The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-02-21
TOBACCO Meeting
that never MET
OWenSbOrO Men Deny PartiC-
ipating in Conference
S. B. Lee Goes to Frankfort, Gives
Interview as to How to Settle
Tobacco Troubles.

The important meeting of Green
river tobacco interests" alleged
to have held at the Old Inn in
Louisville Monday and of which
lengthy reports were printed in
Louisville papers, appears 10 have
been sort of Marjorie Day affair.
The participants in the meeting are
said 10 have been John Englelhard,o of
the American Tobacco company; A.
j. Massie, buyer for the same COM
pany; George NJ. Taylor, secretary
of the Green River Equity Ware
house company; S. T. Burns, a di-
rector of the same company, and
S. Il. Lee, secretary and treasurer
of the National Tobacco Growers as
ISOLATION. Mr. Taylor says that at
the time the meeting is said to have
been held, he was in greensboro at
lending to his duties at the ware
house. Mr.. Englehard says that
he and Mr.. Massie were in Louis
Vile, but that they attended no
meeting and did not see any of the
other persons said to have partici-
pated.
j. w. Dunn, who has been closely
connected with Mr.. Lee in the affairs
of the association stated Tuesday
night that he docs not believe that
Mr.. Lee participated in a conference
in Louisville. Mr.. Lee was in Lou
isville, but was on his way to Frank
fort, where he now is. While in
Louisville Mr.. Lee Gave the follow
ing interview to the Louisville Post.
LAS secretary and treasurer Of
the National Tobacco Growers as
ISOLATION [ have given considerable
study TO the lawlessness and deal
ings of the association, the Ameri-
can Tobacco company and other con-
Germs that buy tobacco. | have been
in several localities where lawless
acts have been committed and l find
that after having talked with
number of good citizens in those To-
calities it is believed that where the
association could dispose of their to-
bacco at the prices that are ruling
the day it has proven entirely salts
factory to tobacco growers and is the
shortest way out of the difficulty.
THE green River district includes
the several counties in the vicinity
of Greensboro, and | want TO say
that in the Green River district no
lawless acts are anticipated. There
was at one time anticipated danger
of lawlessness and in my opinion the
trouble was averted by the Tobacco
Growers association and growers
not belonging to the association de-
Gliding that 1t was better to approach
the American Tobacco company and
other concerns and determine wheth-
er or not deals could be made sat
isfactory to all. The trouble has
been due to the fact that the farm
er has believed that he could not
do business in a satisfactory way
with the American Tobacco COM
pany. The whole trouble lies in
the fact that the farmer has placed
his tobacco with the association, and
in many instances the committees
have made no effort to sell.
81 believe that the tobacco ques-
ton could be solved II the farmers
with the pooled crops would sell
their tobacco There is no way that
has proved more satisfactory than
this method, both to the buyer and
the seller.
THE Green River Tobacco asso-
citation needs no radical laws or SOL
diers to protect the counties inter
ests.' \