Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-22

sBrial Correspondence.
Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. i9--On lrst
fneotlng him one would not suspect
that J. A. HYofiti was the head OF
/. rfrai organizRtion which has Bis
tisieta on the run.
Most notable has been the fight ON
ne tobacco trust. which noH recog.
dl1ed the p0Wcr OF Eyeritte Organiza-
iiUa By Advancing the price of leaf
tobacco from 8evtn 20 clEhi cents 90
Twelve and hitoon celta n pound.
Down ia the tobacco growing dis.
trcia Of southcn Ohln and Koaiucky.
Eforili ia hailed aH q giant On his
ability 90 Efapplo xith thc tfusta
there. af hls home. he O. regarded
ns a mildmannored business mln and
quito q ahomc body" Ia a domestic
sense.
SO thoroughly mas Evcglit aroused
H5 5niimont that tho inevitable hoihCads
have taken advantage of the excite
ment ~ use the torch. Tobacco ware.
houses end Earns have been burned
in the vicinity of Hopklnsvlile. Ky.
u ls charged that members of Ever
iii's organizations are guilty The
state government OF kentucky Is try
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suranco companies are canccllag poll
cios.
Win Trust Weapon
Tho American Society OF Equity.
knOWn ~ some as tac Farmore' union.
waa not organized 20 burn baras,
said ita president Evorltt. If We
knew who the men were who were
guilty we would as quickly turn them
HLT
mulcfactOr We cannot possibly be
beuodtod hy such methods.
"rha conservatives are nghtlug the
Trust with trust wcapons--COmbina'
ton. The tobacco trust cannot do
wlhou, tobacco. and the tobacco grow
crs uf kentucky VII not sell except
for the price which they naYe deior
minra will give thcm lalr rrQAl for
ufoduction
Demands Surrender.
"rhc policy of tho American so
flely uf nuulty ls q liVoRndlet'livc
policy We have determined upoa q
fair ana equitable price. The tobacco
trust will sayo Itself trouble and an
nnyanoe. ana money. BY facing the
sltnntion io "a huslneaalike way The
great fafiing lu Kentucky has hoen
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farmov who Do is said. have benefited
hv high prices offered by lhe trust
fo sell them direct. instead 0i pool.
ing thelf Interests with the tobacco
ahdwors' society. Such an attitude is
so directly AGAINST the growers own
basi interests that Is viii never last.
a Former Seedsman.
Bgefiti a ihe founder OF thc Ameri.
.a. .H..G.H. ..F TFauNfm NIa II fort i.
niue Veafs nf ago and vigorous. He
came from WatsontoWn. Pa. in 1884.
Ho opened "a seed store and published
tho Agricultural Epitomlst and pros
pefed ln isa2 be- sold the Agricultural
EpHumisl and moved into new
lhrosa building of his own from
1889 10 isgs be devoted himself eK'
clusiveiy 40 the seed businese, ana
In isss launched upto Date Farming
ana hardening
The Real Farm Problem.
-it was uot long before / roaiiaet
tnal 81 wa not 40 important 60 tell
The farmer how ,o produce better ana
larger crops. bat how 90 get good
prices / aaW that the world depend.
od up0a the farmer for food, end az
the aanu, time thai he wns Tho poor.
eHl said uf labCrers The middiemnn
made Az che r0hl The price the
farmef Hecurcd wns not the true one
hxod b. Law of supply and demand,
boa one dictated by the fancy of the
spoenlalor 4 saw that the farmer by
Withholding his produce from iht mar
lll ululd maintnin the price ai or
abovo "a minimum figure. ! saw that
in uonigui thc marketing the farmers
must g. organized ! saw that after