The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
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GA ION AND Ta6 WO~K
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-, Il fscv NJ. J rd4n's piau was
ss,r,s. i v,ry uGsl9 "a everybody
~az "a i hurry TO q n M A great
4,,r o. .la Gme vas gIgea I'd those
r.. o ans co ~ pmtE and each one.
.~,s.C n jar an aud he PaIll'Ds,
,,,6a-gJ K G. maze 3 speech IN giving
,5str rs ~vero4,ly. AtCer the Dlan-
rs-a .tta a 30 nmragae gss appointed
e. c1 -td-r and euomI5 pla1s h4v
rsn r5-d f,v)rably on NJ. J rd4u's.
v5g.n ~as adoo q Wednesday % nru-
ing vita but very IigEle DEBATE Toe
MAN ia a fea4lOle one, aud the pest suo
mitred out Ia not far reaching enough
7 voted gains It because iG Will not
remove the C aus of 10 y prices and be-
csu4e tue dvsnce of Is per cent. over
average for last five wears ia not
enough We must nave 200 per cent
over present prices.
We ought Co nave kept IN session at
least long en- ugn TO discuss the ano
other plans IN connection With it. NJ"
J1rdan could not tell US the average
for n, last five years. We wanted GO
know the amount Of tobacco raised for
the last 10 years and what it brought,
and Tia Mount fractured by che
American tobacco Company each year,
and am IunG manufactured by indie
pendent factories, and amount ex-
---n1 No ~ ucAR RI hnUn oil chic IL
formation TO properly consiaer any
plan.
But does NJ. Jordaa's plan remove
the cause OF Inv pri3es2 [ can't gee
that it will. Add if iE will not, we
mead something else
10 Che preliminary meeting after
q ssrs J ,rdan AMI Phillips had sub
nifIed .neIr plans, I wanted the Presl
dent co -ppoinE a legislative committee
whaee dusy iG should De to reporg what
legislation would be beneficial 60 to
baceo growers and 20 look up all ami
trust la US that we now have and en-
force them. [ had scarcely spoken the
words before several we're on their feet
calling on the cnair for recognition
ALMOST with one accord they said: W.
will have no politics in this thing, and
the man VINO will dare hint such a
thing will be kicked out of the hall" I
did not want 60 go ou5 that way, go /
said no more then, thinking | would
brlng It in under a d IF rent heading,
when the opportunity anne Toe op-
portunlUy did not come, as / wanted 10
bring 1t in aE time of debating plans.
I was not speaking for or against any
party, buC simply searching out the
needs OF tobacco growers. We need to
study every economic q lestion relating
to farming and If it I%ncIdently hits or
helps any political party is not a ques
ton for us to consider one moment.
Mr.. JJrdan's plan alone will not d.
Us much good We need some legIsla
ton, and the execution of what anti
trust laws re now have. Tobacco
growers have gone along, without ever
a protest, until all their rights to
h8aCle their tobacco have been legls
lated away from them and given e.
m8nutacturers.
Tue government, to start with, il
getting more than twice SO much on
Of every pound as the producer. To
bacco ia the only product Of the sol
taxed IN such a way. T1e farmer ha,
20 sell MS tobacco to 8 leaf dealer or (
manufac 5urer, aud a leaf dealer can
sell to anyone else except to anothe'
Leaf dealer or to a manufacturer. 8
all nus go through the hands of The
D~anutacJurer. Note this: The revenue
tax On tobacco is the great bulWaFB
that enables manufacturers to form
trusts and to manipulate our tobacco
The tax should be removed, or a
least allow each producer TO work hi
own tobacco in any shape without any
tax II we have no anti trust lave
5utti Gent to reach them, then eDac
them. IL other States grant charter
and papers of incorporation to trusts
which enable them to do business in
o-1er Ssa5es, under the protection Of
inter sta e commerce, then Congress
can give US such legislation as will re
Aeve Us Of all this.
Enen again, we can tax every fran
c2Ise they have. DJn't say we can't
We can do anything we want to by
united action. You may call this
bringing in politics if you will, but for
an assembly of men in session for the
express purpose of considering ways
am means of bettering their condition,
AFRAID to consider legislation concern
ing their OWL product, I have my
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