﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
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  finest 
  tobacco 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  as 
  in 
  others, 
  is 
  grown 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  counties. 
  

  

  HOW 
  THE 
  TOBACCO 
  TRADE 
  IS 
  CONDUCTED. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  grown 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   conveyed 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  farms 
  to 
  Danville 
  and 
  other 
  

   nearer 
  Virginia 
  markets 
  for 
  sale, 
  is 
  sold 
  on 
  open 
  break 
  in 
  the 
  

   various 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  custom 
  of 
  selling 
  in 
  this 
  

   manner 
  prevails, 
  as 
  our 
  readers 
  know, 
  in 
  Maryland, 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  Ohio, 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois, 
  Kentuck}^ 
  Tennessee 
  and 
  

   Missouri. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  which 
  commends 
  itself 
  to 
  both 
  sellers 
  

   and 
  buyers, 
  as 
  it 
  yields 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  all 
  that 
  their 
  products 
  

   bring, 
  less 
  warehouse 
  charges, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  it 
  gives 
  op- 
  

   portunity 
  for 
  purchasing 
  at 
  first 
  hands 
  and 
  seeing 
  what 
  

   they 
  buy. 
  The 
  vast 
  warehouses 
  where 
  the 
  breaks 
  are 
  es- 
  

   tablished 
  are 
  the 
  tobacco 
  growers' 
  havens. 
  To 
  them 
  they 
  

   go, 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  their 
  homes, 
  feeling 
  assured 
  that 
  there 
  they 
  

   will 
  receive 
  fair 
  treatment. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  warehouses 
  have 
  

   attached 
  to 
  them 
  apartments 
  designed 
  and 
  reserved 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  for 
  the 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  farmers 
  and 
  their 
  teams. 
  

  

  To 
  a 
  person 
  unaccustomed 
  to 
  the 
  sight, 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  

   to 
  see 
  the 
  growers 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  warehouses, 
  as 
  among 
  

   them 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  homo 
  may 
  be 
  met 
  — 
  the 
  

   lively, 
  the 
  dull, 
  the 
  rich, 
  the 
  poor, 
  the 
  white, 
  the 
  black 
  ; 
  

   men 
  with 
  one 
  acre, 
  men 
  with 
  thousands 
  of 
  acres, 
  and 
  men 
  

   with 
  no 
  acres 
  at 
  all 
  except 
  what 
  they 
  hire. 
  But 
  with 
  the 
  

   warehousemen, 
  the 
  dealers 
  and 
  the 
  manufacturers, 
  these 
  are 
  

   the 
  men 
  who 
  are 
  increasing 
  the 
  wealth 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Old 
  North 
  

   State 
  " 
  at 
  a 
  rate 
  that 
  is 
  absolutely 
  astonishing. 
  Into 
  wagons 
  

   of 
  various 
  sizes 
  and 
  forms, 
  but 
  mostly 
  those 
  drawn 
  by 
  two 
  

   horses 
  or 
  mules 
  ; 
  wagons 
  that 
  are 
  high 
  at 
  the 
  rear 
  and 
  less 
  

   high 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  that 
  have 
  canvas 
  coverings 
  for 
  roofs, 
  oat 
  

   bins 
  at 
  the 
  backs, 
  and 
  tool 
  boxes 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  — 
  into 
  wagons 
  

   of 
  this 
  description 
  the 
  growers 
  pack 
  their 
  precious 
  crops 
  of 
  

   tobacco 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  ready 
  for 
  sale, 
  assorting 
  them 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  they 
  can, 
  and 
  start 
  away 
  for 
  the 
  markets. 
  Five, 
  ten, 
  

   twenty, 
  sixty 
  miles 
  they 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  warehouses, 
  sleeping 
  

   safely 
  in 
  their 
  wagons 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  so 
  orderly 
  and 
  law-abiding 
  

   are 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two 
  

   after 
  their 
  arrival 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  home 
  with 
  the 
  

   money 
  tlieir 
  crops 
  have 
  brought 
  in 
  their 
  pockets. 
  In 
  the 
  

   busy 
  seasons 
  hundreds 
  of 
  them 
  arrive 
  daily 
  in 
  the 
  princi; 
  

  

  