Tho matter OF labor III" laps
nave considerable advantage, being
able q" got all Of the MIN bic iin2 cred
omen hes want ~ cents 4 day.
While tho NirEin,ans have 10 ia! many
times that amount FOR clumsy darSics.
Hence. ia suffolk the cleaning and pol
>hinE al peanuts is done almost en-
jirely hN machinery. friction ana thc
"ir blast being the most important
methods used In Japan each peanut
- washed by hand. dried. dipped nv
:: special solution and dried again.
Tho laps wcrr prepared 10 enter tho
tucgl"an market on lErEc s"Ii' and
h.n alrcad! made considerable head
~! west II The MisSissippi River
when tho Ny broke oli:. aud tho I'M
N"rtaton -: peanuts practically ceased.
:" SUaol|, is once more the c.pitaI
~ tho peanut worid--ro Il whtic After
The war the old city viii have To HEh,
Tor her supremacy. II would seem
Thai ono way 10 ii" /. would he TO
establish in SUffolk industries for the
n'-nufnoture Of peanut produces Tho
u!.!Whic economic strength uf any
tom ~ nation or concern dcncrdy
mon how highly II finishes It's product
tn" south selling il cotton raw to
ENGLAND would never haN. h"cn great