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in the United States; and second, they can purchase from two sources 

 only, — (1) from a farmer or grower from whom tliey may purchase in 

 any quantity and in any form of package; and (2) from another retail 

 dealer in leaf tobacco, in which case the purchase must be less than an 

 original hogshead, case or bale. Retail dealers cannot purchase or sell 

 stems, scraps or any refuse arising from the handling of leaf tobacco by 

 any other person, and must confine their business to dealing in tobacco 

 in its natural state, — in the hand and unmanufactured. 



The sales of retail dealers are likewise limited and must be made in 

 quantities of less than an original hogshead, case or bale. A qualified 

 retail dealer in leaf tobacco may sell leaf tobacco acquired by him to any 

 person except manufacturers of tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes, 

 dealers in leaf tobacco, or persons who purchase leaf tobacco in original 

 packages for export. Retail dealers in leaf tobacco are not permitted to 

 manipulate the leaf tobacco sold by them by sifting, twisting, screening, 

 plaiting, sweetening, flavoring, pressing or by any other process of manu- 

 facture. 



Jobbers. — A jobber is a buyer and seller of packed tobacco. Often 

 he is a speculator rather than a packer; his functions are purely commer- 

 cial. He carries a stock throughout the year to meet the demands of the 

 manufacturers. In doing this he runs the risk of shrinkage, which in 

 itself amounts to a considerable percentage, and of a fall in prices. He 

 also has the expense of insurance and interest. The services of the jobber 

 relate less to local consumption and more to the demands of outside trade. 

 His work is to distribute the supply to the centers of manufacture. 



Sale by Manufacturers. — It is lawful for any licensed manufacturer of 

 cigars to purchase leaf tobacco of any licensed dealer or other licensed 

 manufacturer in quantities less than an original package for use in his own 

 factory exclusively. A manufacturer of tobacco or cigars, therefore, 

 has the right to sell leaf tobacco to a cigar manufacturer under the con- 

 ditions named. 



The sale and transfer of leaf tobacco by manufacturers is restricted to 

 the return or sale of such tobacco as is found unsuitable for use in their 

 own factories, for the purpose of closing the factory, or otherwise, but in 

 emergency cases only. 



Sale by Farmers or Groivers. — A grower may sell his own leaf tobacco 

 to any person and in any quantity, provided the condition of such leaf 

 tobacco has not been changed in any manner from that in which it was 

 cured on the farm. Unrestricted sales may be made in hogshead, case or 

 bale, or loose in the hand. The farmer or grower may also sell in the same 

 manner leaf tobacco received from his tenants as rent for land. These 

 privileges are personal and cannot be delegated by the farmer to another 

 person. 



An agent may solicit orders for the sale of leaf tobacco for the farmer by 

 sample, but the deliveries must be made by the farmer himself directly 

 to the purchaser. 



