The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-04

.has been along iexftfmate fines ana none of the proprieties nor traditions of trade has been violated. Andp<4ll this has been done in the short space of three years. What an object lesson to the struggling planter of cotton.
 The wheat grower. once asserted his independence and today In the great marts of the Middle West one may fnd the grower financially interested In the gram elevators and the great banks of their section which finance the crops. In turn, the tobacco grower began to see himself trodden beneath the ruth less heels of the trust or himself pro- tsetsd by organization with his fellow growers. The members of the Associa. ton assert that it grew out of neces- sity. Certainly 1t grew out of some motive almost epic in this common wealth for its growth has been almost maKie From the very start ].
 Control of the Crop.
 Although you may find in this to- bacco market the bulk of the people condemning the outrages of the riders, none can be found probably who win deny that three years ago the so-caiied trust buyers were grinding the planter with forced low prices. The tobacco had to be sold at a sacrifce of ali profits. He was face to face with the stern proposition of ruin or rally his manhood. He determined upon the fai- lying of his and his fellows manhood, and tile results are visible today in the form of the Association. with it's thousands of members---overN 2.5oo members in Christian County alone its prestige and ability to name the minimum schedule of prices and its well-founded claim to control more than three-fourths of the total dark" crop. One says the claim of the Associa- tion to the control of three.fourths of the crop is well founded because 1t has done this much in the past. Since the organization was launched Septern- Der {. 1904. the Assacistt tim has mar keted three crops of the fDari Patcf'' and every time the majo~itv of the pro- duct was in their, pool. They marketed it at or above their minimum. It's officers have moved cautiously and mod erateIy from the inception, pursuing kusiness tactics all the way through. Their greatest obstacles were in the be1fnning, of course. Then the trust saw it was the best thing to scotch the little monster in it's she'll Theif agents put forth every resnuvre to sfifie the orxanixation, 1t ts said. fe'en- ing to withdraw from the market. Fsut the growers remained firm. eemepted by the indefatieable work of the of- 1cers at the head.
 So. the first battle with the buyers was won and 1t has been e rendition with increased pools. ever since 1904 Tn 1904 the Association threw e3.ah0 hokshAads of tobacco into pool. After prolonged battle with the trust. the pool went for an average price of 6 cents per pob~d. Ths hdgsh esds range rom i.B00 to 1900 pounds apiece n 1905 the amount marketed in pool leap- Cd to S4;000 hogsheads. and brought al, average price Of cents. Then. in 1906, there was another hound. the pool containing se.00e hoEsheads and bring fnR an average price If g ta2 cents. These are just round figures.
 All these prtces are said to be above the minimum. We on the outside have no bnsiness knowing the minimum schedule Of prices. It was the esti- mate of the local sAiesnnan for the As- sociation. told the writer q day or two ago, that this years pool win reach as high as so,oOp h6gsheals
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 The Association has all the equip r1ent and regimeNof giant corpora ton built for any bushes Of magnt- tuae., It is estinaEe& that its annual Why, therefore, should it not be busi- fiesaslikef
 The headquarters are at Guthrte. a central locality. Warehouses and sAleannen of the Association are leeat- 1 cd at Hopkinsvilie, PAducah, Mayfieid, Ky9 and SSciarRsville ana &pFfngfield Tenn. The leading. officers Of 1.-the As-
 sociation have hels their pisces year
 in and year out
 The recosnized genius of the or sanization is Fsliz C. Ewing. general