Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-12-19
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 19.-On first
meeting him one would not suspect
that J. A. Everitt was the head OF a
great organization which has big
trusts pn the run.
Most notable has been the fight on
the tobacco trust, which mas recog-
nized the power of Everitts organiza-
ito, by advancing the price OF leaf
tobacco from seven to eight cents to
twelve and fifteen cents a pound.
Down in the tobacco growing dis
tricts of southern Ohio and Kentucky,
Everitt is hailed as a giant in his
ability to grapple with the trusts.
Here. at his home, he is regarded
as a nnild-mannered business man and
quite a home body" in domestic
sense.
So thoroughly mas Everitt aroused
sentiment that the inevitable hotheads
have taken advantage of the excite
ment to use the torch. Tobacco ware
houses and barns have been burned
in the vicinity of Hopkinsville, KY.
It Is charged that members of Ever
tits organizations are guilty. the
state government of Kentucky is try
ing to ferret out the guilty men. In.
surance companies are canceling poll
Cies
With Trust Weapon.
The American Society of Equity
known by some as the Farmers union
was not organized to burn barns,
said it's president, Everitt. IF we
knew who the men were who were
guilty we would as quickly turn them
over to justice as we would any othel
malefactor. We cannot possibly be
benefited by such methods.
The conservatives are fighting the
trust with trust weapons-combina
tion. The tobacco trust cannot dc
without tobacco, and the tobacco grow
ers of Kentucky will not sell except
for the price which they nave deter
mined will give them a fair profit fol
production.
Demands Surrender.
The policy of the American SO
ciety of Equity is a live-and-let-live
policy. We have determined upon q
fair and equitable price. The tobacco
trust will save itself trouble and an
noyance, and money, by facing the
situation in businesslike way. The
great feeling in Kentucky has beer
farmers who, it is said, have benefited
by high prices offered by the trus
to sell them direct, instead of pool
ing their interests with the tobacco
growers society. Such an attitude is
so directly against the growers owr
best interests that it will never last
A Former Scotsman.
Everitt is the founder of the Ameri
&. fg~fr~
nine years of age and vigorous. He
came from Watsontown, Pa, in 1884
He opened a seed store and published
The Agricultural Epitomist, and pros
pered. In 1892 he sold the Agricultural
Epitomist and moved into a new
threestory building of his own. From
1892 to 1898 he devoted himself ex
clusively to the seed business, and
in 1898 launched Up-to-Date Farming
and Gardening
The Real Farm Problem.
1T was not long before | realized
tnat 1t was not so important to tell
the farmer how to produce better and
larger crops, but how to get good
prices. | saw that the world depend
ed upon the farmer for food, and al
the same time that he was the poor
est paid of laborers. The middleman
made all the profit. The price the
farmer secured was not the true one
fixed by law of supply and demand
but one dictated by the fancy of the
Speculator. | saw that the farmer by
withholding his produce from the mar
tlet could maintain the price at OF
above a minimum figure. | saw that
TO control the marketing the farmers
must be organized. | saw that after