The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-22
1t Ia Said About 100000
Pounds of Tobacco Have
Been Received.
Several Statesmen Fall Down on
Examination at Guthrie.
SITUATION Is ENCOURAGING

Leading members of the tobacco
growers association in McCracken
county say the situation Is more en-
Icouraging at present than for many
weeks and express the belief that
within ten days or two weeks tobacco
will be selling on the market at the
prices fixed by the executive commit
tee of the organization.
At any rate. they say the financial
stringeney has relaxed to such an ex-
tent that money is being secured to
advance the farmers the full GO per
cent Of the market price of their to-
bacco as soon as It is priced and
placed in the warehouses for storage,
and those whose confidence was so
lstrong in the ability of the ware
Ihousemen to make good and placed
their tobacco In the prizing houses
during the darkest days of the finan-
cial furry when money could not be
secured at all. have already received
advances. Advancing money on the
holdings of the farmers, it Is said.
will enable the association to compel
the buyers to pay the prices fixed,
even IL they refuse the early offerings.
Up to the present time about $780,
600 pounds have been delivered to
the pricing houses in Paducah and
more tobacco is coming every day.
the heaviest deliveries being made
during the past ten days of any time
since the season for delivery began.
The association oficials point to the
fact That not a great deal of tobacco
is grown in the county and the big
deliveries that have been made to the
independent and trust buyers come
from Ballard and Marshal and other
counties, while the tobacco that is
delivered to the association houses
comes from McCraeken county, with
the exception of five hogshead of
loose packed tobacco, which has been
shipped to local pricing house from
Livingston county, where there is
only one association prizer. Living
ston county IS also under the control
|of the McCracken county executive
committee. which permits tobacco
from that county to be shipped here
for pricing. In Marshall and Ballard
counties the association has strong
organizations and the tobacco is
priced at home pricing houses, but
will be shipped here for storage.
The prices of the different types of
tobacco that has been priced and are
An the storage houses has not yet been
received by Salesman Veale, of the
Paducah market, but he is expecting
the report of the graders soon and
will offer tobacco 10 the buyers when
the prices are received. Mr.. Veale Is
tire only salesman in the three mar
kets In this district, that passed the
examination successfully, and a con-
siderable tangle exists at Murray.
where Salesman Hood failed to make
the required grade, and also at May
field. where Mr.. Humphrey failed to
pass. Both the statesmen who did not
qualify are supported by their county
and petitions have been
sent to the general managers of the
association, asking that they be al
lowed to act as salesman notwith-
standing their failure to qualify ac-
cording to the rules. The policy of
compelling statesmen and graders to
stand an examination before acting
for the association is new one and 1t
is said was caused by complaint being
made by the foreign buyers that the
tobacco sold by the association last
year was not handled properly in
many respects. Manager Ewing, In
addition to compelling the examina-
Itions, will employ expert inspectors
to investigate the manner of handling
this year and has given notice that
association officials, who are founA
incompetent, will be held responsible
on the bonds they execute. This ap-
plies especially to the prizers who
handle the tobacco, as the greatest
complaint rs said to have been made
In regard to the manner in which
some OF the tobacco was classed and
,prized.