The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-02-21
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RANK TREASON
Dunn Says no true Equity
Man Will Raise II.
BY Using Only Equity TOBACCO
New Plant May Get A. s.
of E. Label.

At the present time there are SC
many different opinions of the tobac-
co question. / fear many things will
be overlooked. On point l wish to Cal
attention to. Neither let any one firm
get enough to control the market
Keep all the independent men you can
in the field. The more men you have
to sell TO the better prices you will
get. Look back to 1903 when NO
one but the trust was in the field.
Don't let us get in this condition
again. Keep all our small manufac-
lures at work. Sell them what they
need whether it be one hogshead or
one thousand. Do business with the
trust but TO do This you must keep
up competition by keeping all the
independent men in the field. Don't
forget or overlook this fact.
Il wish 10 correct one mistake
made at Saturdays meeting. This is
in regard to anarchy in Ohio county
and in regard TO what caused the
most disputing in Ohio county. |
wish to say that there are as true
law-abiding men in Ohio county as
in any county. Our state president
was from there and our national
president and stag lecturer are from
there, and hundreds of true law
abiding men are there. At no time
was there an anarchist in Ohio county
The only trouble was caused by the
so-called home warehouse selling the
1907 crop while most of the true
A. S. of f. men were holding their
crops and We're fighting to pool as
they had before considering this
was there an anarchist in Ohio county
People told me that they would let
their crop go rather than to violate
the law. Had the home people not
sold the 1907 crop there would not
haze been any complaint in Ohio
GO; lty.
cain | hear that the trust is CIV
i"g out Burley seed in such quanti-
Ii as they can get farmers TO take
3, With the promise that the tobacco
g. IN from it will be bought at the
T. nest price. Now men, stop and
Ink before you do this. Think OF
yuus brother farmer in the Burley
district. He has agreed to cut the
crop out and are you 10 turn traitor
and help the trust to crush him by
raising the Burley II needs? This is
not Equity. Don't do it. Stick to the
dark tobacco. Suppose the Burley
people were to turn around and raise
dark tobacco. You would then cry
out that it would ruin our market.
BE just and fair. Don't hurt the Bur-
ley people but hip them to win. We
need them.
| note with pleasure that a new
tobacco mandatory will be started
in greensboro to handle Green river
tobacco. May | drop a thought here.
Take it for what it is worth. 1t does
Take it for what it is worth. II
takes time and money TO ad-
advertise and to get the product OF
the factory before the people. Now
believe that if this company will
use Equity tobacco altogether, and
will get the right to put the A. E. of
L. label on its output it will find
ready sales to all union labor people
! am satisfied that the unions would
use it. BY this means it can be put
on the market at once. 1t costs more
to put the goods on the market than
20 manufacture them.
| trust these ideas will be taken
for what they are worth. My sym
pathy goes ont to all independent
concerns.
J. w. DUNN.
Whitesville, Ky.
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