The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-09

AhS LesAAS Jun y fluay VIII CURTAIN
some interesting tobacco dope
Don't fail to get a copy of the paper
tomorrow.
One man was seen to emerge from
IA local bank Monday with a shoe box
crammed full Of greenback, money
received for a portion of his tobacco
crop. The bills were not of small de-
nominations, either, remarged the
cashier Of the bank. "That man had
over 100000 that he will carry
home with him instead of depositing
it and checking it out as he needs it. !"
Tobacco is coming into the city in
every conceivable manner-Ford cars
are being utilized for getting it to
market. One "tin lizzie" was seen
coming in early this morning with at
least two thousand pounds of tobac-
co piled on it. Much tobacco has been
marketed here this week from Wash
ington county; Cooke county has also
sent part Of her crop, while Virginia
and North Carlina tobacco is coming
in by rail by car load lots every day.
There is not the slightest indication
that prices on tobacco will decline.
Warehouse men tell us that on the
other hand there are many good
reasons to believe that they will get
even better
There has ben sodl on the Greene
vile market since the opening day,
last Wednesday, on an average Of
200, 900 pounds of tobacco daily. This
| is about the limit that can be sold in
one day and removed from the floors
While Greeneville has four large
warehouses, it has been impossible to
hold sales at more than two houses
on any one day. The different nous
es are given their turn each day-ai
getting a sale in the swing around.
| "a A
The Greeneville Tobacco Associa.
ton acted wisely in organizing !
board of trade before the present
sales opened. Strict rules were adop
ted regulating the sales on all floors
and ESQ. G. w. Click was made cap
tain of sales with full power to di
Irect same. In this manner the ware
house men have to abide by what Mr.
Click says and much friction is avoid
ed by this arrangement
Did you ever stop to think wha
Isixty-four cents pound for burle!
tobacco means for the farmer of thi
section? With anything like a fai
crop this should mean at least $500
Iper acre.
Gee whiz! 1t is never going t
stop. What do you know about to
baeco bringing an AVERAGE OF So
PER POUND ON THE GREENE
WILLIE MARKET WEDNESDAY. /
sounds to good to be true--but it i
true, nevertheless. Common tobacc,
sold higher yesterday than any da.
lsince the market opened.
Tobacco growers are well please,
with the improvements made here il
the warehouses during the past year
Under present plans the averag
planter gets his money for his tobac
co and returns home the same da,
he gets it to market.
| With the completion of the con
Meeting link between Greene count,
and Madison county, North Carolina
it will be caution a; the North Car
olina tobacco that will be sold on tn,
Greeneville market the coming sea
son, When this road is completed j
furnishes a pike the entire way int,
the North Carolina TOBACCO belt.
Bristol wants tobacco warehouse
Bristol is not by herself. There ar,
other towns around here that hav,
undertaken to build up a Tobacco,
market that have evidently "bitten OF
more than they contracted for"
successful tobacco market cannot b.
built mp in one or two years-it take
wears of hard work and experience,