The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-11-02

John Rhea. d. H. Smith. D. Lynn
Gooch, South Trimble, George Gilbert,
J. NJ Kehoe and Frank Hopkins, all
Of Kentucky.
These are the Judges who. either as
members OF the committee or as men,
bers OF the house, tried that question,
and who tried the other questions
which he rays are SO ridiculous and
absurd, both as to collision between
the American Tobacco company and
Its cohorts in plumber, and as to the
division Of my country. free country
hitherto. among the petty principa'-
ties of Europe, to be henceforth he'd
in worse than Russian serfdom.
And with all this proof literally
blazoned before his eyes, as | will
show you. sQuarely contradicting him;
this man Beach. with a hypocritical
smirk on his face pretending to he
the friend of the farmer, proclaims
this utter falsehood to the world.
Tremendous applausel And |, whom
you this day have asked to protect
this association. am damned as an ass
and demagogue because deny it.
(Applause.) That don't bother me.
(Laughter.)
He prefaces his subtle plea for the
trusts by stating that there was no
real cause for complaint any way:
hat Prices were low in 1903, but
that they had been as low in other
Years. WHEN THE AMERICAN To
3ACCO COMPANY HAD NEVER
BEEN HEARD OF in the dark tobac-
90 district" Did you ever think
nan could write thing like that?
Voice in audience: mo, sir,
iid'nt'O Let's see whether the loss
in QUALITY in tobacco would cause
he fall in price.
Statement Of e. M. FIack.
have here statement from one
# the best Judges TO tobacco in the
world z M F1ack, Hopkinsville
broker. Let. see what he has to say
bout it: THAT is the very thing we
sre after now" says Mr.. Flack, speak
'ng of the quality of the tobacco.
The people are suffering very much.
They are not getting enough to live
on. AT present the price of tobacco
IS LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE.
IN fact II is at about STARVATION
POINT" And this miserable man
Beach says the American Tobacco
company had nothing to do with this,
and the wooden-headed farmers got
mad and tore up the country.
Dority.
"A. o. Dority states that he IS
resident Of Pembroke. Christian coun-
". Kentucky, and lives about ten
miles from Hopkinsville, KY. He
states that he is now and has been
engaged in purchasing tobacco contin-
ually in that section in and around
Pembroke for the past twenty years,
and that prices for tobacco were
never as low during his experience
as they were in the year 1901, 1902,
1903 and 1904. or anything like as
,ow; that the prices prior to that
time ranged somewhere near 5000 all
round"
Hear what the Scion OF Hopkins
yille's ruined brokers has to say about
This usual thing OF three-cent tobacco:
Chss. r. Jsrrett's Statement.
Charles F. Jarrett says that he Is
4 resident OF Hopkinsville, KY, and
was, prior to 1909, for % or 80 years,
engaged in the tobacco brokerage
business. bought for 81 years for
the Italian Reggie and also for the
French and Spanish Reggie. I bought
from three to seven thousand hogs
heads a year. and know that for %
years prior to 1902 and 1903 the prices
Tor tobacco were never so low, or
anything like so low.
I'VE paid generally from eight to
| twelve cents for the leading Italian
tobacco-for the leaders, leaf and
everything"
Am doing right, my friends, or
wrong, by making the statement that
/ he American Tobacco company and
| the Regies had something to do with
! II and that the people were never so
| alled with misery and despair as
when they had dominion over us and
| that they alone were responsible for
il. and that while they held us by the
throat it was the saddest period in
he history OF the South. (Applause)
Collision Between the American To
bsceo Company, the Imperial
Tobs 90 Company and the
giles Of Europe.
Now. be : wait, | want you to get
vour stom hs settled. ] am going 70
.ead some more from Mr. Beach
He says: "In 1903, too, the practice
Of buying tobacco of farmers at their
barns inst ID of through the ware
houses was commenced by the Italian
Reggie, and the farmers insist that this
was done for the purpose OF eiiminat
ing competition in buying. The Regi'
was practically forced to buy of the
Individual farmers" And he goes on
to tell why And then. my friends,
he adds that this going into the coun-
try was no evidence whatever, none
in the least, of any collision between
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