The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27

C8AS 80 S8~SSS 49, SN~AN6S ~hIb1f + 49,
with each hogshead plainly raarko5"
to grade
As soon as the company begins ono,,
tions under this plan it Ia ready coe.t
with tne manut .cturers Is caa ivy
sell SO all h manufacturers In. ~
world, on any terms il may day
proper and bes5. 1t will be n q NY
ton 60 favor che weak ~IndeDana.s,
manufacturer without harual9g w
strong, and thus enable al The ind
/ pendent manu- acGurers to Resume b,,;
ness If no satisfactory 8~rrang-muns
can be made with the trust men NOV
owns almost all Ghe large manu-. orn,
in DlanUs in the country, che Comma,
can supply all the independent 1ac ~
les with material and Dulld Other ieo
sOrIes of Capacity sufficient 20 mann
facGure the entire crop. This cODDeD,
vail, OF course, supply ali tor=Igo a.
mands for leaf tobacco. Thus il will
readily be seen that WRrehUusemeD
leaf dealers, manu- acGurers and all
branches Of the tobacco business will
De taKen care of and no one will h.
left out
The farmer who takes stock in tM,
company, whether he pays for it in
cash or tobacco, will stand on the ideD
tlcal footing with the capitalist WIN
pays for his stock in casn, and both
Will share exactly alike In the prufu
whether th9y arise from the sale Or
from the manufacture of the tobacco
Tnis Is my plan, gwen as simply q
possible, and of course sutjsot IN
change by the big board referred to in
the outset, whose duly 1t will be to
mutually agree upon and fix all decaila
In vie W of the fact GhaE Virginia and
North Carolina bright tobacco il
cnewed and smoked the world over
and there can b no suosti ute Tor it
coupled with the further fact III - thb
oOaccO a only be grown IN Virginia
North ana SDu,h OarolIna and a littIe
III eastern Tennessee, | respectfully
sdomiG that the plan as outlined above
IL feasible, practical and cay OF execu
IOa If che farmers will only speedily
and effectively organiz' and sand to
keGner TO q man IN the interest of the
organic AGlOn
In my humole judR ment living prices
will never be restored on leaf 90 Oacco
nor che dg t won against the trust
save ana except through the absolute
c InEroI of the raw material. The boy.
coGt csnnOt be made effective for the
simple reason that the consumer dog
not care VINO manufactures the plug
or the smoking Ali ne wants ia the
largest plug and the heaviest bag of
smoking CoOacco that he can get for
Gen Cen y fortunately, az this
period the American TIbaCco o.,
owning almost all the large plants in
Gne country, ls ia a position, 80 to
4Oeak, TO outfurnish the independent
factories in this respect.
Arguing from che point of the great
esq go, d TO the greatest number, il the
Am rlcan Tobacco Company would re
duce tae price to the Consumer in pro
portion to the reduced price IL pays che
farmer for the leaf, iE might be said
5nat that company was a DenefacFoE
But such is not the case 8 atlstiG
snow that manufactured tobacco 10 u
ger cent higher now than 1t was ten
years ago when the trust was for med
and yet the farmer gets only one talFd
as much for his leaf as he got ten y aF0
ago. This SHOWS that both the Dl oduCa
and che consumer are suf9Eiog while
the trust ls getting richer at both ends
OF the line.
Again, the trust owning almost all
the big plants in the country has got
zen so far ahead Of the game that it il
impossible TO fight it successfully with
independent factories Just as soona
an independents factory gets a brandd
tobacco veil established in any certain
section, the trust will invade that ter
rltory with a brand just as good which
1t will give away it necessary until the
independent brand is either run out Oh
forced to sell It's plant to it's master.
The farmers cannot make their con
ditlon worse By going q TO my company
The present condition is bad enough
but the trust having recently added 70
iGs already gigantic power through the
purchase of the LiRgett & NJ, ers plant
of st. Louis, Black Wells Durham To
OaccO 90 and Muri B: others Of japan
G ID alone kno Zs what ia yet to be I'D
less q halt is called.
1t is in the power of the farmers 70
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