The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-06
SAY TOBACCO
FARMERS ARE
HARDEST HIT
All Concerned, Including
Government, Profit Ex-
cepting the Grower
The Timcs-Ncws Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

Sir Walter Hotel
RALEIGH. Sept. 6.-Does the
tobacco farmer have valid rea-
son to complain at the price he
has been receiving for his tObac-
co? Do all the others that handle
this tobacco make money on 1t,
while the farmer alone loses?
There is no doubt that the TO-
bacco farmer gets it 'in the neck
while all the others, including the
government, make a profit on IT,
according to figures cited by W.
+. Marshall in a recent article in
which he points out that the to-
bacco farmers get only one-sev-
cnth of the total amount of money
earned by an acre of tobacco from
the time it leaves the farmer until
it is consumed by the public IN
cigarettes. All of these figures are
obtained from government Stats
tics on the basis Of the 1881 crop,
Marshall points out.
There is big money in an acre
Of tobacco-after it leaves the
farm" Marshall says, and then
cites the figures to prove 1t.
The average gross amount re-
ceived by q tobacco grower IN
1881 for an acre of tobacco, at
an average of 1877 pounds per
acre was $77.33, or an average
Of o. cents per pound, Marshall
points out. Yet this same acre OF
tobacco. after it left the farmer,
brought in a gross return to those
who handled it of S6O2.75, or a
total Of $525 more than the farm
en- received for it. This S6O2.7 B
which the acre of tobacco brought
between the time it left the farm
or and was converted into clga-
rcttes. is computed as follows:
Government taxes -$212.2G
Net profit ten largest to-
bacco companies ----- bl.o3
Profit retail dealers ----- Il9.26
For advertising - 14.0U
Supplies and materials IN ~
manufacture ------ l36'92
Wages to employees i'll
manufacture -------- 4i.z9
Salaries of tobacco COM
pany employees ------- ll.oZ
Total -S6O2.75
1t was also pointed out by Mr..
Marshall that while the farmer
lost S24 on his acre of tobacco al
SIT an acre, the average cost OF
production being SOL an acre,
that this same acre Of tobacco
earned a net profit of 1928 to the
various ones that handled it be-
fore finally sold to the public. Nor
do these figures really represent
the full amount. since they DO not
include states taxes, freight to
and from the factories, and other
items.
"But these figures are enough
to set the producer. who gets 50
little, and the consumer, who pays
so much. to thinking about a rem
edy," the article continues. 70
the consumer is as much concern
ed to get at fair price what he
buys. as the producer is to get q
fair price for what he sells.
"The meat Of the whole matter
is this: the tobacco manufacturers
are organized. They name the
prices they will pay for leaf to-
bacco; they control their volume
of output. so that there is no
flooding of markets with panic
breeding SURPRISES. They compete
with one another principally IN
building into their goods high
quality and all the excellencicS
which have the strongest appeal
to their customers. Then they
name a profitable price for their
children spent the day Sunday
with Mr.. Dalton's parents. Mr.
and Mrs. J C. Dalton, Of Reedy
Patch.
Reuben Hamrick of Boiline
Springs is staying with Mr.. anc
Mrs. J. f. Williams for some time
Mrs, H. H. Bradley and daugh'
+nrs GLADYS and Amelia. called OF