Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-30
Writes Relative to an Article
Which Appears in the
American.
CASHIER ARTICLE
Association Does Not Con-
templates Selling Any
Tobacco Loose

Concerning an article of Geo. l..
Cashier, of GAINESVILLE, which APP
peared in Tuesdays American, Mr.
Ewing issues the following state
ment addressed to the American:
To the Editor of The American:
Relative to the article of Mr.. Geo.
L. Cashier, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, in
your issue of today, beg space for
brief reply. In regard to the con-
tract with the imperial Tobacco Com
pany, would say, that if, as the
active agent of the Dark Tobacco
District Planters Protective Asso-
citation appointed by the Executive
Committee, and carrying out the
dictates of it's judgment, am gull
ty of any offense, or expect here
after to suffer and regret in the
premises, it will simply be for occu-
plying space in so valuable a paper
as the American in replying to an
article which has the same beginning
and ending-an appeal for business,
out of which he is to make commits
sion, but which has not logic or
statistic facts to balance its poise.
III have crimes to charge to Mr..
George L. Cashier, whom l only
know slightly, and against whom l
have never heard aught but that he
was inoffensive, they are his exceed
ing verbosity, which is alone a grave.
offense; his failure to know what he
was writing about, and his failure to-
review his past business, which from
standpoint of obtaining better
prices was considered by the planter
dead failure, but (which his arti lie
probably appears to his a veritable
boost"
This association has not contem-
plated for one moment selling to-
bacco to the Imperial Tobacco Com
pany loose, but only in hogsheads,
and priced by the regular bonded
prizers of the association. Perhaps
we made mistake not to have con-
suited Mr.. Cashier about our con-
tract, but doubtless his great weight
of intellect is only apparent to him.,
after such an effusion as his OF today,
land it may come by freight" to
we ordinary mortals. ] am inform
ed Mr.. Cashiers firm III GAINESVILLE
occupies an attitude which is some
what unique in the tobacco world;
they are considered neither fish,
flesh nor fowl" but, like other peo-
Pile who are not making a bowling
success of an enterprise" are dis
posed to growl at the other fellow
because he does not make it so. Our
people have tried their plan and
their very house.
These people have a tremendous,
advertisement in a nearby paper
but this fact that suggests itself to-
me if a man reads the bills of a
show on a wall, spends his so cents
for admittance in the afternoon, and
finds it fake" he does not go
back again at night. Finding sales
on the loose floor as bad as any other
source of sale for the past few years,
planters determined no longer to-
pay commissions on sale of tobacco
which was sold at a loss, and a revo-
luton was created in the form of
of our Association. We are going
to manage our own affairs. Mr..
Castnen cannot teikme half as many
improvements in our plan as know
to be necessary to a permanent sue
cess. / have been studying them
hard, and have seen mistakes of
the the past, but it is apparent to-
every thinking, unprecedented man,
that we are winning the great
battle. Perhaps his interests would
be best subserved by his improving,
them himself; he should not expect
a gratuity at our hands. We have
| in our hearts good win towards all,
malice towards none" Adieu,
George L. Cashier.
F. G. EWING, Gen. Man
Glenraven, Tenn, Jan. %.