The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-05
Louisville Leaf EA< hanse viii
Fight McChOrd Rill.
Tendency Is a. Lessen Competition
Among Buyers iw Kentucky Mar
ket and Lower Price.
FACTORIES WILL BE MOVING.

lOI lne MCinOTu Dlil, measure Mllcn
theyVview with the greatest alarm in
asmuch as IL provides for the taxing
of buyers of tobacco in the state of
Kentucky. Although il is the firm
that Mr.. McChord had no intention
of striking at the tobacco industry IN
Kentucky, they say. as they have said
before. the passage of the bill would
mean the humiliation of the trade.
| All the warehouse and tobacco men
of the city say that in their opinion
the legislation Is aiWed 10 strike at
the trust. They have declared that
1t would only result in thu withdraw
ing of the buyers from the local field
and the changing OF the tobe GO mar
kets from Louisville to, Cincinnati for
the Burley, and Clarksville, Tenn,
for the dark tobacco.
| Text of Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted aud spread
broadcast over the state were.
The Louisville Leaf Tobacco Ex-
change views with concern the PEN
dency in the legislature of house bill
No. l45, entitled AN Act to Promote
and Regulate the Tobacco Industry
in Kentucky
This act, If passed, will have a
most serious effect upon the tobacco
industry in Kentucky. II Is not pos
sible. within a short space to analyze
It's provisions. II is sufficient to say
that It requires a license from all per-
sons engaged. in the occupation OF
manufacturing tobacco In Kentucky
or in buying tobacco in Kentucky for
the purpose of its being used by the
purchaser in the manufacture OF to-
bacco in Kentucky or out of Ken
lucky, and puts all such persons I'M
der the supervision and control OF the
commissioner of agriculture
The act does not touch those per
sons who buy tobacco for the purpose
of selling Il again. or buying for spec
lulatlOn. provided such sale Is not
made to manufacturer in Kentucky
and provided such person Is not an
lagent for a manufacturer in Kentucky
OF out OF Kentucky or an agent for q
foreign government
Not only must there be paid ten
cents for each thousssnd pounds pur-
Ichased or manufactured In Kentucky
whichever may be greatesD. but the
Requirements for the license are 90
drastic as greatly to deter II not abb
solutely prevent manufacturers OF
lagents OF manufacturers or agents
for foreign governments from pro.
Touring the license. All these Glasses
of buyers are 10 be driven from the
state leaving here only the buyers for
Speculation. In other words, the re-
suit of the bill will be to throw
around any one who manufactures to-
bacco in Kentucky, or any one who
buys tobacco In Kentucky for its man.
ufacture in Kentucky or out Of Ken
lucky. or who buys tobacco In Ken
lucky for foreign governments, such
restrictions as will tend 10 lessen
greatly II not absolutely prevent any
manufacture OF tobacco In Kentucky
or any purchase In Kentucky by one
intending 20 manufacture It out of
kentucky, or any purchase in Ken
itucky for any foreign government.
| Hard on State Manufacturers.
| As TO manufacturers OF tobacco, Il
is perfectly obvious that this bill VIII
bear most hardly upon those who have
no factories outside OF Kentucky.
Manufacturers Of tobacco who have
factories outside OF Kentucky can
procure their tobacco by buying 1t
outside of the state and can shut up
their Kentucky factory. The Ken
lucky manufactures can buy neither
in Kentucky nor out Of Kentucky
without complying with the proyis-
lions of this law.
The growers OF tobacco have form
ed organizations. the purpose and eff
feet of which are to bring together
into one pool or various different
Ipools the tobacco grown by number
of farmers. 1t would seem to be OBJ
Ivious that II this pooled tobacco Is 10
find market everything should be
ldone TO encourage competition among
those desiring TO purchase II. II
would seem, furthermore, that every
thing should be done TO enable the
ISociety of Equity of the other grow.
Iers' associations to find a market foi
this tobacco in the state, II It is posi-
BILE TO do so. To lessen the number OF
manufacturers in Kentucky evidently
lessons the competition for this tobac.
co. TO prohibit persons who manu-
fracture tobacco outside of Kentucky
from purchasing such tobacco in Ken
lucky will obviously require the SO.
ciety of Equity and the other associa'
tons of growers to. send their tobacco
outside of the state in order to Obtain
a market To prottbit the agent of q
foreign government to buy tobacco in
Kentucky will require the grower to
send his tobacco outside of the state.
/
The New Member hate these
here one-night stands. Why, | amt
HAD a square meal in week.
! The Nanager-Ali the better. LIP
month you'Il M so thin well he nbic