The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-03-05

member, and that is that the interest
of the buyer and the producer are
much the same. We need the far
mer TO produce the article that We
want to handle and they need the
buyer to buy their product. We
should not be antagonisLic, but re-
gard each other as friends. am
saying this because of the insinua-
tions and even positive declarations
that have been made of hate criticiz-
ing the buying interests. We are
anxious to do business and all we
are waiting for is for our principals
to give us authority and our princi-
pals will be delighted when they can
see the way open for them to extend
these orders. We are all suffering
and hoping and praying for relief In
the present unfortunate condition IN
which the tobacco market has drift
ed. The markets have declined thru
out the world ON tobacco. | am re-
hably informed from Amsterdam,
Holland, that ~there is a congestion
of cheap tobacco grown in Java and
Brazil that is selling now for less
than the cost of the freight. This
same grade of tobacco sold last July
for sixty cents a pound. ] hate to
write this sort of thing to the press
but think it is best and it can
throw little light on the situation
| would rather do it than not. We
can't say when our present crop OF
tobacco will move or at least at what
price it will sell, but | wish to say
that there is at least one important
thing for the farmer to do--that Is
for the farmer to preserve his crop.
Millions of pounds of tobacco have
been stripped out and put in bulk. A
great deal of 1t is i'm too soft order.
The time of year is approaching when
tobacco will go into sweet naturally,
and where it is bulked with too much
moisture it will sweet prematurely
and the tobacco will be damaged, the
grade reduced, and the value also
reduced. Farmers should hang their
tobacco on sticks and put it up in
their barns and let it thoroughly dry
out. After it has dried out thorough
ly and we have good warm season,
it should be taken down and bulked
neatly, then it is safe, and the farmer
has preserved the tobacco quality and
will be able to get better price Tor
it. There are some demands for to-
bacco now, and have been since the
market opened, and we are hoping
that most of the larger buying inter
ests will be able to get in the market
before a great while, but in the mean
time, Mr.. Farmer, protect your own
interest by preserving your crop.
Now word with reference to the
"chute" and loose floor that have
been condemned so much by the far
mers. will say that | believe that
tobacco sold In this way under the,
present strained conditions will bring
more money than if sold otherwise,
because at an appointed time these
sales are made and all interested buy
ers are on hand. We are handicap
ped and can't help it, and can't come
to the country and pay big prices for
tobacco or little ones either unless
we have an outlet for the tobacco. |
have gone into this rather further
than had intended. / had rather
have kept silent, but | felt that it was
time to speak and say the things that
| have said. | am honest in what
have said and can prove every asser-
tion that | have made. / am inform
ed on the subject and could say a
good deal more than l have said, bus
for the present / would rather stop
with this.