Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Sale of Tobacco. J'he law regulating the manufacture and sale of tobacco is exceedingly rigid, regarding as manufacturers all persons whose business it is to sell leaf tobacco in quantities less than a hogshead, case or bale, or who sell directly to consumers or persons other than registered dealers or manufacturers. But by an especial provision farmers and growers of leaf tobacco are not regarded as manufacturers, and may sell leaf tobacco of their own growing. But the farmer or tobacco grower must not twist or otherwise manipulate his product. He may tie it up in hands or bundles and sell it in any quantity to whomsoever he pleases, but he may not delegate the business to another. He can not, for Instance, take his tobacco to a grocery or storekeeper and get the latter to sell It for him, for the sale must be his own personal act. His hired man may deliver the tobacco when sold, but the farmer must do the selling.