The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
kERNs AND ADAMS TALK
To FARMERS
(Yanceyville Sentinel.)

CYanceyville Sentinel.)
1t is to be regretted that such
small number of our farmers avallet
themselves of the opportunity Of hear
ing Messrs. Kerns and Adams Monday
The small attendance can but be at
tributed to a dissatisfaction n dis
trust of their own movement Whlcf
has lately been aroused in the MIND;
of the farmers by vague rumorS ant
Instrumentation that have been sprea<
through the country, in many IN
stances, by the Outspoken enemies Q
the movement. We DO not oelleve ina
there has been any overt mistake OF
the part o n leader Of the move
ment, but their failure to keep II
closer touch with the has beer
b serious mistake, and has given {
chance for the spread Of this dlssatls'
faction. Both KernS and Adams wen
over the ground carefully and clearly
telling the arner of the work of tht
association since it's beginning. putting
every act in the broad open. At The
conclusion of their masterful. manly
speeches, Mr.. B. S. Graves, who Is no
only one Of the best farmers in the
county but a business man or recog-
nized conservatism, arose and SAID
Fellow Farmers, / have placed
every pound of my tobacco in the
storage warehouse, and I expect to &c
so his year; / am satisfied. | move
that we endorse the action OF the
leaders of this movement and re-af-
firm our allegiance to this association.
There were a dozen seconds to the
motion, and when President VIM. Lea
put the question to the house there
was not a dissenting voice.
We wish we could give the full
speeches, but we haye neither the
words or the space at our command.
We shall simply try to clear up some
Of the MISUNDERSTANDING.
AS to the statement credited to Mr..
Adams by the Danville Register,
1.-The American Tobacco Company is
the farmers best friend" that gentle
man characterized it as
What he did say was in his language:
THAT the American Tobacco Company
has met us in a straightforward man
ner: hat the system or All
auction sale with practically one bid
der was a useless burden; that the In
dependent buyers under present cOndi-
tons were pOWerleSS to aid US: that
the A. T. Co. with it's strong company
and we'll equipped management can
and will be helpful to the farmer in
proportion to the strength attained by
the organization and put into effect
through business methods
AS to the charge adams has sold
outi" which the warehousemen and
A. II. Co. buyers and pinhookers have
hOwled in every moo or the Two
States, President Kerns characterized
ii as ''preposterous and the baSeSt IN
situation ever hurled at an honorable
gentleman" Continuing he said:
Had Mr.. Adams been a man of that
stripe, and had he the inclination to
SO do, he had no opportunity to do
so in connection with the work or
your association. The prices were all
set by your board of directors and not
1pn CONT Of tho ro0nav ma CSaf fhr0l4h
his hands. They know there is MOTH
ing the matter with the principles Of
your association and they are trying
to discredit your leaders in order to
destroy the association. God only
knows what suffering these malicious
yillifiers have caused me: / would have
rather laid down a year ago and died
in honorable peace than to have lived
and had this stigma hurled at my
name and the name of my children"
Goth speakers discussed the oft-re-
peated question, why didn't you get
US a handsomer proft?' The answer
was simply because you gave the
trust SO, 900. 900 pounds of your to-
bacco and your association only p
900. 90 pounds "Ah, you didn't nave
the grit Of your Western brother" said
President Kerns. Ragged and hun
cry they pooled three Q and then
cut out a crop, but you, as soon as
you had pooled a handful began clam
oring and dinging into our ears, Sell!
Sell! Seli!!! If you don't sell we
won't pool another pound! A mighty
sorry record for the sons of liberty
loving sires ~contending for a princl-
pie. We did sell, and we are paying
TO every man the pooling price, which
was so above the market, less l per
cent. for expenses. Had you lost every
pound of this tobacco you have mon
ey. When we began work you were
getting about Z cents for your tobacco.
For three years we have made It bring
you around 9 and 10 cents. Destroy
his association and see how quick it
~ A GREAT DIS