The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-11
ASSOCIATION OF
STATE FARMERS
Will be Formed Here During
Fair Week.
OUTLINE OF ITS PROGRAM
Col, Cunningham Urges All Farmers
to Attend.
OUTLINE OF ITS PROGRAM
TOBACCO MEN ESPECIALLY INT CRESTED
Speeches viii be Made by Prominent Farmers
and wareh9usemen. The Fertilizer
Question is Also to be
Discussed.

Question is Also to be
Discussed.
Col. John S. Cunningham, one of the lar
gest tobacco growers in the world ana
president of the North Carolina Tobacco
Growers Association, is in the city.
The next meeting of that Association
will be held in Raleigh during Fair week
and Col. Cunningham thinks it will be
productive of much good. Speaking of
it at the Marlborough House last night,
he said:
IT am of the opinion that there will
be great many farmers to attend
the meeting from various sections of the
State. There, will be speeches made
by some of the prominent men among
them. | think that it is very important
to organize the North Carolina Farmers
Association, and / do not know more
oppcrtune time to do this than during
Fair week. when there are so many far
mcrs here from every part of North
Carolina.
Speeches will be made not only upon
the cultivation and handling of tobacco
by the farmers, but there will also be
discussions by the warehouse men from
several of our leading towns, regarding
the best manner of selling tobacco in the
warehouses. i do not know of any peo-
pie whose interest is more closely allied
than the tobacco grower and the man
who conducts a tobacco warehouse. 1t
is wise upon the part of the tobacco
grower to sell his tobacco through ware
house men that understand their bust
ness. and also it is necessary for the
warehouse men to use their best efforts
to get good and reliable buyers upon
their market, who represent not only the
leading tobacco factories of this coun
try. but who also get large orders from
abroad. '4@ ff
II believe that in few years
Wilson, N. c., will sell more bright to-
bacco than any other market in the
United States. The tobacco buyers of
Wilson and the warehouse men are old
and experienced handlers of tobacco,
and they will sell the tobacco directly
from theirfWilson prizeries to the man
ufacturersth themselves and will ship their
tobacco from Wilson direct to foreign
Countries
What do you think of the tobacco
market at sDanville, Va.?"
This market has been the leading
tobacco market, for many years, but
while thea Wilson sales are increasing
leargely each year, the Danville marke.
is decreasing. / was sorry to see that
Danville sold sixteen millions of pounds
of tobacco less this year than last year.
The people of Danville, knowing that it
would be impossible to hold up the mar
60 trtI6 To-
cotton factories, and machine shops and
Touring mills, and to establish whole
sale houses, and they will not be as de-
pendent upon the tobacco market as they
were some years ago.
And all of the tobacco markets in
our States should take this into con-
sideration and build up variety of en-
terprises. while they are doing large
and active tobacco business.
There lis another important subject,
that may, come up for discussion at the
meeting" continued Col. Cunningham.
THAT is ithe fertilizer question, which
is the most important one connected
with the farming industry of our State.
If the farmers do not study the fertiliz-
er question and use fertilizer suited to
their soil, it will soon take all of the to-
will also discuss the last revenue law
passed by Congress- Why with the
small crop of tobacco, and the largely
increased revenues to the tobacco factor
les, our smokers and our cutters should
sell for as high prices as they did fiji
teen or twenty years ago.
Every man who is friend to the
farmer and to the agricultural people
of the State will favor the North Caro-
lima Farmers Association, and will do
everything in their power to aid in build
ing it up. hope that the newspapers
of the State will publish my notice in
viting the farmers to attend this asso-
citation We not only invite the tobacco
overs, but the cotton growers and the
uck growers, and in fact all of our
sricultural people to send representa-
YES in order that our Farmers Asso-
,aation may be a success. ! have many
letters from every part Of the State and
from experienced and successful men,
assuring me that they will take an act
i've interest in our association, and in the
discussion Of the fertilizer question, and
warehouse, question also II have letters
from tobacco buyers.
This meeting will be held in the city of
Raleigh on Wednesday, October 23d, at
7:30 D. m. Other notices of the meeting
will be published from time to time and
the names of those who are to make
speeches.