Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-04-13
EMETIC NEEDED
To Rid the Association of a
Dose of Green APP
pies.
Prizers Who Violate Contract
Stipulations Should be
Turned Off
Guthrie, Ky, Apr. 10.

To The KENTUcKIAN:--
The tobacco organization, in
some sections, seems to be in the
condition of a boy, who had eaten
lot of green apples, and was trying
to disgorge the load from off his
stomach. The question is whether
it is best to give the boy an emetic
to assist nature in throwing up the
load Of green apples and let him
speedily get we'll or let him groan
on in pain and suffer the consequent
ces, some believing that he will get
well, others that he will die. After
studying the question in all its
phases, am thoroughly of the opin-
ion, that it is best to give the emetic
and will now attempt 10 give my
opinions.
In the first place, if this organiza-
ton cannot be controlled and direct
ed by the selling interest, we have
no further use for it, for we are sell
ers of tobacco, not buyers-bear
this in mind. At this time, there
are many in our ranks, who are eX-
tobacco buyers or SPECTATORS; these
men have always been identified
with the buying interest and sur
rounded with an atmosphere of
profit and gain until the trust
squeezed them out, and made many
of them bankrupt AS soon as these
men came into the Association, they
sought almost to man for contracts
to prize tobacco and obtained them,
but as soon as obtained, some of
them began to dodge and avade the
expressed terms of these contracts,
by buying tobacco or driving tobac-
co from the channels of the Associa-
ton, into the open market: these
men are the green apples we have
swallowed. The Association will
have to disgorge this indigestible
stuff or it will die.
Our Executive Committee and the
Logan County Committee have de-
cided to give the organization an
emetic by canceling their contracts.
as prizers for the Association. This
condition of affairs exists principal
ly in Logan County, KY, and is CIV
ing the management some trouble
in adjusting. But the Committee
of this county has appointed Com
mittee to investigate every prizer,
in the county, and every one found
guilty of breach of contract, will
have to step down and out as a priz-
er for the Association; they can have
no one to blame but themselves,
Their violations of the expressed
terms os these contracts. were not
by accident. they violated them be-
cause they wanted to violate them.
Shams and pretenses, we cannot af-
ford to have; they must keep these
contracts in spirit and in letter and
without any smuggling or evasive
methods, or quit and quit now.
There are but two sides to this ques-
tion-one is the buyers side and the
other is the sellers side-the buying
interest against the selling interest,
These, nor no other man ought to be
allowed responsible positions Of
trust on the side of the selling
interest and at the same time serve
the interest of the buying side. We
know something about the buy
ing interest organizations ability t.
take care of themselves to our bit
ter experience and sorrow and 81
started our organization strictly
as a sellers organization, so al
to be able to cope with this gian
on the other side-this being thu
case. we cannot countenance, will
+ the least degree and acts Of any man
] that shows that he is serving the in
terest Of the other side, to our de