The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22

acres of tobacco, and who comes here
not because of the little salary he gets,
but who comes as farmer who wants
to protect himself and who wants to
protect his people Now, they got that
law passed. Then they organized
these different societies, or rather,
they organized themselves. They got
this tobacco together; they put 1t in
this pool; they held 1t in the pool.
There were a few on the outside-but
only q comparative few-that did not
go into the movement The conse-
quence was, the American Tobacco
Company had to have this tobacco, and
these people held it and said: Now,
whenever you pay us what this to-
bacco is worth, you VIII get 1t, and
you will never get it before" In that
way the price of this tobacco increased
and last year it was sold, believe, for
SIT, and in some instances even higher
Man on the outside.
Now, who did that? These very
people that pooled this tobacco. But
there were some people on the outside
good, clever people, but, think, mis-
guided people-who would not go into
that pool. They said, I'VE will go on
and sell our tobacco" and sure
enough they did, and sold their tobacco
for just as much as the pool sold its to-
bacco. Now, they say, Having done
that once, we will continue to do that
II is Of no interest to us to go into this
pool, because we can sell our tobacco
on the outside"
Now. my friends. Won think about Il
moment. The American Tobacco
! 'nr11 hnf 4NI In, hAa
en- and earth in order to destroy or
rather control the tobacco interests of
this country. The Independents, that
is, the men who did not go into the
pool, sold their tobacco for fair prices.
Why? Because the American Tobacco
Company and those who claim to be
Independents, but who are working
cheek by iowl with it, because those
men wanted to put 1t into the mouths
OF the farmers OF this country to say,
we can get good money for our to-
bacco without going into any pool. We
have been treated right, and we won't
so into any pool"
Do you know what that means? That
means to dissatisfy a part Of the farm
ers of this country with those who
were pooling their tobacco.
Dlscord the Purpose Of Trust.
The very thing that the American
Tobacco Company wanted. because
whenever they get up this disturbance,
this disagreement between the farm
ers of this country who pool and the
farmers who don't pool. the result of
It will be that there won be enough
tobacco signed to constitute a pool.
Then what happens? The moment that
you have no pool, that moment those
men who have pooled their tobacco
will step out, and then you and all
stand right where you stood before it
commenced. Then, what is the result?
The American Tobacco Company will
say to you: Gentlemen, we pay you
so much, we pay YOU no more. Take
1t or not, just as you please
Now, what | want 10 say to you gen
tlemen who have sold your tobacco on
the outside and who congratulate your
selves upon it, that there is a fight
now on in Kentucky to destroy this
pool. You can either come in and
help, or you can stay out and give
help TO the enemy; but whenever the
pooling system ceases in Kentucky,
that very moment you will cease TO
get for your tobacco what It is worth.
Now, you say to me. How do ] know
that? | appeal 10 your intelligence. !
am here today to talk to you for your
good and not for my own. except as
citizen of this country who wants to
see it prosper.
A Rare Opportunity.
If you ever let this pool go down, you
will never be able TO get it again, be-
cause these men who have stood the
brunt, when you go to them and ask
them to go into IT with you, they will
say, eve asked you 10 go in with us;
you refused to do It. We were compel
ed to sacrifice our tobacco. We have
absolutely quit raising tobacco, all on
your account. Now, if you want ia
pool, go and get it up yourself; you are
not going to get it through us"
Now. tina is the plain proposition.
Why, did you ever think how this
American Tobacco Company came in
to this power? The whole secret of
it was organization. That was the
secret. If you will organize the farm
ers of this country, you have an organ
ization that all this world, on the out.
side, cannot control. You will be alb
solute masters of the situation You
Van OulN UA lut pllCS Ou your lOUutNI,
but II this American Company comes
up and complains about II, you can say
to them: IF you don't want to buy our
tobacco, just let II alone. We don't
ask you to do It. We will manufacture
our own tobacco, and we will enter the
market against you and we will show
you a thing or two that you have
never thought about before" And
whenever you talk to them that way,
they will dance in Spanish in less than
half a minute.
An Age Of Progress.
The simple question Is, whether you
people want TO organize. Why, look
around you. This country has changed +.
This is not the country that II was
when ! was boy, or even when | was
a man of middle age. This whole coun-
try has gotten to be imbued with the |
idea of commerce and organization has |
extended from one end of the country to /
the other. You find all the stone
masons, you find all the plasterers, you
find all the cigarmakers-all these peo- |
pie are organized. You will find the |
merchants of the country having their |
great organizations, and the molders. |
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