The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
Southern Planter Rebuked.

E3H3r Hr1'd.-ln the August issue
VI the southern Planter is an article
by the editor "Fooi for Thought Tor
Southern Tobacco Growers" I'm the
October issue of the same paper, is an
article by Mr. 10. Kerns. President
~ The Bright Tobacco Association. re-
plying Co this editorial. and answering
fully every point taken by the editor
Of the "phuter, and showing plainly
the unrea.0na1lcness Of this paper
Immediately following the article Of
Mr Kean, in the October Planter is
q long editorial cndeayorIng 90 justify
The ground taken in the Augustpapsr,
which makes bad matters worse. Mr
kerns wind. zap bis article by saying
The attitude of the Planter toward. the
Tobacco Grower, A,sociaton-the
most practical aud commonsense or
rauuauon the farmers of the state have
ever entered iuto-look- queer 90 HIM,
and 10 looks queer 90 every other FARM
er who has amy thought about him.
Now do NOT desire 20 get into cone
tr0ver,y with the editor of the greatest
agricultural paper iu thecounty. lie
d., too big O. man for us 90 tackle, bat
we DO not understand him, we do not
wantt0misiudge him. we wantt0 know
exactyV here hestands. The Planter
goes ou 90 argue that there are enough
independent dealer, still len to make
healthy competition on the tobacco
market Every intelligent farmer
know, that this B, mot true, and every
honest warehou-eman viii tell you
the same thing. The few indepen-
denis leg exist at the mercy of The
trust as Mr Keus properly STATES. 10
would appear too bad not 90 have any
independent dealers, but whenever one
gets u The way of tine trust DIS days
STE soon numbered. some who claim
io be- independent dealers are agents
for one branch 0r other of the tobacco
trust and those whoare not SO assoc
c.ateI are ODD the best of terms with
+ the trust.
f This is a day VI cooperation and DO
elias, Of people on earth have learned
/ tai, J. sson better than The tobacco
+ dealers. 10 i~t0 their interest to coz
operate, aud every other elias, of peo-
pile haze found il out except some
hick-headed farmers and tai, class, ]
ann glad .o say. B., growing less every
year. Incorporation .n selling has
benefited the cotton planters of the
south aud the truck planter, Of the
eastern part " ibis state and the dark
Tobacco growers in Kentucky and
Tennessee, we can't see why it viii
.not help tle tobacco growers OF Viz
e'u'a lftpays TO use intelligence in
the cultivation aud feriilzing and boz
the handling and curing a crop of to-
baco0. why VIII itn0t pay to Use some
. common sense Zoo the way DO +, market
Tel. The Planter fear, that, if the
-. Association shall succeed, That The
, farmers are such fools that prices wil.
he placed SD high that al. orders f0l
Virginia tobacco win De filed by Other
e .cluutde, and we viii Zip the Goos'
p that LAYS the Golden Egg The
b truth j., that. under the present sys
, tenn of selling at public auction in sof
... winter ORDER the tobacco dealers o.
B.. the country can buy our tobacco al on'
price MS well @, another They are ab
s. soiutelv master, of The situation, au'
they do not take 10 at less money
y .that they do not want 90 Grip OH
e the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg
Do for them. 10 Germany and Canad
&. can make The same grades of Tobacco
D, as Virginia at les, money than vs.
ID are receiving or 10. they can go ahead
t. and we viii turn attention 90 som'
BE- thing else. The Southern Planter u
DO innate. that the price OF our tobacco
% high enough boat The trouble is, we d
90 NOT make enough per acre. but / ai
+. glad TO say that "a great many dark d
be- bacco grower, make from fifteen
.- eighteen hundred pounds per acre u
be- fortunately. however, there is less con
be- petition in this grade of leaf iooac'
% than any other treluires rich lam.
be intelligent cultivation and costly barn
BE- 90 handle properly Zine Austrian an
e. italian tobacco, hut amy negro
ID |trfnr white farmer can make Jug
.n and there is not much difference
is the price between the two. "li
al Planter" goes on 90 cite number
D. independent dealers in Richmond. b.
%, we have never been able 90 end the
.u to our advantage. 10 ha, been ,he Fl
rereBce of lsrmcr- that whenever
id bacco ha, been "taken in ' on @.
of Blackstone and Petersburg marke
er aud sold in Richmond that one shi
RI. ment has been plenty. Mehafe p
u one word go ,ay against the agents
ep Ite American Tobacco Coz nor q
De Reeie buyers. n0r Tie men who OIL
en- the tobacco warehouses-they are
clever as any people in the state-b
re the present system of selling tobacco
lf al wrong. and the practical iarm'
he ofthi- state ara becoming tired Of p.
in ting their main crop-the product
.at their best land and TOT only ih
ii- labor but Che labor Of their wives al
.n- children, o. De sold al public aucti
y with O. farce Of competition. II q
nd tobacco can be properly graded put
ng safe keeping order and placed on
ed market when there is demand for
pre- a. the Association propose 20 do, a
per avoid the terrible glut,, which are
-h. harvest fDr the buver.. but death