Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-17

grievance. The county committee
and local prizers have made mistakes
which ought never to be repeated.
One prizer ought to handle the en-
tire county. He ought to provide
himself with suitable house to or.
der and re-dry tobacco-the associa-
ton house is wholly unfit for this
work.
The pricing contract ought to be
carefully drawn and rigidly enforc-
ed and his bond ought to cover all
losses sustained by reason of dam
aged tobacco that damages after be-
ing received by him. The county and
executive committee ought to make
reports at least every month to all
the members and have same publish,
Fed in every county in the dark tcbac-
co district, besides having the stor-
age houseman to promptly commu
nicate every sale and accompany ev-
cry sale with check covering amount
due to the owner of the tobacco sold.
The prizer ought to price each crop
as nearly to itself as classes and
qualities will permit so returns to
owners will come in as large amounts
as possible. The county committed
and executive board ought to take
the membership more into their con-
fidence, hold open meetings, inviting
a number of members to attend the
meetings and exchange ideas and
cultivate feelings of friendship and
confidence.
The prizer or storer ought to be
able to finance the county and make
substantial advances on tobacco de.
Iliveries, for by so doing he becomes
interested in the preservation of the
tobacco in hogsheads. The associa-
ton house can be used for storage
house, provided the roof is repaired.
A competent man must be given the
pricing contract or our tobacco will
go out Of the county to some other
prizing house. Favoritism without
merit cannot prevail and ought not.
Let the county committee cease crit
icising the membership and perform
the duties to which they were elect
ed. Men in authority in the associa-
ton must keep even tempers and be
level headed. They were picked for
their fitness and they should feel du-
ty bound to do their very best. 1t
is an honor to be selected to manage
sucn an immense enterprise as the
association. It's true, they are work
ing without compensation, but if
they feel that they cannot make the
sacrifice of time necessary to do
things well, then resign and allow
some one else to assume the duties.
Prove yourselves worthy the conf
dence Of every member of the asso-
citation and lead the~people out of
! the wilderness. No true member of
4 the association will now line up with
our former enemies. When mem
bers of the association give express
sion to sentiments of dissatisfaction
they will soon find the enemies of the
organization giving them approval.
This alone ought to be enough to
cause any member to cease his NUT
terings and carry his grievance be-
fore the proper association authori-
ties. And, FINALLY, WI AT
lSHALL WE DO?
Shall we disregard our association
| pledges and break away from the
organization? Will we violate the
law of our state by selling our tobac-
co to independent buyers and bring
upon ourselves indictments and law
suits innumerable? Will independ-
ent buyers attempt to buy our 1908
crop of tobacco when such thing
would be an open violation of law?
We are members of an organization
backed up by state laws and we can
not with impunity disregard our
pledges. We ought not if we could.
We cannot if we would. Our 1908
crop is pledged and we must stand
or fall by that pledge. We have
stood out for more than year.
lOther sections of the state have
stood it more than two years with
out selling. From now on our sales
will come annually and conditions