OUTLOOK FOR
CIGARETE LEAF
, IS PROMISING
Siena Encouraging For Next Fire
Van If Crop Level Is
The outyoo^ for cigarette grades
of tobacco In the next two to five
years has been described by i. B
Hutson, chief of the tobacco section
of the farm administration, as
promising "If the profits of manu_
facturers are kept at reasonable
levels."
Hutson said that in 1933 tobacco
growers received only $103,000,000
for their crop, while a dozen ad
ministration pfficlal of tobacco man
ufacturing companies received
more than $3,500,000 for personal
services or as much as was received
by 10,000 farm families for their la
bor, for the use of their farms and
for the purchase of necessary sup
plies. ) '
"I have no quarrel with tobacco
manufacturer?," Hutson declared.
"They have played the game under
the rules that were laid down for
them. Theirs Is a profit motive as
that of other groups.
"During the last year on several,
occasions we have found manufac
tures willing to join with us in
getting larger returns for tobacco
growers and we hope that we may j
[lave their cooperation in the de
nent of other plans for a still
re equitable distribution of the
ceo income."
Through the combined efforts of
tobac^T growers, tobacco warehouse
men, other agenciei, the adjustment
programs and marketing agree-,
ments, the income of tobacco grow
ers in 1933 was increased to $186,-1
000,000 from sales on the markets, j
Hutsoirsald. In addition, the grow
ers received crop reduction pay
ments totaling $28,000,000. bringing
their tobacco Income to $214,000,000,
more than double the 1932 income. |
A decrease in value for the 1934
crop was seen unless growers receive
prices more than 25 percent above
thqse of last year. The production,
because of acreage reduction, was
estimated at slightly over 1,000,000,
000 pounds as compared with 1,375,
000,000,000 pounds in 1933.
"After every possible effort has
been exhausted to expand outlets,
it still may be necessary to control
production for some time In order
to hold production near the level of
consumption." Hutson said.
"Unless production Is kept near
that level, we shall probably again
experience some of the results of.
the past depression years. The re
NO SPECULATION
Warehousemen and their em
ployees are forbidden under the
rulings of the Industry's code to
speculate In tobacco sold on
their floors, although a ware
house Is permitted to operate a
leaf account to protect the sales
on Its floor. Warehousemen are
forbidden to offer a guarantee or
a minimum price to a tobacco
producer as an inducement far
selling tobacco on a particular
floor.
I turns to tobacco gioweis and to
bacco warehousemen during the next
five years will depend to a con
siderable extent upon whether or
not they are united In their efforts
to obtain a fair share of the re_
turns for their branches of the to
bacco Industry."
CODE INSURES
FAIR TOBACCO
_ COMPETITION
New Bakg Will Prev?nt Discrimi
nation Between Growers
Under the provisions of the ware
house code of fair competition,
I safeguards against discrimination
! between growers have been estab
lished. Rebates of all kinds, direct
or indirect, are prohibited. No ware
houseman shall reserve space In his
warehouse for any person other than
a producer or bona fide dealer In
tobacco. The reservation of floor
space for truckers Is prohibited. The
code provides that It shall be a con
dition of every sale of tobacco at
auction that the buyer of the to
bacco shall not he permitted to re
ject tobacco purchased by him up
on the grounds that such tobacco
was not of the character or In the
condition which the buyers believed |
It to be at the time of his purchase
unless it shall be proved that such
tobacco was "nested," "false-packed'
or damaged.
The last North Carolina Legis
lature passed a law making It a
misdemeanor for a grower to "nest,"
"shingle" or "overhang" tobacco of
fered for sale on auction floors. By
"cverhang" Is meant the placing of
a layer of good and then a layer of
bad tobacco In the same basket with
Intent to sell the Inferior grade by
misrepresentation. Violation of the
law carries a $50 penalty or 30 days
in jail, and possibly both in case of
conviction.
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Beaufort County tobacco growers
expect to produce more than their
allotments of tobacco due to the fav
orable season.
238 RUM SELLERS
IN NORTH STATE
That Number Of Individuals And
Pay Tax Te
Ua
Washington.?There are 238 liquor
dealers who pay federal taxes In
dry North Carolina?or^ of the two
states which voted against repeal
and a state where only 3 J per cent
beer Is legal.
This situation was explained to
day by Wright Matthews, acting
commissioner of Internal revenue,
who said the tax stamp Issued was
not a license to sell liquor but was
a receipt.
_ "The law requires collectors of
Internal revenue to collect all taxes
relating to liquor dealerg~whether In
wet or dry1 territories," he said.
-"For~ Instance, druggists and other
persons who sell distlled spirits on
j prescription, or otherwise. In dry
[states are required by law to pro
cure a federal retail liquor dealer's
stamp."
I He said th? special tax stamp Is
sued to liquor dealers In such cases
stated on Its face that "this Is a tax
receipt?not a license."
A report issued by Matthews re_
vealed eight such tax stamps had
been Issued to wholesale liquor
dealers In North Carolina. There
was no tax collected, however, from
rectifiers or manufacturers.
A total of 2,436 retail beer dealers
were licensed In the State for the
1934 fiscal year, the report revealed,
while 148 wholesale beer dealers
were licensed.
1933 Cigarette Output
Is Under That Of 1931
A decrease of more than 8,000,000,
000 In the number of cigarettes man
ufactured In the United States last
year as compared with 1931 was re_
oently reported by the Census Bu
reau.
Nevertheless the tobacco com
panies manufactured 112,704,260,156
cigarettes In 1933.
The bureau reported that al
though wages and cost of materials
had decreased, there had been an
11.8 percent Increase in the num
ber of wage earners employed by
the Industry.
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FARMER!
The Place To Bring Your Tobacco In Order That You May Receive The
TOP DOLLAR PRICE
Is
WINSTEAD WAREHOUSE
S. B. WINSTEAD J. M. BREWER J. G. CHAMBERS, Props.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CATERING TO AND SERVING THE GROWER OF TOBACCO AND A TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF MAR
KETING CONDITIONS MAKE WINSTEAD WAREHOUSE THE IDEAL PLACE TO BRING YOUR CROP. BENEFIT FROM YOUR LABOR
AND HANDIWORK AND BRING THAT TOCACCO TO US. THE PRICES RECEIVED WILL JUSTIFY THIS IN EVERY WAY.
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