The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-21

renewing such a plan can succeed.
NO one knows better than Mr.. Adams.
tnat values are controlled by supply
and demand. This rule applies with
greater force to leaf tobacco than any
otner roduc OF the farm, as to-
oacco IS a luxury and not a necessity.
IL Is quite evident we can have no
better times, commercially in this
section, until leaf tobacco sells for
better prices, nor will we have better
prices, until We have a return Of hon-
est competition on the markets.
Mr.. Adams wishes o do away with
the public sale of tobacco, he ad-
Vlses the farmers Of this section to
step offering their tobacco on the
floors at auction, and to
turn It over to his association to be
valued by them and sold to the A. r.
people. Are you willing to produce
tobacco and leave it to Mr.. Adams to
be valued and SOLD careful,
very careful Of any su. I
nave yet to see a man with wings, all
are human and is it not possible. you
VIII Only be exchanging one class Of
spectators for another by placing all
your tobacco with the M. P. Associa-
ton From what does their associa-
ton arrive at the value of your to-
bacco at present? Do they
nv 81 pIiSSS pau
on the warehouse floors? Should
Mr.. Adams plan prevail, and we
were to abolish the public sale plan of
fixing values, how would your tobacco
be valued? BY the M. p. Association,
only, through Mr.. Adams and his as
sociates, which of the two plans do
you prefer, the public sale on the
warehouse floors, or by some one
who's opinions are influenced by the
A. T. Co, or a band of secret specu-
lators. Example, suppose you adopt
the plan suggested by Mr.. Adams,
and should carry your tobacco to the
association, say in 1912. and they
should value a grade at 10 cents. that
you had been selling for 10 cents in
former years, and you were to ques-
ton their valuation, and they were to
explain to you, here was a great sur
plus of this tobacco on hand as shown
by the A. T. Co.'S report therefore, it's
value had deprecated ID, what would
you do? To whom would you appeal?
The public sale exists no longer, you
have no way Of testing the truthful
ness Of their valuation. l warn you
against any such method. The pur-
pose of this whole scheme is to do
away with the present plan, Of ubllo-
~ fixing values. When you have done
this, you have destroyed your last
source of information. The question
then arises. how can we have competi-
lIolI o1 In pm
we bring about Specu1atiOn?, by the
destruction of the A. II. Co.? No we
want the A. T. Co. to continue bust
ness, we wish them the greatest meas
ure of success, but they should not
be permitted to use unfair and unlaW-
full methods to crush out competition.
Mr.. Producer, stop, think, listen, Mr..
Adams wants you to continue to buy
FERTILIZER, produce tobacco and turn 1t
over to his association, to be graded
49, ~l.-~ r. hs~~ o-1 o1rnoinfnc - ~ n
stored at your expense, to be held by
the association, for the A. T. people,
and be taken by them as their needs
require, at their valuation. Yes he
advises you to continue the prOduc-
ton Of a perishable product that is
duetion. Do you think o. can win
by such methods. if SO all should be
John DIS. the above is a plan offered
you by the NJ. p. Association through
Mr.. Adams, or | should rather say by
Mr.. Adams, through the association.
Do you think YOU can succeed by fol-
lowing this plan? OF course the only
way to know is to try, but [ am sure
if you will only try hard enough, at
the end of five years, there will not
} be enough Of YOU left to even try, and
the few left Will have nothing, with
which to even try, unless it is a patch
ed shirt and a pair Of overalls to
hide your n~akedness, and boiled cab
bage and fat back to keep the inner
man alive, while you are producing
the golden weed for Mr.. Adams dear
friends, "Rockefellow, Ryan, Duke &
Co. But my farmer friends and assO-
citation enemies there is a way out Of
this, a ~peaceable way, that will make
you masters Of the situation. a way
that will bring a return Of honest
competition and $500 averages. Lis
ten; stop and think while [ point out
a way. a plan that will appeal to any
mind of average intelligence, a way
that will not require force to bring
you fair prices from the A. T. people,
but profitable prices from many peo-
pie. The business people, or manu-
facturers Of this country have shown
, you the way their plan is when a
surplus accumulates, OF prices reach a
point below the cost of production TO