The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01


saved you hundreds Of thousands of
dollars | remember one instance
where proposition was made to the
board to exchange influence by which
pledges were to be signed for one
fourth of cent per pound upon the
tobacco pooled. Mr.. LeBus did not be-
lieve that the party making the pro-
position welded the power he claim
ed. He had faith in your manhood and
you indicated It, so instead of the
pooling costing s250,OO0, it cost only
$4,000. 1t was his judgment and poise
that saved you 100000.
Blue Grass Must Take Stand.
This is the most momentous ques.
ton before the State, and combination
Is the first momentou9 question before
the nation. Organization Is the rule,
even down to news boys and boot
blacks. We no longer have an open
market; we are many sellers meeting
one buyer. The equation must be
! balanced.
ITO those who believe that Woodford
county will not pool the bulk of her
tobacco, ] say that | believe the man
hood OF Woodford county to be of a
higher order. l believe that you will
pool 95 per cent The grower OF
the Blue Grass shall not ride
| through to success or the back of the
planter OF the hills, as he did last year.
II you do not want this pool we will
close it October first, and join you
in race to market.
Loose Leaf Market.
I'm the past the buyers have told you
to bring in your tobacco and they would
pay you what they pleased. Today
the loose leaf warehouses tell you to
bring it in, and they will charge you
for selling 1t TO the American Tobacco
Company.
They are simply a toll gate. There
is but one buyer with a paid booster
to give a semblance Of competition. If
there is a difference between the old
and the new form of opposition | favor
the old.
The Governors Prediction.
Governor Wilson made the predlc-
tion that If the last pool were prose
cuted 1t would drive Kentucldans to
other states and property would de-
crease in value. Instead property has
advanced and conditions this year APP
proach prosperity. Only il you fail to
sign this pledge can his predictions
come true,
There is a lot Of talk about this 10
per cent reserve not being fair to the
small grower He has been paying so
per cent TO the American Tobacco Com
pany and not getting a scratch Of a pen
TO show for 1t. Under this plan he will
invest 10 per cent but will get it back
in profits every year If all tobacco OF
l906,7 had been commingled we would
have received % cents.
War on the Outsider.
THE bumper feeds the Trust We
do. not propose to allow the outsider
to ride in on our backs this time. We
have sent to Missouri. West Virginia,
Tennessee and Indiana to determine
how much is grown in those districts.
At home we have two books, ono for
those who pool and another, fttingly
yellow in color. for those who do not.
ION October first we will know exact
ly what percent of tobacco is signed, !
and unless IS per cent or so per cent
Is in the pool we will declare it off. |
II the pool goes through | believe Off |
cals of the Burley Tobacco Society !
will go to the American Tobacco Com
pany with the proposition; Buy the
pooled tobacco and we will sell ii at
reasonable price, but We must protect |
those who have cast their fortune with |
us. So if you buy tobacco outside the
pool. what We have will cost you dear.
/ venture the assertion that every |
pound of pooled tobacco will be sold |
and paid for before q single outsider !
can dispose of so much as tub"
Miss Lloyd Eloquent.
Miss Lloyd delivered an eloquent |
talk upon the higher aims of the move
ment; what its success meant to the !
whole state-to education, TO charities,
to public institutions, to churches, to |
homes, 10 comfort and culture. She
said in part: AL that You do not con
sumo in day you store away In
money or property. Is money
a thing to be despised? What deter
mines the number of rooms in your
home? What determines how long you
may keep your children in college?
What determines whether you shall
have medical attention when there is
in the home? What affords
you recreation and vacations If you
walk or ride: have comforts and cul-
ture or do without them; have good
and teachers, good
churches and preachers-money regu-
ates it all. Character and high stand
ards are things of first importance-are
the Indispensable things. Yet for ma
.eria ends money is the agent upon
which the world relies, and its pursuit
must be a worthy purpose.
Brains Versus Drawn.
In the absence Of a crowd as great
rs had characterized meetings else
where, Miss Lloyd found evidence of
he saying that Mr.. Duke had won in
past years because he worked his brain
while the farmer worked his muscles.
what is this all about" she said?
Is money getting below high ideals?
remember that when Judge Gregory
presumed to call Kentucky to order he
said this was a commercial proposition.
and the Courier-Jourual said the
trouble In Kentucky was fuss about
money One might have thought that
Judge Gregory had never needed a
ZEE, and that the Courier-Journal had
lever collected a subscription.
Money Is the necessary means to
most desirable ends.
Tobacco viii Replenlsh Treasury.
when the tobacco grower, the man I
whose crOp Is Kentucky'S mainStay,