Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-11-23
Recalls the Democratic Band
Wagon Campaign
of 1900.
RETURNS THE VISIT.
Space Given to His Article
Notwithstanding its Dis
courteous Tone.

To the Editor of the Kentucki an:Z
Will you permit me in justice TO
myself and the American Society of
Equity to reply to the editorial in
the Hopkinsville Kentuckian of Nov.
18th, 1907, in which he says it was
all unnecessary for them to come to
Hopkinsville, and parade the streets
as they did. Now to show the justi-
fication of this move it will require
going back to last years actions in
regard to the pooled tobacco in this
vicinity, and tell you what happened
here. Mr.. Jim Adams, representa-
tive for the Tandy & Fairleigh Co.,
bought several crops of the pooled
tobacco and it was delivered to their
factory in Hopkinsville, KY, and the
said Adams tried to buy all in our
order outside by telling them that
he would pay more for the tobacco
than either one of the organizations
could get by selling same, but we
finally, by a hard pull, succeeded in
selling all of our 1906 crop TO the
Snuff Co. and the Reggie Co. as
whole at the grade price, with one
or two exceptions. Now the same
move is made on US this year by Mr..
Wilson, who claims to be buying for
the Tandy 4 Fairleigh Co. Mr..
Wilson was in this section just a few
days ago and went to the barn of
Mr.. Dickerson and offered him eight
and a half cents round for his tobac-
CO, and Mr.. Dickerson informed
him that his tobacco was pooled in
the association, and Mr.. Wilson re-
piled and said he did not want to
buy association tobacco, but would
buy all of the Equity tobacco he
could. Also some time in October
Mr.. Jim Adams was here and made
a bid on Mr.. E. w. Hendricks tobac-
CO, who was in the Equity pool, and
we can cite you to numbers of 9th
ers if necessary, and we can get
sworn statements to these facts.
Now the buyers in the field has been
requested several times not to buy.
the pooled tobacco, but they have
kept up trying to buy it, and this
was the method which was voted on
in every local we have, to take steps
to stop them from trying to buy
same, and was authorized by the
county chairman A. S. of E. Now
in regard to local head of same. Mr..
Editor seems to know more about
our order than we do. He says that
Mr.. F. B. McCown, the local head,
did not ride in the parade. No, he
did not, but he was one of the COM
mittee who arranged for the parade,
advised the meeting, and served on
the committee to notify the buyers.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we have elected
Mr.. j. M. Rice as chairman to take
Mr.. McCown's place and he has
served his time out and they did on
the second Saturday in October,
1907, elect H. c. Helsley as county
chairman of the A. S. of E. And Mr..
Editor also thinks that the Hon. w.
T. Fowler's speech caused material
change in the program. Now, | want
to inform him that the program was
carried out to a letter as agreed up
on by the committee before we
started. We have requested the
buyers several times not to buy
pooled tobacco, or try to buy same,
but they have gone on just the same,
and bought. and trying to buy, and
so we fell on this peaceful plan TO
again notify the buyer at the
head of the very concerns buying
tobacco.at Hopkinsville, KY. This
editorial sounds very much like a
tobacco buyer out trying to buy to-
bacco at salary for the trust and
is as much in sympathy for same
and opposed to the farmers organi-