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OXFORD, N. C.
Wf.DNESDAY, -
January, S.viSoc
A DISIVTERKSTED PEItSOX OS THE
CIGARETTE TIttST.s
Editor Durham Recorder :
am not accustomed. to writi g newspa
per articles, but feel constrained to
write a short article in behalf of the
farmers, and, if possible, clear' a few
jxjints made in your industrial edi
tion of December iSih.
" To the Durham , Tobacco Associa
tion I would state that I believe every
farrrer in the tobacco b:lt highly ap
preciates your effort in building up
homo markets for our tobaccos, and
being a medium through 'which the
Oil Xorth State is made know nto the
world. Yet I think it matters very
little with the farmers whether Nofth
Carolina is advertised or not since the
profits of the tobacco is reaped by
other clasies. I would not have you
think that the farmers are feeling un
kindly toward Durham as a market.
My profession is such that I usually
see a number of farmers1 every day,
and from conversing freely 1 cannot
ascertain that, .they are the least bit
prejudiced, or'in anyway hold pr be
lieve Durhatn'tcr be responsible" for
any trust of'combine. On the con
trary I think she is still selling her
proportional part of all the tobacco
that is being marketed, and I guess
the warehousemen ot other markets
are in the same dilemma as those of
Durham, for a recent issue of the
Gold Leaf says : "At last a trust ha
struck Henderson. It is the tobacco
trusta combine, among five of the
leading cigarette manufacturing con
cerns of the country to rule the prices
of stock that enters in their gojds.
It seems that your Association would
have us believe that this trtiit is a good
thing for us, simply because the Dukts
buy our tobacco without the interven
tion of a middle man, when the fact
is the Dukes buy it without compe
tition and the farmer is not selling his
cutters to the highest bidder but sell
ing them to Mr. Duke, and at just
such prices as Mr. Duke is disposed
to allow him. So I would say, give
us enough middle men to make Mr.
Duke pav all the tobacco, is woith.
and let Messrs. W. Duke, Sons & Co.
make their profits at the other end of
the line, viz - on their manufactured
goods. We guess this is enormous
since their record for this y ar shews
that they paid for advertising $775,000
being a little more than twice the
amount jaid for the labor of manu
facturing these goods. 1 would not
have anyk one entertain the thought
that I am .at all envious of V. Duke,
Sons & Co. I am simply clamoring
lor whit I think to be justice between
man and man, and I hope the time
will soon come when theyv will see
their error and spredily withdraw from
a combine whose tendency is to ob
tain the products of the farrners' labor
without full compensation for theSame.
I would not" have your Association
think that this talk about the' tobacco
trust is the result of one or two "busy
bodies." It is talkt fluently by
every farmer in the country; in fact
we have all become, or should be
'busy bodies," actively engaged in
trying to extirpate ourselves from the
clutches of this hoary headed monster.
I wrote an article some time ago-brr
this subiect. but as yet hae withheld
its nublication, fearing 'hat I might
be too hasty, and perhaps be called ;
precocious ."busy-body'
Now. Mr. Editor, just a few word
to Mr. Geo. W. Watts; Secretary and
Treasurer of W. Duke, Sons & Co
He says:r "We beg in, the first place,
to inform ycu that tht-re has been no
n'frnrpffp nr tnhaeco trust formed to
our knowledge. The cigarette mahu
facturers have,' however, agreed, to buy
nil thpir rutters on the warehouse
floors," etc. And hj failed to say,
that each one buv all their cutters on
nnc m.nrlet. which vour actions have
proven conclusively you did.
t;r The farmers do rtot- obiect to
your buying all the cutters oil the ware
house floors. We think this perfect
ly Witimnte and commendable, but
we do think It wrong for you to agree
to buy only on one market and bind
the others to keep off the same, thereby
destroying the competition on these
goods. This allows you to assume the
power of taking "them at your- own
price, claiming to have bought them
at the highest bidder, when in facf,
there is no one but yourselves to b:d
on them.
Now, Mr. Watts, the same interest
which nroniDts the farmer to sell his
tobacco to the highest bidder will
nromut vou to buv v)ur material as
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cheap as you can. 1 his i human
nature, and 50a need . o deny .'t. I
venture the aertion that it was this
and this only which caused you man
ufacturers to divide the tobacco mar
kets and perhaps bind each other not
to trespass. Why did you buy fr m
speculators at a profit ot from five to
twelve cents, when imperfectly
packed and not what you wanted ?
Was it scarcity tobacco or did ym
just want to help the speculator ? If
the former, I should think you coulc
have hired men for a salary and put
hem on the different markets and
xmght your tobacco straight from the
armer, and thereby have saved either
tothe farmer or yourselves this profit
(less buyers salary) of five to twelve
cents on the pound, which is, I can
. 1 1
assure vou. to tne tarmer, a consiaer-
able margain.
You say, "the various tobacco mar
kets have been divided among the
different cigarette manufacturers, sim-
)lv as a means of commerce and
economy thus enabling, you to con
centnit your hard ; locate; your prize
and storage houses in fewer places.
buy direct from farmers," etc.
Now, Mr. Watts, we know you can
buy direct from the farmer through the
intervention of a salaried buyer, just as
you are doing on the Durham market.
Real e;tate building material for prize.
storage houses, etc,, are as cfe p n
Oxford or Henderson as in Durham.
One dozen hands can do as much worl
in Oxford or Henderson as in Dur-
lam. This is proven by the K'mball
Tobacco ompany, for I have been
informed that they have all their stock
steamed, stemmed and packed at Ox
ford preparatory to shipping to New
York. We are compelled to think,
Sir, that as you say, Xhey were divided
merely as a matter of economy, and
that only to yourselves. By this one
means of economy we expect (if per
mitted to continue) you,tp reap thou
sands of dollars from the farmers' labcr
each year.
Mr. Editor, I have abbreviated this
article all I could in order to keep it
from being too lengthy. I now see it
will rob your paper of too much spat e
if I attempt to reply tb all Mr. Watts'
letter, so I will only refer to one more :
"There is no intention to lower prices
of cigarette tobacco on the floors.. Had
we desired to do this we would have
limited prices."
1 st. It is not natural for us to sup
pose that you would limit prices when
the prospects are you will get cutters
at your own sweet prices; under these
circumstances the price needs no limi
tation except at the lower ei d.
2d. This, your own statement, . . is
sufficient proof that a trust exists (to
say nothing of the invincible proof
demonstrated by action), and to which
I wish to call your special attention to
chapter three hundred and seventy
tour of the Statute laws of North
Carolina, 18S9. I am not an attorney,
but I deem it unnecessary to have an
attorney interpret such plain English
as is expressed in 'this chapter. I
know,, Mr, Watts, it is imssible for
orie or two farmers to accomplish any
thing in a matter o'f such magnitude as
this, backed as you are, so I have been
informed, by twenty-five million dol
lars. During the crusade, Jerusalem
was wrested irom the hand of Sultan
Saladin, not by one or two men, but
by the combined lorces of Richard I
and Henry II,and of late farmers have
learned" that the great objects must be
achieved by co-operation and that uni
ty and concert of action will achieve
wonders. It was aknovedge of these
facts that prompted the, sturdy old
sons of toil of Vance ccn ty not to
try to fight the battle single handed,
but to call a convention to be held m
Oxford early in January, 1890, in
which convention all the farmers in
the tobacco belt will be represented.
,We expect this subject to be thorough
ly discussed, decided action taken and
instructions given, which instruc
tions I can asurey. u every farmer wi 1
cleave to as a magnet dor s to a poie.
It mav be that you will not be able
tri nhr.iin . flitters ar anv price after
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his convention; for 1 can easily see
how thev can be made remunerative
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n H vnnr trnsr not cet a nouna Of
thefm.
I know there is bound to be a
handsome profit in manufactured goods
or else Vou would not be able to spend
seven hundred and seventy-five thou
sand dollars advertising t.ie products
of three hundred and eight thousand
dollars worth of labor. This; accon g
ing to yoi r own statements, is tru: 9
Laiid yet you continue to prosper.
Mr. Watts, I might tell you some
thing,, but I will stop. . Suffice to y
that the grass is not yet green on the
graves of the jute, sugar, lead, sa t and
other trusts. R.P.Hardee,
Hampton, .N. C.
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