The Crittenden record., 1906-12-21
Encouraging the Burley Growers
Editor Farmers Home Journal:

Editor Farmers Home JOurIal'
] saw in a recent issue Of your paper
that the Burley growers will organize
very soon, and write to urge the Bur-
ley growers all over the section to or
ganize and pool their tobacco and de-
mand better prices. II every Burley
grower will 90 into this organization
and pool his tobacco the price will at
once advance from three to FIVE dollars
per hundred pounds, but should enough
Of the growers remain out and sell TO
the trust to supply their present wants
then it will be drag. | cant see for
my life why one farmer will help the
trust to rob the other. The Burley
men are now organizing right, they
will find good results growing out Of
their present organization, and hoTe
every farmer will join the organizaticn n
and burn the bridges behind them.
Farmers must pool not only their
tobacco but their wheat, corn ard
stock, and sell as near as they can to
the consumer. There is going to be
hard fight 10 down the tobacco grow
ers, The trust win spend millions to
keep the farmers disOrganizad, but
from the signs Of the times the farm
ers will win. There is over a million
Of farmers now organized, and the
good works are going on rapidly. In
one or two years more the farmers in
the great Western States will absolute-
ly control their grain crops. They own
the elevators that store over half Of
their grain crop now. The southern
cotton growers will soon be thoroughly
organized. They are now pooling their
cotton and are getting good prices for
Il. And now Il Is up to the Middle
States, and they win have TO organize
In self-defense, and why not every
farmer 20 In now and thoroughly test
the pooling business. You must see
by this time that you must do some
thing or be run over by the band wag-
on.
The entire black patch is now con-
trolled by the different associations.
The Dark Protective Tobacco Associa-
ton controls what Is known as the
Reggie types. The Henderson Stem
ming District Tobacco Association con-
trols the English export tobaecos, and
the American Society Of Equity con-
trols what Is known as the Green Riv.
er District which is Of a dark type bu,
unhred. that is mostly used by the
Manufacturers Of this country. There
are only two small counties In all Of
the darK tobacco belt that are no,
closely organized. They are Crit,cn'
den and Livingston counties. and bcfor,
another crop Is raised the farmers o!
these two viii be thoroughly organized
And ! will say TO my Burley friends 4
they expect To get into the hand wagor
they will have 10 hurry up. for IN lesi
than two years the different tobaee,
associations In the dark tobacco sec
ton will be selling every hogshcad o
tobacco raised in the dark belt, an,
Virginia will be doing the same thing
Notwithstanding my friend, Charlie!
Harfed and friend Ingram Of N,
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, says Mr.
Ewing and his committee will knocl
the bottom out Of the association lonI
before that time, but dark tobaec'
men pay no attention to these gentle
men. They have only let a bird z,
and do not just exactly know how &
trap the bird again, and they have fal
len cut with all creation. because III
association people will not help then
70 cage the bird again, a, least that 4
the way il looks to one at a distance
Yours in the faith.
View, ny. A. H. cAHpIN