Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-11-02

memory. ! might add-'1ooks did not
rank az q valuable asset Tobacco
was low when the former crop was
disposed OF, and there was nothing in
the appearance Of the new crop to
cause dealers to pay high prices for
II. The consequence was that the far
mers received a low figure for that
crop. The tobacco this year, however.
acted in manner DIRECTLY OPPO-
SITE to that of 1902
1T improved in APPEARANCE
and QUALITY and sold for good
prices. Even then the warehousemen
and iob6ers did not regain what they
had lost on the crop Of 1902" And
listen to this, just listen to this:
"THE FARMERS HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO BELIEVE THIS,
HOWEVER" daughter, applause,
and cries Of Never could.'D Do you
believe that? (Cries of Not yet")
A man that would believe that would
believe in Santa Claus. Laughter and
cries of Don't you believe in Santa
Claus?'D Now tell you man that
don't believe that-Beach don't be-
lieve that. They say / am liar ami
an incendiary because ] said the
American Tobacco company and the
Standard Oil company inspired that
/ don't care if 1 am wrong, I know
one of two things: 1t either originated
there or in perdition, because the BIZ
Bile says, THE devil is the father OF
liars" prolonged laughter and ap
plause.) You haven't come to the
good part yet; you keep laughing and
interrupting me this hot day, and
will be talking all day II you don't
look out. daughter and cries of go
on THE farmers are firmly of the
opinion that the prices we're JUG
GLED and with the DELIBERATE IN.
TENTION OF RoBBING THEM"
We BELIEVED it then, old man, but
law, we KNOW it now. Oaughter)
He said it was the PECULIAR
QUALITY OF the tobacco. Wasn't
that the funniest tobacco you ever
heard Of? Oaughter) Did you ever
see any of those things that look like
a lizard, called a chameleon? The
women in Washington carry them as
pets. l would as leave pet snake.
If you put it on anything green, it
will turn green; if you put it on any
thing blue it will turn blue, and If
you put it on anything red it will turn
red. This was chameleon" tobacco
you raised those two years. laugh
teri AS long as the farmer had it 1t
didn't have any color, fiber or quality;
but as soon as the trust got hold Of
it was ALL RIGHT, got better on &C
count of the CHANGE. (Laughter)
And the funniest part Of it is, I'D
Jones addressing gentleman in audi
ence) that the next year, on the same
ground, with the same niger, the
same mule and the same sunshine,
you raised tobacco that acted just the
other way Oaughter.) Is there any
use contradicting a statement like
that? But for the sake Of the argu-
ment 1 will proceed.
1 have here statement of man,
present in this audience, who was at
this very time buyer for both the
Italian Reggie and the American To
bacco company, who actually bought
millions of pounds of this "chamele-
on" tobacco-almost in sight Of this
tabernacle-and whom you all know
brave, genial old A. o. Dority. (Read-
ing):
Dority's Statement.
"The crop of 1902 was similar in all
respects to other tobacco raised be-
fore and since. There was nothing
PECULIAR about either its appear
ance or texture, and there was NO
UNUSUAL OR UNACCOUNTABLE
CHANGE in its appearance or QUAIL
ITY AFTER it was hung in the barns,
or at any other time.
All! 1t looks mighty peculiar after
reading that statement, Mr.. Beach.
Voice in the audience, Looks vel
lowO No, not yellow, but the ugly,
awful serpentine green on the back of
a viper, or the red on the fangs of a
devil. tremendous applause)
Whole Question Previously lnVestlgst-
ed by Congress,
Now, I presume that Mr.. Beach, in
investigating a question like this,
could find out something about it If
the same question had been tried out
in public place, by competent wit
nesses and still more competent
judges, don't you?
Now. let's think of it. This man,
the anthor of a book. as / understand
1t, writing for the information of man
kind and for one Of the greatest pa
pers-(and l will say that for the Sat
urday Evening Post-one of the great
est and hitherto one of the most con-
sentative papers in the world, made
that statement-made THAT state
ment, when l shall prove to you that
the falsity Of it was literally blazoncd
before his eyes and that that very
question, as to whether or not the
prices were juggled or the quality of