ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO GROWERS ' ASSOCIATION 



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The warehouse corporations were to do no buying or selling of 

 tobacco whatsoever. 



PURCHASE OF WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSING POLICIES 



It was necessary before the marketing season opened to obtain 

 control of local warehouses to handle anticipated deliveries of 

 tobacco. A warehousing department was formed and placed under 

 the control of a director of warehouses, with a staff consisting of 

 an assistant director and several district directors. The board 



TOBACCO POOLS 



:':;\ Sun-cured 

 [^§jj Dark-fired 

 yfflfa Old Belt 

 | [JJJ Eastern Carolina 

 i I South Carolina 



WAREHOUSING CORPORATION 

 WAREHOUSES 

 PURCHASED RENTED 



• Dark Leaf «» 



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 Central Carolina A 

 Eastern N.C a 

 South Carolina -tr 



Figure 15. 



-Location and Number of Association Warehouses by Ware- 

 housing Corporations and Pool Areas, 1923 





In 1923 the tobacco association owned 115 warehouses and rented 116. It operated more 

 than one warehouse in each of 72 out of 149 markets where it had warehouses. In 44 

 markets it had 2 warehouses, in 22 it had 3, and in 6 markets it had 4 warehouses. 



placed upon this director and a subcommittee of the board the task 

 of purchasing or leasing the necessary warehouse space. By June 

 17, 1922, the association was able to report the acquisition, by pur- 

 chase, lease, or contract to build, of 214 warehouses located in the 

 important receiving centers. The tangible warehouse property came 

 under the control of five subsidiary warehousing corporations. Fig- 

 ure 15 shows the location of the five warehousing corporations and 

 the distribution of the purchased and leased warehouse property. 



Table 27 gives the number of tobacco warehouses owned, leased, 

 and controlled by warehousing corporations, by years. The total 



76534—29 5 



