The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-11-29
should POOL
DIFFERENCES.
Friendly Advice of an Out
slider to the Growers.
Pooling and Selling Should Be
Made So as TO Prevent
Competition.

an HOl mSulDeT OI any farmers
organization, and perhaps, some will
say that l ought not to say anything
about them. Well just take my sug-
gestions for what they are worth, OF
II they are worth nothing just let
them pass. | certainly would be a
member If l were a farmer and
found worthy. But since l am prech-
Ing almost exclusively 10 farmers and
tobacco growers in the "black patch -
you can easily see that my interests
are identified with yours. / am sure
that your effort to price your own pro
ducts equitably is a laudable and Just
one. - rejoice at your prosperity and
am sorry for everything that tends to
impede it. There is, however, nothing
that impedes so much as divisions
among yourselves, nor anything that
works SO efficiently into the hands
of those who wish 10 destroy your or
CARNATIONS and bring you into the
condition you were in before they ex-
listed. / do not think any power on
earth can prevent your ultimate sue
cess If you will all stand together, nor
any that can give you success other
wise. United we stand, divided we
fall" / think is absolutely true of you.
So long as you have different organ
izations it is but natural that each
should strive for it's own advantage
IN selling. This naturally brings COM
petition between them, however, true
1t may be that they do not mend it.
Each, knowing that there are others
that have the same kind of tobacco
for sale, or such as may be substitute
ed for theirs, will seek to fisrt
and this must lead to competition in
the offering of inducements to pur-
chasers, which inevitably leads Sooner
or later to the lowering of prices
the very thing the trust wants and l
doubt not that he trust magnates laugl
in their sleeves at your divisions.
In view of these facts, l think all
the growers of dark tobacco should,
as the first pooling they do, pool their
differences, and come together in one
organization with one constitution, one
set of bylaws and one executive COM
mittee, which should attend to all the
selling having all the necessary pow
er TO employ such legitimate means
to that end as their wisdom, or in
structions from the society may sug-
gest. And let all the tobacco be
pooled with this comittee, at such
places as will suit the convenience
or the judgment of The growers re-
spectively.
1t matters not whether this one or
ganization is one of the present eX-
listing ones or a new one;but let all
the Tobacco be under one management.
Then when any Tobacco is sold, let
the proceeds be divided between all
who have any tobacco of that grade
in the pool, in proportion to the
amount each one has of that grade.
Then it viii not make any difference
whose tobacco seels first. II will all
be graded as now, by competent men,
and allwill be interested in each sale
This will do away with all competition
in proportion to the amount they have
between members as 10 selling, which
amounts, though not 50
intended, TO dumping against each
others. Of course there may be many
things l do not know about IN $50 mat
ters, but so far as l can see, / think
this should do away with the greatest
source of trouble that confronts you.
Whether you judge these sugges-
lions worthy of any thought or not, l
hope you will give me credit for the
best of motives in Offering them. Your
sincere friend, r. 7. BRUNER.