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

Bourbon county. His wealth alc
prestige made him a man that W,
American Tobacco Company WANT.
to keep out Of the farmers movements
for better prices. II is told on Gooo
authority that an American IoD ,..,-s
Company buyer said that they We.
Instructed to give Mr. Clay good pIITy ~.
A Bourbon county farmer says 'ls'
on one occasion he and Mr. Gay 40
Nvered tobacco at the same tlmo ~
the same warehouse and that MT. ny
received several cents more per pouh1
FOR his tobacco than this farmer re-
ceived. The farmer protested and re-
ceived the reply. when you get %
Mr.. Clays position you can command
large prices too
Trust Patronlzes the influential
A State Senator says that he re-
ceived so much better prices for ms
tobacco than his neighbors received
that he was often asked to sell othei
mems tobacco in his name and that EC
did so sell il The American Tobacco
Company Is conscious hat IL needs Tho
influence OF prominent men and It j.
willing 10 pay the price-to some al
rectly. TO others indirectly. THESE men
have been paid for their influence
whether they realize it or not and Il
the tobacco Is not pooled this year
they will be further paid.
Those who are advocating organiza
ton for better prices for tobacco an
swer MIR. Clay's claim that the Ameri
can Tobacco Company has always paid
him satisfactory prices by admltilu
the claim. They accept Mt Cay
statement that he got fancy prices
without the pool. But they contend'
First. that the American Tobacco
Company was buying. however uncon
sciously TO Mr.. Clay. Mr.. Clay's IN
fuence. not his tobacco; second, tna'
the American Tobacco Company d'c
not pay the average man IN proportion
10 what Mr.. Clay received, and ina
this movement Is made for the boneh'
OF the average man.
Returns Per Acre.
Mr.. Clay expresses himself as wei
content with the returns per acre that
he has received from his lands. Mr.
Clay owns q tract of land that cannot
be equalled by six other tracts OF the
same size in Kentucky or elsewhere
He has suficicn, virgin soil - rails,
tobacco for twenty years without evei
planting il twice on the same land
The yield in pounds is SO large, so ia'
above the average. as 10 produce
large increase even al a low price PEE
pound
Further Evidence Of Fsvoritisn1.
Further evidence that Mr.. Clay ha
been favored in prices by the American
Tobacco Company IS the fact tina
while his land makes a heavy yield th
tobacco IS heavier. darker and d
coarser texture than the hill count
tobaccos. Mr.. Clay says his Tobacco
sold through the pool, (graded on
basis Of Il cents for an average crop
for 1659.1OO cents per pounds. MI
Clay's tobacco then must have bee
something below the average for IN
entire district. The writer of thi
knows OF Mason county crops tina
sold for 81 cents through the pool an
Of owen county crops that sold for 3
cents Now while Mr.. Clay was ge
ting 10 cents, II cents, 12la cents pc
hound for his belOw-the-average-lT
quality tobacco, these hill county me
we're getting cents, Z cents and
cents for the best tobacco grown, ligb
In color, fine in texture and satlny i
surface. Mr.. Clay should not have cor
fined his investigation 10 his ow
neighborhood nor 'o Bourbon count
Mir Clay is asked 20 Join this move