The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-18

under consideration and report back to
the Association.
Plans as written out and handed to the
Secretary were then read
The first contained the following:
I'VE recommend that clubs be or
ganzed in every township in every to-
bacco county and State in the union. in
which each and every member shall agree
and hind himself not to buy or use any
tobacco manufactured by the trusts, and
To patroniZe and encourage independent
factories"
A paper was also submitted advising
that the association pass resolutop
endorsing Mr. Kitchin's bill, now pend
ing
The Franklin Co delegation offered the
following:
Resolved. That the members of this
Association cooperate with merchants
and warehouscmen Of this State to
build cooperation factories in every
county in the State where it is deemed
wise TO do so. and thlt the farmers
contribute per cent of their crop here,
;fter to he determined rs stock in said
companies"
The following plan Of organization
was submitted by Mr. r. Il. Parker:
]. The tobacco growers must organize
In each county Il strong compact or
ganization.
. Land owners must control the saTc
of all tobacco grown on their land .or
the protection of their own ana the
tenants interest.
). A fair price should be agreed upon
for each grade and no tobacco sla:l be
sold for less price than thlt agreed
upon for each grade. This agreed peice
shall be arrived Mt by means adopted
by this convention or its executive com
mittee.
/. Not plant a second crop that will
exceed 80 per cent of the former crop
until tobacco is at or above the agreed
price.
). \ plan to raise the necessary money
to carry out successfully the above
plans and advance money or buy the
TOBACCO Of those who are forced to raise
the money shall be submitted to to-
bacco growers OF the State by no
president and executive committee 81
this association. or other committee APP
pointed by this convention.
Mr. j. b. Philips, former member OF
the Legislature from Nash county, was
next introduced, and he presented plan
as fellows;
As the American Tobacco Company
and the Continental Tobacco Company
now control the output of % per cent. Of
all The cigarettes sold in the United
States. about so per cent. of all the
smoking tobacco sold in the United
States and 30 per cent. of all the plug
tobacco sold in the United States, and.
as they are virtually one and the same
combination or trust, each having al
its head the same President. in the per-
son of Mr.. J. b. Duke, and the great
body of the stock of both concerns is
owned by the same stockholders, it IS
therefore plain TO any sensible man that
the chief objects for which these com
binations were formed. was to destroy
competition for the raw material, and 10
prevent the cutting of prices on the
manufactured article; and while the
consumer is compelled to pay n higher
price for the manufactured article, the
farmer is also compelled to take what
ever prices the trusts may see fit to give.
it being Il we'll known fact that they have
only one buyer for each concern, each
Of these buyers purchasing different
grade of tobacco tone Il smoking. the
other Il chewing). therefore the competi-
ton that formerly existed between the
different factories in the United States
which have now gone into these trusts.
is destroyed
INCREASED CONSUMPTION.
As we farmers of North Carolina are
producing most desirable grade OF
bright tobacco. which whenever placed
I'M competition with other tobaccos as a
smoking or cigarettes, simply knocks the
other out, and the statistics will show
wonderful increase in consumption i'll all
foreign countries. of North Carolina and
Virginia Brights.
A few years ago. certainly less than
10 our Bright tobacco were not known
in Japan. Only last year Japan bought
twenty million pounds of our bright to-
hacco. and the same wonderful increase
is going ON in China with her four hum
bred million people; therefore, with
fair and legitimate competition at home,
we think we are entitled TO much better
prices for our valuable North Carolina
Brights. and are being very badly treat
ed 10y these combinations that obtain
such enormous profits off of our hard
labor.
BOOTLICKS OF THE TRUST.
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