The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-24
, TOBACCO men MUST CUT DOWN
ACREAGE, IS GENERAL ADVICE

whose time and money go into this
vastly important crop.
And right now 1t is a crop for which
half the world Is hungry. Our tobacco
exports are bound to increase, regard
less of the amount to go out from
South American countries. Take Ger
many, for example. The government
at one time prohibited the importa-
ton of tobacco from Holland and the
industry was unable to supply itself
with raw material. Now as late as
1916 thare were 10000 cigar makers
at work in Germany, and today but
80, 900 of these are on the pay roll
and very few on full time. When the
time comes that Gerr = ~ has access
to the worlds markets it will surely
buy a little tobacco. and get it into
the country through some channel as
matter of course. The 5000 or more
of cigar factories closed since 1914,
will, in the majori.y OF cases, get il-s)
action again some day. and that time
may be even nearer than we can now
anticipate. What the government may
do to the smoker as to taxes will no
doubt be plenty, and is no concern Of
ours. In the very nature of thirCs,
tobacco must be a scarce and valuable
commodity in nearly all of Europe,
outside at least of the British Isles.
A world of low grade Lancaster
and Of York, Pennsylvania, leaf Is
row enroute to France, and more
is now being baled to follow. Much
of the Lancaster leaf will go out OF
Baltimore and millions of pounds OF
York county leaf is now at sea by
vessels out Of New York. The writer
saw ten cars of this tobacco loaded
one afternoon while in the east.
An Editors View.
A few days ago the editor of the
Western Tobacco Journal. at Cincin-
natl said:
Current reports have it that cigar
leaf, filler grades in Ohio and prac-
tically everywhere else will decline
shortly in price, as little or none Of it
has as yet been moved or contracted
for. The large manufacturer is well
supplied with raw material and num-
Der Of smaller manufacturers have dis
continued business. These conditions,
we would say, would leave the future
more or less matter of guess as to
', the outcome of prices"
our 1r1enQ, tQe oQllOT, means we'll,
but from recent personal observation,
the writer Is assured that York county,
Pennsylvania is out of the market,
cleaned out, almost in fact, and that
a large percentage of Lancaster leaf
has been headed for Europe. The edi-
tor continues:
while the 1918 crop is not an in
ferior crop neither is it fancy crop,
and for that reason the tobacco should
not bring excessive prices. The fact
remains, however, that the manufac-
turers are looking for high-grade to-
bacco, on account of the advance in
prices on cigars and competition for
; good cigars will be very prominent.
In answer to many questions regard
ing the immediate prices on cigar leaf,
we have endeavored to the best of
oar ability to get something that would
be somewhere near an intelligent an
swer, but it seems the whole situation
lis in such shape that to get reliable
information on the subject that would
warrant any kind of advice, is i'm
possible just at present. We do gather
however, as stated above, that de-
cline in price is most likely to occur"
We print this interesting quotation
and editorial opinion as throwing
side light on the task the present
writer set out to accomplish. We
have been digging for bed rock" and
are still on the job.