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made that no warehouseman, or any one of his employees, 

 is allowed to participate in the profits or losses from the 

 purchase or sale of any tobacco in the warehouse with 

 which he may be connected. 



The inspectors of tobacco are either appointed by 

 some State authority, or elected by a tobacco board of 

 trade. In Tennessee, the warehousemen are created 

 inspectors by law, but they may appoint inspectors, or 

 samplers, for whose acts the warehousemen are hold 

 responsible, by the regulations of the tobacco board of 

 trade. These deputy inspectors are elected by the vote 

 of the warehousemen and buyers, who have an equal 

 voice in their selection. In cases where differences and 

 jlaims arise, these are settled by an arbitration commit- 

 tee. The latter consists usually of three persons, who 

 are appointed by a committee of the board of trade, one 

 member of which is a warehouseman and another a 

 buyer, these two selecting a third to complete this com- 

 mittee. Provision is also made for a committee of ap- 

 peal, which has the power to confirm or reject the decis- 

 ion of the committee of arbitration. The warehouseman 

 is obliged to keep his house in good condition and re- 

 pair, the floors fitted with platforms, or skids, which 

 will elevate the hogsheads at least four inches. 



. Drawing Samples. In order to secure fail 1 average 

 samples from a cask of tobacco, the top head is first 

 taken out, the cask then turned bottom upward and 

 lifted from the closely packed tobacco, as illustrated in 

 Fig. 76, this leaving the entire contents of the cask in a 

 solid column exposed to view on all sides. The tobacco, 

 by means of an iron lever supported by an adjustable 

 fulcrum, is divided in at least four places. At each 

 "break" four or more bundles from different courses 

 are drawn by the inspector (Fig. 77), so as to get a fair 

 idea of the quality and condition of the leaf. These 

 bundles are tied in one sample, to which is affixed a tag, 



