﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  Virginia. 
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  but 
  has 
  a 
  nervous, 
  quick 
  and 
  business 
  manner. 
  Not 
  often 
  

   in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  invention 
  or 
  machinery 
  has 
  a 
  greater 
  

   or 
  more 
  sudden 
  stroke 
  of 
  good 
  fortune 
  been 
  hit. 
  And 
  there 
  

   are 
  not 
  many 
  machines 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  that 
  are 
  more 
  compli- 
  

   cated 
  or 
  wx)rk 
  more 
  beautifully. 
  

  

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  The 
  Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  I. 
  

  

  Richmond 
  — 
  Sketches 
  of 
  Leading 
  Tobacco 
  Manufac- 
  

   turers 
  — 
  Leaf 
  Dealers 
  — 
  Cigar 
  and 
  Cigarette 
  Man- 
  

   ufacturers 
  — 
  Manufacturers 
  of 
  Plug 
  and 
  Smoking 
  

   Tobacco. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  chief 
  city 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  is 
  largely 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  advertising 
  department 
  of 
  this 
  volume, 
  spe- 
  

   cial 
  and 
  detailed 
  notice 
  is 
  esteemed 
  appropriate 
  and 
  just. 
  

   And, 
  en 
  passcnt, 
  vre 
  desire 
  to 
  tender 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  Messrs. 
  

   John 
  Ott, 
  the 
  efficient 
  and 
  courteous 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  South- 
  

   ern 
  Fertilizer 
  Company; 
  Addison 
  & 
  Allison, 
  extensive 
  fer- 
  

   tilizer 
  manufacturers 
  and 
  dealers 
  ; 
  Chas. 
  Watkins, 
  agent 
  

   for 
  G. 
  Ober 
  Sons 
  Fertilizer 
  Co. 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Tobacco 
  Exchange 
  for 
  courteous 
  treatment 
  and 
  

   useful 
  information 
  ; 
  also 
  to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  D. 
  Chesterman, 
  from 
  

   whose 
  pamphlet, 
  entitled 
  " 
  Guide 
  to 
  Richmond 
  and 
  the 
  

   Battle 
  Fields," 
  we 
  have 
  obtained 
  important 
  information. 
  

  

  The 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  in 
  1870 
  was 
  51,038 
  ; 
  in 
  1880, 
  

   64,670, 
  or, 
  in 
  round 
  numbers, 
  65,000, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  whites 
  

   numbered 
  38,000 
  and 
  the 
  colored 
  people 
  27,000. 
  Manches- 
  

   ter, 
  separated 
  from 
  Richmond 
  by 
  the 
  James 
  river, 
  has 
  a 
  

   population 
  of 
  6,500. 
  In 
  1880 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  702 
  

   manufacturing 
  establishments, 
  emi)loying 
  16,932 
  hands, 
  

   and 
  their 
  sales 
  amounted 
  to 
  $24,70 
  1,892, 
  an 
  excess 
  over 
  the 
  

  

  