Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-03
FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO
SITUATION IN STATE;
MARKETING PROSPECTS
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published about the present and pros
pectiye conditions Of the Maryland
Tobacco business. that il really Is
alost times now to call the asaen-
ton Of Cur Maryland farmers TO a
few facts
II MARYLAND We have no doubt or
problems to solse. On January Isl
Nc hal on hand ii Baltimore CITY
ahon; 1900 hogsheads of the old
(I91Sl crop. AID a out GEO hegsheads
OF Groandlelves OF the 1920 crop, the
hulk of which is common and un-
desirable grades 1t viii. no doubt.
lie very dineren: mater 10 market
this balance Why? The French
Reggie bought most of the tobacco sold
on the Baltimore market in 1929 and
tt seems that they will aot make any
further purchases until the new crop
.omes to market. This new crop Is
estimated at from 10000 to 5000
aogsheads. to quite some extent OF
splendid color and quality.
What is the outlook for the mar
keting Of SUCH a crop?
Since Europe has bought but little
in 1929. Ii stands TO reason that the
regular users of Maryland tobacco will
| welcome this new good crop" the
like OF which we may not see again
| for years and they wll.if prices
are at all moderate make liberal
purchases. One fails TO see any rea-
son why France. during 1924, should
not prove liberal buyer also: the
/ French Government should, in due
me, see any superiority the 1920
crop may possess and then lie apt
o supply itself with an extra guam
lity
40 one can tell what the price will
20 tbs coming season The export Of
oiacco has Jagged for over 10
months; however, it cannot but grow
leavic. ia due time The deplorable
1890 conditions cannot continue for
ever, and the future seems to hold
sFery promise OF change for the
setter
The adverse Exchange rates which
have kept the countries OF Central
Earope away from our markets are
| generally expected TO improve, grad
fally though it he: after the Peace
| aesio1 and the amount OF German
| Rep ration is once settled, all coun-
| ries should once more settle down.
lr at least try very hard to do so.
As sson as political conditions are
stat iiizeG. Foreign Exchanges surely
| Will do letter and bring back into our
narkets al least part, i not all, Of
our European buyers.
OF course. there has also been an
under-consumption in Europe. due to
hard times Few statisctics arc as
! vet available; England alone had i
decrease in the 1920 Tobacco Con-
sumption of some million pounds.
In our own country we have had a
decrease too. for the very plain rea-
son that good many people are re-
trenshing.
There is considerable talk OF the
farmer reducing the acreage for 1921.
We hear OF such movements in the
Carolinas, in the kentucky Burley and
Kentucky Dark Districts. In COM
menting on conditions, one of the
largest Dealers in the West said that
he ones who are advising re-
duct!on in the crop are the specHla-
tors who have on hand large tobacco
stocks bought at high prices. and
also Sellers who would not take the
market price i'll 1920.
Conditions IN Maryland. as we see
taem. are somewhat similar. ana the
farmer in Southern Maryland is asked
to reduce his 1921 crop to help others
who should have disposed of their
1919 crop when they had a chance to.
Every Grower OF Maryland Tobacco
should carefully bear in mind that
tobacco is the only crop that can
be raised in Southern Maryland al q
profit; ii is his Money crop and if
he abandons it. he not only loses that
| money. but also runs the risk Of los
ing the outlet for such tobacco in cash
he later on decides to grow ii again
So it seems very questioaab BILE If 1t
would he wise for the farmer to neg
lect his seed beds this season He
should make sure to secure seeds from
improved strains, which viii enable
him to start under the best possible
conditions, When In doubt aboutshis
seed, he should submit II to the Mary
land Agricultural College for thor
ough test. One feels the authorities
there will be glad to cooperate.
There is no use in trying to raise a
lot of bad or common tobacco. What
this market wants. in fact what every
buyer here and abroad is in need OF,
is good Maryland Tobacco. Good To-
hacco. carefully sorted, and meritor-
iously packed. cannot but repay the
farmer for all he puts into T. and
since no man, whether here or abroad,
is in favor OF Restriction Of Trade.
tin fact the laws OF our country are
strictly against it), let our farmer he
ware of any sentangling alliances.
He may well stop to consider IL the
so-called organizations for the ben
eft of the farmer have urt1yad stsc-