Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-10-18
Tobacco Men Speakers At
Luncheon OF Rotary Club
Mcfarland Discusses Situation of Henderson Market;
C. W. Knott Tells of Origin of Flue Cured Tobacco
In Most Interesting Treatment of Subject
quickly as possible

quickly as possible.
ITO show the utter inconsistency
of the thing, the markets of Wendell
and ZebuiOn are classified as Old
Belt markets but open with the mar
kets of the East, giving them from
three to four weeks advantage in ear
lier selling over us.
''The, nine North Carolina markets
of the so-called Old Belt of which
Winston Salem is the largest, and
which is located 125 miles from Hen
derson opens with only one weeks
difference every year from the Hen
derson market.
Realizing that an injustice has been
done in recent years to Henderson and
the other eight markets of the Middle
Belt these eight markets of the Mid
die Belt recently formed an associa-
ton of their own. I do not know who
conceived the idea of the Middle Belt
Warehouse Association but I do
know that the Middle Belt Ware
house Association has as it's presi-
dent Mr.. G. w. Knott and as it's
secretary, Mr.. w. B. Daniel, Jr. both
of whom are Henderson men and we
are going to try and see that in the
dealing of the cards next season for
the opening that we come into our
rights
"All of you gentlemen know that to-
make perfect Cigarette, tobacco of
several belts has to be used. The Old
Belt for its body, the east for it's color,
Burley for its burning qualities, a lit
tie Turkish for its seasoning and the
Middle Belt to give it it's sweetness.
AS no man liveth to himself" and no
tobacco belt liveth to itself, but if
all the tobacco of the east was wiped
out all the tobacco of tthe Old Belt
destroyed and no more Turkish to-
bacco imp ported, the tobacco of the
Middle Belt alone could be made into
cigarette that would be passable.
This can be said of the tobacco grown
in no other belt.
II speak of cigarettes, gentlemen,
because their sale and production has
astonished the world This has been
due to advanced methods of packing,
better quality of tobacco used and i'm
mense advertising. Without these
things sales would fall off and the
demand tor cigarette types of tobacco
be very small. In 1910 new markets
were created for cigarettes and they
began to be extensively used.
To-day individuality is expressed in
merchandising of all kinds. Two or
three years ago nothing was wrapped
in cellaphane. It's rare thing now to
purchase anything without it's being
wrapped in celaphane especially if it's
a high grade article, although this
adds extra cost, yet the public de-
mands it. This is true of the cigarette.
I often wonder why so little is ever
said about the enormous taxes col
lected on tobacco. We produce Gig
arctic tobaccos in but very few States
and yet the government will collect,
using the figures for the first six
months of this year as a basis $346,
PSI, ,269 IS as taxes on cigarettes this
year Nor is anything ever said about
the tariff Of about $1.90 a pound on
tobacco. IF some of this three hundred
and forty-six million dollars could
be returned to the producers of to-
bacco, there would be, 1 suspect, but
little said; as to parity price
The money collected as a tobacco
tax of over three hundred and forty
six million dollars is for the, benefit
of all the 48 States in the Union and
the people in over three-fourths of
them would hardly know: leaf of
tobacco if they saw it walking down
the road, for they do not raise it.
"It conclusion, let me say that in
this our Middle Belt wonderful
type of tobacco is produced. It
stands at the top of the ladder. With
out it the popularity of the cigarette
would never have girdled the globe
and revo4Utionized commerce, so that
all nations of the earth can enjoy a
good smoke in which is blended the
rich, sweet bodies tobacco of the Mid
die Belt, much of which is sold in
Henderson, whose buyers have orders
for almost every conceivable type
grown"