Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 156, 14 April 1919 — Page 11

kUE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1919.

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SOME PACKERS MADE MONEY BY HOLDING INFERIOR 1909 LEAF

By WILLIAM R. SANBORN LANCASTER, Pa April 14 la our last letter w spoke of the proposed decrease In Lancaster county tobacco acreage In 1919. In this connection it will be well to state that the 'sale of seed for the present planting has been cut 60 per cent as compared with the number of pounds sold in 1918. Mr. F. S. Bucher, county agricultural agent, bandies all the seed sold hers and raised at the government experiment farm at Ephrata. This does not mean that he sells all the seed used by growers in the county, for a number of them raise their own seed, as is the rule In most all of the tobacco districts. Personally we do not think, from our investigation and talks with growers, that there will be a decrease in acreage of more than 20 per cent at the outside in this county. This, however, can not be foretold; the tobacco is now sprouting in the seed beds and when the time for' transplanting comes the developments piay be such that planting will be still further curtailed. Lancaster is the very heart of the Pennsylvania tobacco district and this county is the giant in production. It contains 941 square miles and bu . a world of first class tobacco land within its borders. Id the American markets Pennsylvania leaf Is simply that and nothing more. Many men who appreciate that the quality of Lancaster leaf outranks that grown In the balance of the state are proposing that this tobacco shall be marked and shipped as a Lancaster product, thus giving it individuality wherever sold. This is a proposition worth considering and will soon be In effect, we understand. Today's Lancaster Market What we have said with reference to the reduction In acreage here applies still more broadly to other counties where production was greatly stimulated on account of war prices, and which will now fall back to normal or below. Careful investigation and numerous Interviews have resulted In the conclusion that considerable tobacco is being purchased here at this time, but principally by one large buyer. We believe that this tobacco will eventually land in France. This is almost a certainty. It is being bought either for the French government or for the allies; is being shipped south where It will go through Proctor driers, be wrapped in the standard sized paper covered bales, then canvassed and strongly wired. This is the condition in which it will be exported. A large Baltimore house is Interested with a Lancaster firm in this transaction and some have estimated that th) outgo will be 10,000,000 pounds, but the writer r-ni reason to know that 7.000,000 poiu iJj probably will cover this contract, after a talk with one of the principals. As to the prices paid, they vary rather widely; in fact It is difficult to give the exact range. It can be said, however, in relation to these purchases, which have been quietly made lnHnce lha lost1 mnn 4-K that 1 rT t e has been the tOD and we are pretty well assured that a lot of it has been bought at 10 cents, or a little better. There are a number of houses in the trade, and these among the largest, which have not bought a pound of the 1918 crop. More than this, 'they now show no disposition to do so. Our personal belief is that they prefer waiting until spring planting is completed and there are clearer indications of what the various farmers organizations in Pennsylvania and Ohio are likely to be able to accomplish. As previously stated, the packers here are seemingly convinced that the 1918 cron is a first cousin to that grown in 1903. This means that a large percentage of it does not burn well. Some, indeed, claim that it will scarcely burn at all, and this fact one packer tried to demonstrate to me in his office this morning. On the other hand the growers scoff at this and claim it is a ruse for an effect upon local demand and prices. They seem to think that this tobacco will burn all right after the packer owns It, if not before. This Is really a subfeet of broad consideration, but it is a fact that the 1918 quality is far below In some respects the crops of various other years. The best informed men, those who have recently visited the Ohio fields and have returned to Lancaster, claim that the 1918 crop in the Miami Valley is also far below par and not worth nearly as much as that of 1917. As to this, of course, Ohio growers and packers are really the best informed. Effect on Ohio Leaf Prices. If Lancaster tobacco is of the poor quality that the buyers claim, it should favorably effect the demand and the price paid in the Ohio district. The exports Just alluded to also will have an effect as to the home demand for both Pennsylvania and Ohio leaf. - There are really many problems entering into the entire cigar leaf situation at this time. The demands of the government for. all manufactured tobacco products will be lessened from month to month. And while it Is true that the returning soldier will continuo to consume the weed in all its forms, cigarette manufacturers and the makers of pipe tobacco will likely be benefitted most. The cisar-making plant of DavisShirk & Mason, the largest in Browns, town, closed down on Thursday because of "dull trade," but is expected to resume oDerations the coming week. A large number of cigars are

made here in Lancaster, mostly for distribution by large Philadelphia houses and of these and of trade conditions in the cigar-making industry, more will be said later on. The heart of the whole matter Is quality of leaf and the consumptive demand for cigars. As many of our Ohio friends may wish to see samples of all the leaf grown in this district we are shipping the first lot of samples today. These may be seen at The Palladium office at your convenience. We may state as the conclusion of our remarks with reference to the 1909 crop in this county that it ruined many local packers and set growers back for a long time. It really would not burn. It charred, and men who loaded up on this crop found It coming back on their hands. The strong concerns who carried it clear up to war days finally got rid of It at from 6 cents to 20 cents and actually made money after all those years. It was sorted and regraded and it was tobacco, and "everything in the line went" when the allies got busy. The leaf was used as chewing scrap, in the ground form, and for cheap cigar3 and stogies, presumably. Did Tobacco Win the War? With reference to the tobacco, cigars and cigarettes supplied our soldiers, also distributed by our allies, Preston Herbert, chief of the tobacco section at Washington, said in a recent report: "At the very outset I wish to declare as a result of what I learned in France, that in my opinion the war could not have been won without tobacco any more than It could have been won without food." Mr. Herbert further states that "despite contrary reports, there were no cases where the health of the men was impaired by tobacco." Cigars were sold by the box at the original cost price to the government

but tobacco was made a part of thegeneral ration and was usually Issued twice a week. The allies also received a lot of tobacco and cigars. Mr. Herbert's figures which follow are interesting: From Jan. 1, 1918, to March 1, 1919, approximately 6,600,000. 000 cigarettes were requisitioned for France and about 200,000,000 cigars. About 30,000,000 pounds of chewing and smoking tobacco were shipped to France during , the same period. These figures do not Include Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, K. of C. and receipts from various newspaper and other tobacco funds in this country. Total amount expended by the government from Jan. 1, 1918 to March 1, 1919, about 156,000,000. At this writing 90,000,000 cigarettes, 3,000,000 cigars and 150,000 pounds of chewing tobacco is being shipped to Germany. The smoking tobacco for our troops in Germany is now being shipped from the stock in Franco DONT LET IT STOP YOU Nothing could stop the boys at Chateau Thierry, says the National War Garden Commission, of Washington, so get into the war for food. r3H mm

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Admitting that all this is history, it is history of which tobacco growers, in the main, have little knowledge. It is here presented in most concrete form as showing what happened to all kinds of leaf. In any consideration cl the future of tobacco wo must all realize that wjiat has happened can never happen again. Some time w must get back to normal whatever that "normal" may be; as to tobacco as welL as to all else beside. - With reference to the new Tobacco Growers' Tobacco Company, incorporated for 1100,000, we are Informed that It has sold $85,000 worth of its stock and proposes to largely Increase its capitalization at an early day. It has so far bought about $65,000 worth of leaf. There Is an older concern here of the same class which is now making a success of the business. The history of this organization, and of the bank which was the outcome of the fight these seed leaf men made to get a foothold as packers, is an interesting story in itself. It will form a part of our next chapter and should be mighty interesting to our readers who are trving to figure out helpful cooperative methods In both holding and marketing. The top price on Lancaster tobacco was paid in the latter part of February, and was reported at that time as being 20 cents. But little was bought at that figure, the average for the better leaf being around or a shade under 15 cents. That top has not been reached in this field for extra choice since that date. (To be continued.)

Fountain City, Ini. The Aid society of the Christian church met at the home of Mrs. Carrie Alexander last Wednesday afternoon. ...The White Star class of the Christian church met at the home of Misses Grace and Edith Carroll Thursday evening. Those present were Misses Ruth Alexander, Dorothy Williams, Irene Malnes, Helen Brown, Olive Harrison, Ruth Fulghum, Grace and Edith Carroll, Messrs. Reid Thomas, Clawson Keene, Virgil Spenser, Claude and Merle Wright, Paul Ellbee, Claude Alexander. Sanford Baker, Paul Purviance, Horace Tatfield, Glen Williams Henry Macy, Archie Thornton. The time was spent in a social way, games and contests being the features of the evening. Light refreshments of ice cream and cake were served Mrs. Abbie Williams and daughter of Winchester are visiting Roy Carroll and family. .. .School will close here on April 18. Final examinations will be held Tuesday and Wednesday of next week Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Keene and family entertained at supper, Friday evening, Misses Helen Carter, Edna R. Todd and Shurleigh Harter. . ..Miss Alice Ewbank of Richmond is visiting with her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Miller, near Hopewell The High school students and teachers held a party at the school house Friday night. Light refreshments of Ice cream and cake were served. As a piece of "safety first" propaganda a new reel, "Careless America,"' has been produced various types of automobile accidents are vividly presented on the screen, and shown to be due to the carelessness alike of the drivers and pedestrians. f OLDS 1 Head or chest Ww A are best treated "externally" with VlCR'sV APOR 'YOUR BODYGUARD - 30?. 60'.

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U, S. TOY MAKERS TO RETAIN BUSINESS GAINED IN WAR

(By Associated Press) Chicago, April 14. Toy manufacturers of America who found their opportunity when war shut off imports, believe they are now sufficiently intrenched to retain the business thus gained. They even expect to do some exporting when shipping facilities are available. ' The toy makers are holding a fair here, with Christmas goods spread over several floors of a big downtown hotel. It was said that scores of buyers who recently made the usual annual pilgrimage to the French and English fairs, with a look into the general European market, returned virtually empty-handed, more than ever convinced of the economy and efficiency of the American market. To compete with the cheap labor of Europe and Japan, Americans have had to offer Inducements other than price, such as ingenious mechanisms, durability and educational value. The Japanese can undersell them ninety per cent., it is said, on ornaments for the Christmas tree, but the the Americans have perfected tinsel, wreathes, and colored globes that are expected to hold the market because they are practically indestructible and are fire-proof. In the higher-priced mechanical toys America has always led, and has even been an exporter. This trade of course will remain, dealers say. Immense quantities of dolls formerly came from Germany, and bisque heads are still imported from France, but to all intents and purposes America is now manufacturing dolls, the traders averred. "The Germans used to dress their dolls in their own conception of the styles of the countries to which they were to bo exported," said the dealer. "The result was often funny. Since America entered the doll business the play-babies have been gowned in faithful reproductions of what we have seen on Fifth avenue." Airplanes and tanks figure largely in the novelties. One of the toy planes is aid to fly 200 yards under its own power derived from a spring. Another is fitted with an electric motor which, attached to light socket by a wire, will float about the room for hours. Some of the toy tanks, too are very practical climbers of obstacles. Another novelty is a ferryboat on wheels. When the boat butts its prow against a wall a mechanism turns it about for the return trip. For the girls there is a doll that walks and talks. A new government ruling in Burma, requires all Burman girls twelve year3 of age and owr to attend a girls' school, if one exists in the town, rather than the mixed school, as heretofore.

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"ITNDIANA 1L Briefs

SPADES Corporal Andrew Irrgang of Spades is to be given the Distln guished Service Cross before he leaves the service at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Near Bellincourt, France, last September, Corporal Irrgang captured a German machine gun and turned it on the enemy. PAOLI Vern Jones and Cecil Ham, both 19, have started on foot for the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. They expect to write a story of their experiences. SHELBYVILLE Thomas Kenton, rural mail carrier, has traveled more than 89,000 miles in the 19 years he has carried mall out of this office. ' HARTFORD CITY Clark Stewart, 84, and a civil war veteran, was trampled to death by a horse in his barn here. He leaves a widow and two sons. GREENCASTLE A 1,500 horsepower engine in the rolling mills of the American Zinc Product plant has the explosion habit. For the third time in two years, it blew out a cylinder head, injuring Miss Marjorie Williamson. . GREENCASTLE Scores of 17 year locusts, almost ready to emerge from the ground, were uncovered by G. B. Parker, while he was doing excavating work. The locusts were big fellows and very lively. EVANSVILLE Harvey Ershig, 17, driver for a grocery store, was shot in the side when he refused to throwup his hands at the command of a j hold-up man. The robber escaped. ALEXANDRIA City firemen who decided to go on strike unless paid $10 a month more were granted the increase in salary by the city council. ANDERSON Influenza Is blamed for the poor showing of Madison county common school students, only Si Sore Throat or Mouth You should keep the throat and mouth clean and healthy. Any disease that aitar.ks the canal throuch which must nass 1 the food we eat, the beverages we drink and the very air we breatiie is a serious matter. Why neglect Sore Throat or Sore Mouth when TONS1LINE makes it so easy for you to get relief? TONSIUNE is specially prepared for that one purpose. lunsium. does its full duty you can depend upon it. Keep a bottle in the house where you can get it quickly when needed. 35c, and 60c. Hospital Size, $1.00. Your druggist sells TONS1L1NE, has proven its value in thousands of cases. It will do so in your case. Get S. S. S. at once and begin treatment. If yours is a long standing case, be sure to write for free expert medical advice. We will tell you how this purely vegetable blood tonic cleanses the impurities from the blood by literally washing it clean. We will prove to you that thousands of sufferers from Catarrh, after consistent treatment with S. S. S., have been freed from the trouble and all Its disagreeable features and restored to perfect health and vigor. Don't delay the treatment. Address Medical Director, 259 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. Adv. mm

of whom passed the examinations for graduation, out of 289. TERRE HAUTE Leonard Flynn, 17. fell asleep, fell Into the Wabash river and was drowned, while fishing at the Southeastern bridge. , LOGANS PORT W. A. Roone. Uvinr

in Miami township, his wife and two ! Children Were killed near hero vhon 1 the automobile in which they were seatea was struck by a Pennsylvania engine at a crossing. CAVALRY OFFICER TAKES LIFE (By Associated Press) SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 14. Captain Egie T. Hickey of the Eleventh United States cavalry, ended his life last night at the Fort Rosecrans hospital, medical officers said, by cutting his throat. He had recently been brought here for treatment as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident. His home was at Basley, S. C. He was SO years old.

Pile Sufferers! Clever Ohio Chemist Says This Great Prescription Taken Internally Has Never Failed.

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DR. EUDALY SAYS: "Do you realize that decayed teeth and unclean mouths offer the most fertile field for the malignant type of disease germs? Why wait and take chances? Have us put your mouth and teeth into healthy condition NOW for Health's sake." DR. J. A. EUEDALY

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Executor's Sale of f Real Estate I fa On Thursday, the 17th day of April, 1919, at two o'clock I P. M., the undersigned as executor of the last will of Ella B. Conley, deceased, will offer for sale, at private sale, at the p office of the undersigned in Room 3 Vaughan Block, over 710 f Main Street in the City of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind- p iana, a three story brick business building, fronting 17 feet H six inches on Main, now occupied by the furniture business 1 of J. B. Holthouse at No. 530 Main Street. This is a splendid chance for an investment bjr any person who desires to own H

good real estate on Main Street m the city of Richmond. TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash in hand, one-third in one year and one-third in two years from date of sale ; purchaser to secure deferred payments by executing promissory notes in usual bankable form with six per cent, interest from date, providing for attorney's fees and secured by first mortgage on said premises, and fire insurance policies to the satisfaction of the undersigned. Ork B. Flllgham, Executor

I Dated April 10, 1919. I Ray K. Shively, Attorney. jgaamiaiiiiM

Advertising Life Insurance A life insurance agent in one of the New England states tried the experiment of running a continuous advertising campaign in his home newspaper. His business that year was not only the largest he ever did, but among all the company's agents, this man stood second in the number of policies written and fourth in the amount of insurance written. The advertisements were not large in size, but they were carefully written and prepared with a definite plan arid campaign in view. The results were so astonishing that the company issued a bulletin to all its agents suggesting that they advertise in the local newspapers and promising to advise and help them in the preparation of copy. '

Princess Oyama, widow of Field Marshal Prince Oyama, whose death was recently reported In Japan," was one of the first Japanese women to be educated in America. " - ' J .

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