The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-11-29

Will RAISE NO
TOBACCO in. 1908.
So Decides Executive Board
Green River District.
Unless All 1905 and IS Per Cent
1906 Crops Sold BY
Feb. |, 1908

Ihe Green River District Tobacco,
association adjourned this Afternoon
at 1870 o'clock after the most excit
ing session ever held in the history
OF the association. Says last Thurs
days greensboro Inquirer.
The two great points of contro
= versey were over the selling of III,
y 1907 crop of Tobacco before the 1870;
and 1906 crops are sold, and the re-
solution agreeing to cut out the 1906
crop entirely.
The first resolution would requir,
change of the bylaws and the con.
stitution of the district association
and this proposition was finally shelly.
ed by the decision of Vice President l.
N. Robertson, who was in the chair in
the absence Of President John Cul.
len, when he decided that it was a
special meeting called for particular
purposes and that under the call he
would rule as out of order the pro-
position to change the constitution OF
the bylaws.
The association did not complete
Its business on Wednesday and II
was decided to adjourn until Thursday
morning instead of holding a night
session. The meeting was called to
order at 10 a. m, and remained in
continuous session until 1870 p. m,
when the resolutions were finally
adopted, one Of which declares in favoI
Of the cutting out of the 1908 crop of
tobacco on certain conditions. The in
terest in discussion over this matter
was so intense that there was no re-
cess taken for dinner. A motion was
put and carried by the body that no
recess be taken until the question
was decided. Adjournment followed
soon after the resolutions were adopt
ed.
. Several of the most influential of
the local speakers discussed this mat
ter, but the strongest and longest
speech was by President E. L. Daven-
port, of the National Tobacco Grow
err association. w. Dunn, of this
county, opposed action at this time
and made a motion to have the mat
ter deferred until theJanuary meeting
but he finally withdrew his motion
and the resolutions were then adopted
unanimously.
One resolution endorsed the new ma
tional organ of the A. S. of E. which
will be under the control of President
C. NJ. Barnett and recommended to the
members that they discontinue their
subscriptions to Up-to-Date Farming
which is under the control of j. A.
Everitt former president of the A. S.
of e. The new paper is TO be pub
lished at Chicago and it is 10 be call
ed the Equity Farm Journal.
Your committee on resolutions re-
spectfully reports as follows:
Resolved, First we endorse the ac-
ton of the national convention of a.
S. of Il. in its session Of 1907, in the
election of officers and pledge our sup
commend that all the members of the
Green River district subscribe for the
official organ Equity Farm Journal,
and discontinue the subscription to the
Up-to-Date Farming.
Second, Whereas, we, as Equity peo-
pie, believe in having equal rights
with all other business men, we rec
ommend that our committee be in
structed to complete arrangements for
lers, and have pooling houses apened
lers, and have pooling houses opened
to handle the 1907 tobacco at as ealry
a date as practicable and recommend
that all parties who have pledged
their tobacco to the district committee
be requested to stand up to the prin-
ciples of the order and pool their to-
bacco, with the handlers recommend
ed by the committee.
Third, Inasmuch as the national
board of directors of the A. S. OF :.
of Tobacco Growers, recommend, urge
and insist that all organized districts
of this department "cut out" the 1908
crop of tobacco.
Be It resolved, that we endorse the
action of the board, provided the 1900
crop and 65 per cent of the 1906 crop
is not sold on or before the first day
of February, 1908, and we call upon
all associations Of the tobacco grow
ers to take a like stand upon this
proposition, and respectfully ask all
growers of tobacco not members OF
our organization to cooperate with
us in this action.