The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-10
Tobacco Pointers


The Daily Sun Friday win contaiIr
some interesting tobacco dope.
Don't fail to get copy Of the paper
tomorrow.
One man was seen to emerge from
a local bank Monday with shoe box
crammed full Of greenbacl, money
received for 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 VIII carry
home with him instead Of depositing
it and checking it out as he needs il.
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
100000 pounds Of tobacco daily. This
lis 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 hous-
es are given their turn each day-all
getting a sale in the swing around,
| The Greeneville Tobacco Associa-
ton acted wisely in organizing a
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 d.
rect 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 what
sixty-four cents pound for hurley
tobacco means for the farmer of this
section? With anything like fair
crop this should mean at least $500
per acre
Gee whizl 1t is never going to
stop. What do you know about to-
bacco bringing an AVERAGE OF 35c
PER POUND ON THE GREENE
VILE MARKET WEDNESDAY. 1t
sounds to good to be true-but it is
true. nevertheless. Common tobacco
sold higher yesterday than any day
since the market opened.
Tobacco growers are well pleased
with the improvements made here in
the warehouses during the past year.
Under present plans the average
planter gets his money for his tobac-
co and returns home the same day
he gets it to market.
With the completion of the con-
Meeting link between Greene county
and Madison county, North Carolina,
it will be caution at the North Car
olina tobacco that will be sold on the
| Greeneville market the coming sea-
son. When this road is completed it
furnishes pike the entire way into
the North Carolina TOBACCO belt.
Bristol wants tobacco warehouse.
Bristol is not by herself. There are
other towns around here that have
undertaken to build up tobacco
market that have evidently ''bitten off
more than they contracted for" A
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