The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-06-05
BOOSTS new
ORGANIZATION
If it Fails Equity People will
Be RESPONSIBLE.
Says Henry S. Berry, in Article
Laudat0ry of DavieSS
County

To the people of the Green river
district: The people in the other
counties are still asking what is Da-
viess going TO do in regard to the
/ acreage. Mclean, by d vote of 80
20 80, agreed TO support the new or
ganization provided the 10000 hill
system was made binding on all the
counties. What is Daviess going to
do? Although when the acreage
pledge were circulated we did not get
the desired 80 per cent necessary 10
make the pledge binding, the work
was not then dropped, we are
gratified by the reports coming from
the solicitors. and instead of the -
per cent wanted then we are now able
to show 100 per cent. VIII You Of
the other counties do as well. Ii you
will but do your part as we'll as Da-
viess then indeed will we now accom-
plish through the Green River Tobac-
co Growers association, what we
hoped for under the glorious A. S. of
+. but never succeeded in doing
namely. pool 80 per cent or better of
the 1908 crop. Every solicitor reports
the people planning to live up to the
10,000-hill plan. About one man in
20 will not abide by it but on the
other hand, three out of 20 will plant
less which will make the whole coun-
~ show up even above the 100 per
cent. VIII your county do as WELL
We have all in the past been solicitous
about the big independents living on
the rich land around Greensboro ask
ing. What is he going to do? l am
proud to tell you that he is not only
going To pool his 1908 crop but ne
is living up to the acreage as well as
the best of Equity men. Only one in 20
of those men may still act independ-
ent-not more-and he has not Yet
refused to pool his tobacco this year.
While not every man is pledging his
tobacco right now. exceedingly few
say fatty that they will not pool but
leave the matter open for another
day. IL is true that we have not made
the progress with the pledging that
we hoped to make when We agreed 10
work Daviess county first, but you all
know how behind the farmers are
with their work, and how every man
and horse has been needed to rush
our farm work, and while two men
have been employed in each magister-
ial district so as to finish the work
quickly, but none of the II men en-
ployed has worked constantly and but
three anything like full time, SO that
two magisterial districts are untouch-
ed, several only partially covered and
on the whole one-half of the county is
to be worked yet. but in spite of this
we have a grand showing of over
1920 acres pledged. All eyes are CEN
tered seemingly on Daviess, but If
you of the other counties only do as
well as Daviess, We will control the
tobacco in the Green river district.
The board of control is so well pleas
ed with the showing made in Daviess
that it will wait to complete the
canvass in that county but has or
dered the work TO be started at once
in the other counties.
Now, brother in Equity, we have
always claimed that the Independents,
acting against us, were the cause of
all the hardships that we of the Eq-
uity experienced, but We at last hit
upon a plan that will insure us gain
ing all that we ever fought for, a
plan that ought 10 be acceptable to
all who wish to win the farmers
fight. Now, | appeal to you, my
brothers of the A. S. of E. not 10 let
the only movement that we all can
agree upon to fall down for lack of
your support. Remember that we
have in the past clamored for the sup
port of the independents so neces-
sary for us to win, and now if we
fail, we. and not the Independents,
will be to blame. Very recently
yours, HENRY S. BERRY. Pres.