The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22
Miss Lloyd Replies Hon Cassius NJ C1ays Second Article

slider. Nor does Mr. Clay himself
sustain the charge against me of hav-
ing made gross misrepresentation
mainly personal"
Mr.. Clay's Point Of View.
Even with the long list of splendid
characteristics to his credit, l am
forced to believe that Mr.. Clay has
the wrong point Of view in this great
economic, social and political issue, for
In the end the economic status of a
people largely determines its social OPP
portunities and political power.
Mr.. Clay's point of view is that Of
the owner of large tracts of the most
fertile soil on the globe, of one who
has, by his own statement, never felt
to his inconvenience the iron hand of
the American Tobacco Company, and
he and his are secure from every wind
of adverse circumstance. The means
to supply every need and to satisfy
every rational desire is his, has al
ways been his. The American Tobacco
Company has not, will not. cannot
1eopardze his interests except by re-
Election as Mr.. Clay's interests are
affected by the general conditions of
his state.
Average Farmers Point of View.
My point of view is that of the aver
age farmer on average land about
whom the American Tobacco Company
had built an impenetrable wall. the
man whose individual strength opposed
to the strength of the American Tobac-
co Company is that of q Pigmy 10 a
Titan. the man whom the American
Tobacco Company could command, did
command, and will again command II
tobacco growers do not by combination
continue to check the power of the
trust to command.
Less Fortunate Glass.
If this be true of the average farmer
what shall we say of the class Of whom
a man recently wrote me. "They are
poor, sickly, pallid, overworked, under
fed and lily clothed tobacco raising
people, ignorant of their rights and
Of their rescuers. They are
not to blame They know no better"
| have looked into the faces of hun
dreds Of such people. and while one
scarcely sees them in Bourbon county,
Mr.. Clay must have seen them in the
days of his active political life. Their
status affects not only themselves but
they are a factor in the life of the
state.
Mr.. cIays Main Proposition.
Mr.. Clay's main proposition is that
a pool is not necessary because the
prices for tobacco were good enough
a pool. He gives in support of
this statement the prices he has re-
ceived for his tobacco. No one ever
thought of questioning Mr.. Clay's state.
ments and ii is not necessary to ex-
plain why Mr.. Ciays experience was
unlike the experience Of the average
man in order TO break the force OF Mr..
Clay's authentic figures" II is only
necessary to show that his experience
was not typical. The average man is
as competent ana as reliable a witness
TO the facts of his experience as Mr..
Clay is to the facts of his experience.
Testimony Of Other Farmers.
Below follows the statement of men
above the average In point Of financial
strength. A Clark county farmer gives
the following figures:
1900 crop sod for $ 7.40 per hundred
1901 crop sold for 1865 per hundred
1902 crop sold for 1877 per hundred
1908 crop sold for SIS per hundred
1904 crop SOLD for 1000 per hundred
1905 crop sold for 9.15 per hundred
Average Tor six years, $S.3S per hun.
lred.
1906 crop sold through the pool clear
If all charges and expenses for s1122
per hundred.
1907 crop sold through the pool clear
Of all charges and expenses for S147S
per hundred.
Average for two years, s12,97 per
Gain on sales through the pool, s459
per hundred.
Profit on one crop at s12.97 equals
profit on three crops at $S.3S
As nobody in Kentucky would gain.
say a statement made by Mr.. Clay so
nobody in Kentucky would gainsay the
statement of his Clark county neighbor
Who is the peer vi any man IN his
county.
One Mason county farmer gives this
experience:
900 crop sold for $500 per hundred
901 crop sold for 600 per hundred
902 crop sold for 700 per hundred
903 crop sold for $50 per hundred
904 crop sold for 900 per hundred
sos crop sold for 500 per hundred
Average for six years, $6.9l per hun
lred.
Average for two crops sold through
he pool before final settlements are
made, $3.50 per hundred.
Another Mason county farmer gives
hese figures:
800 crop sold for $500 per hundred
901 crop sold for 700 per hundred
902 crop sold for 100 per hundred
903 crop sold for 700 per hundred
904 crop sold for 500 per hundred
905 crop sold for $50 per hundred
Average for six years, $725 per hun
red.
Average for two crops sold through
he pool before final settlements are
mare, $14.16 per hundred.
Another Mason county farmer gives
hese figures.
900 crop sold for 1925 per hundred
901 crop sold for 700 per hundred
902 crop sold for $50 per hundred
903 crop sold for 900 per hundred
904 crop sold for 500 per hundred
905 crop sold for $50 per hundred 7
Average for six years, 1886 per hun
red.
Average Of two crops sold through
he pool before final settlements are
laCc St6.47 per hundred