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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
PLEDGE CORRECTS
BESETTING EVILS
Contract for This Year Is
Based on Experience of
Three Years.

In 1906 and 1907 a campaign was
made to educate tobacco growers TO
pool their crops for better prices. II
took much teaching and persuasion
but they pooled. The pledges of 1906
and 1907 were such that much tobacco
got away without the society being
able to recover adequate damages and
the faithful had to wait long with add
led expense. Under these pledges the
cost OF handling and carrying were I'M
necessarily high and there was much
friction and many inequalities.
The advocates of the present pledge
wish TO make a campaign that shall
teach the farmers not only to pool but
to pool under a contract that will hold
the tobacco. reduce the costs Of hand.
ling and carrying and do away with
INEQUALITIES and friction.
| The present pledge is the product Of
| three years experience and has for its
sole object the protection Of every man
in the pool. 1t was devised In lie
Interests of economy, uniform system
that will eliminate friction and in
equalities, and expedite the work and
of permanence of the organization and
financial backing that will enable
the growers to meet strategic move
ments Of the manufacturers.
The pledge was devised by those
who have for three years faithfully
served the people and who In the light
OF experience have recommended 10
the growers what seems the strongest
guarantee for a wise, economical and
business plan upon which 20 conduct
the business.
The pledge needs only TO BE- prop
erly understood in order 10 be ap'
proved.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Reply To Anti-POol Speech Of
the Hon. C. M. Clay In Paris
Respondent Says Position and Experience of the Speaker
Are Not Typical and That His Advice Would Dis
arm Those Who May Find Protection Strength
and Independence Only in Union

fluence.
Farmer Should Speak For n.
While the fact that poll. did
do valiant and valued seryi. the
tobacco growers, IS no occ LOT
Ireproach TO either the grove tho
politicians, there is reason w cry
class should develop spokoam its
own ranks. 1t Is a pity that "r lers
do not speak more for thcms. live 1t
Is 70 be hoped that IN the future hey
will be more and more their own
Spokesman.
If the time ever comes when q ain,
lunvarnished statement of facts as
effective with the general public as
the flowers of oratory, perhaps the
farmer will be more encouraged 70 act
as his own attorney. But a dulcet
voice and figures or speech remain a
potent influence with the average
hearer. He does not Away discrim-
mate between sound and sense.
Lack Of Free Speech.
The claim that free speech has been
denied the tobacco growers who did
not favor the pooling idea is ill-found-
ed What prevented any citizen from
taking the rostrum or the columns OF
the public prints II he had any argu
ment to make? There was no intimi
dalton in the Burley belt until the
movement had been In progress one
and one-half years. What kept The
independent tobacco growers silent al
those months? On numerous occa
sions effort was made TO get at the
real reasons that kept the Independent
growers out OF the movement; blu
they seemed to have no reasons tina
would stand the array OF facts ant
principles given by the advocates O
organization. And now they find {
spokesman who Gays they we're afraid
to speak End who now presents NJ
argument that has not repeatedly beer
satisfactorily answered.
Eight Cents Not a Profitable Price.
Mr.. Clay admitted that he did no
for term OF years get over S cent?
for his tobacco and generally G. less.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

lof the 1906 crop for an average Of IS
cents per pound and the pooled portion
Of the 1907 crop for an average 70 II
cents per pound and in addition II
lected from the buyer, $500 per 1es-
head on every hogshead sold th;,lch
the pool. Not only did the pooled ..
bacco bring these prices but there
was n constant rise in the price u
Iunpooled tobacco until it passed pooled
prices. Why then would not every
grower Join hands with his neiglbOr
to make the farmers position Irwin
chile?
Responsibility for Delay.
The one objection to the pool las
been the delay in selling and In Est-
ting returns. The delay In selling vas
due to one cause only-there vas
enough tobacco out Of the pool to iced
the trust until It did buy. II this %
bacco had been on the inside the sales
would have been made at once.
II any large per cent Of this years
crop is pooled the trust will buy as
soon nc the tobacco IS put on tho mar
ket. The experience with the former
crops will have taught the manage
ment of the pool how to collect and
distribute the returns more speedily.
Outsider His Own Enemy
II looks childish to find fault with an
undertaking because It did not each
perfection in It's first efforts. Better
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Indisputable Facts LUM lad Grower
Into Pool Protecting Tobacco Crop

come to the rescue and help solvs
difficulties.
Those who do not pool will have TIN
Spectator, the Louisville and Cincin'
natl warehouses, and the loose leaf
warehouses as n means of selling thelr
tobacco. But for whom does the spec
ulator ultimately buy and who are the
bidders at the auction sales? Vl7-
tually one bidder, the American Tobao-
CO Company. The Independents cam
not really bid IN competition with tho
trust. They cannot manufacture and
sell tobacco bought at prices above
the trusts prices.
Loose Leaf Warehouses q Snare.
The loose leaf warehouse is a delus-
ion and a snare to the grower. II Is
good only for those who own stock n
the warehouse. Their fees. commits
slons and perqulsites are the same
whatever price the tobacco brings
The loose leaf warehouse will pay a
dividend to their stockholders but they
will reduce tho price OF tobacco all
over the surrounding territory. A few
individuals will be helped at the ex-
pense OF the entire community.
Strength Grows with Numbers,
Seeing what the Burley Tobacco So
ciety has accomplished there Is every
reason why those on the outside
should come in and help TO make It
greater success.
This is the best year ever 70 pcol
The farmer knows the conditions. He
knows that there is not a surplus and
cannot be deceived by the trust cry
of over production. Should the pres
ent crop make a surplus, which It n
not at all likely, let the farmer control
the surplus instead Of dumping 1t and
ldaStrOvfp1 tha Dricp
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
THE SOLICITORS
1909 CONTRACT
Careful Study Of Difficulties
Points to 1t AS the AIDE
auate Solution

The solicitors contract was adopted
after long and careful study and DELHI
Grafton. Every possible objection TO II
was considered and threshed out by
the executive committee and the Dis
trict Board.
Some thought that the compensation
was too high in the precincts where
the tobacco could be easily pooled. IL
was then understood that the County
Board of Control could use discretion
and subjoin an additional statement
showing that IN the matter OF compen'
sation the contract had been modified
to meet local conditions. The main
point was that S1.00 was the maximum
compensation; but II the desired re-
suits. an absolutely accurate and re-
liable report Of a given precinct. could
be secured at less cost, the the board
was quite willing that the County Board
of Control should make the best con-
tract II could.
Responsibility OF Solicitor.
But in naming S1.00 as the maximum
oompensation. the committee and the
hoard considered that a man OF suth'
Gent energy. force and influence to
make a successful solicitor would al
tho same time be a nShn who had
business of his own TO attend to and
who would II not soliciting tobacco be
otherwise profitable employed. They
could not ask such man to leave MS
own business and throw his best ener'
giles into this work without adequate
compensation.
They further considered that In some
cases he might have to go again and
again to the same man and that he was
further under obligation to watch al
tobacco pooled by him until 1t was de,
livered to the County Board Of Control
and he would then have TO walt until
the tobacco was sold before he received
bie COMPENSATION. They therefore
thought that $1O0 per hogshead was
mot TOO much as a maximum price.
Accurate Record, Pooled and UnPooled
Sometime before the solicitors con
tract was finally agreed upon Mr.. L.
Evans of Brown county, Ohio, said
IN the executive committee. that In
HE county the local unions would
want to pool the tobacco. 1t was then
and there agreed that the object vas
70 nool the tobacco and TO have an &C
curata report of the acres planted
both pooled and unpooled, and that
the s1OO per hogshead was offered as
an inducement to secure those re-
suits and that if local union through
its chairman or otherwise, could Sign
the solicitors contract there was nc
reason rae why the tobacco should not be
pooled in this way and the Sl'OO go 10
the local unions. From that time on
This was the understanding and was
tt.,,~,LI,, dtecussed and agreed upon
in an all day meeting in Grant county,
July 20. 49,, -. d,
The questions that have been at Is,
sue between the various factions Oh
tobacco growers have their rise III ms
annrebension. The great difficulty in
farmers movement is that they are
SO widely scattered that It Is difficult
TO get any proposition in all Its bear
ings before all of them. The work re
quires the greatest patience and Tor
bearance from all sides. Everybody
wants to do right as soon as he knows
what the right is.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

The solicitors contract OF the Buey Tobacco Society
entered into by and between r
Board Of Control Corporations under
WITNESSETH: parties have employed the
agrees pledge contracts by the
OF
the pooling Of the 1909
shall receive Dollar for every 1000 lbs
parties such contracts which
this employment which shall
sold by FIRST parties and the
shall be entitled to compensation on tot
precincts he parties when said
nonpooers Of the 1909 Of W
number Of
Information concerning
parties may require Of tobacco in
he settlement Ono Dollar for
party shall at all times
and upon his work comply
tract Society cancel this contract
precincts second party and for 1000
pedging Of shall
to his final settlement
Witness parties hereto this
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
POOL FHCHTENSOF THOUSANDS BURLEY
TOBACCO GROWERS WILL COMBAT TRUST
pREo1NoT soL1o1roR,s ooNTRAoE FoR 1903 o1oP.

the 1909 crop IS as follows:
aurley Tobacco Society, and the
laws of Kentucky, Of the hrs'
Precinct of said County. OF the
oarty and the second party hereby
a Of Burley Tobacco in.........-.-
unity ........ .O'aIos
acco TO and with said first parties.
lights OF such tobacco. SO secured
said precinct. as full compensation
Maid out of the expense fund Of the
ted.
N outside Of his assigned precinct or
ed in to the Society "a complete
vn IN his assigned precinct or pre-
thereon, and he shall furnish from
co grown in his precinct as the first
but rot. pledged, which he fails to
} lbs. rown thereon.
his work promptly and diligently.
any OF the conditions Of this con-
t parties may recontract said pre-
If tobacco second party mas failed to.
arged one dollar which shall be paid
.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

He admitted that these prices so dis
couraged him that he turned two Of
his tobacco barns into cattle barns.
II Mr.. Clay cannot raise tobacco for
s cents and less why does he expec;
other farmers to be content with suca
prices? When no got cents ami
less for tobacco. be had such excellent
grazing lands that he could readily
turn his barns into cattle barns. N1t
so with the hill county farmer who's
land is not suited 20 grazing.
Strategy Of tho Trust
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
MISSOURI GROWER
PLEADS FOR UNION
Cites Revolution In Condi-
tions In Burley Belt AS
Convincing Argument

From Holt, Clay county, Mo-. undeS
date Of August 9, 1909, Mr.. p. =,
Brown writes to the editor of The Lex
ington Leader as follows:
Much is being said in Kentucky IN
regard to the pooling Of the 1909 to-
bacco crop. In the name OF common
sense why Is It that farmers can not
get together? II has been clearly
shown in the past, II is the only way
TO control the price OF tobacco. Surely
the farmers have forgotten the past.
Not very many years ago l remember
when the man who had a crop Of to.
bacco to sell had to make several tripl
to the city 10 persuade the buyer TO
come and look at his crop. only to bO
offered five or six cents.
What Brought the Change.
stop and think for a moment what
brought about this wonderful change
In prices. It IS needless to inquire.
Every farmer and tenant in the to
bacco belt OF Kentucky understands
that the prevailing high prices thas
have existed for the last year or twd
are entirely due to the tobacco pool
and Just now while the farmer has
things his way for the first time IN
the history of kentucky, in the mama
OF the grand old commonwealth, stand
together; United we stand. divided wa
| fall.
Would Like 20 Pool In Missouri.
81 am one Of the few who decided
to try tobacco In Missouri and I find
| that II grows as we'll here as IN any
part OF the Blue Grass region OF Ken
lucky. There are several KentuCkians
here raising tobacco. All told there
are about 400 acres IN Clay and Clla-
ton counties, and II we could pool our
crop we would only be glad 10 90
so. I have twenty acres in one field
and farmers have come for miles 10
see It and to find out how to ham
die It,"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Is This Prosperity j!

10000 unemployed men and women
cannot secure work in New York City.
200 men have been discharged from
Blackwell's Island workhouse before
expirations of their sentences to make
way for others sent in.
900 willing heads of families, unable
to secure work, are being supported by
the Associations for the improvement
of the poor. In 1907 the number was
10.
$50 able men, unable to get work,
were sent to the workhouse in the last
three months by city magistrates on
their own requests.
10000 union men in New York State
have been forced from their organiza-
tions for lack of funds to pay dues.
$34, $4,000 was withdrawn from 13S
savings banks in New York State last
year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Rich Mems Gifts are Poor r

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Mr.. Er1csons old House.

Go see it, it's beauty. 1t stands
out among all its neighbors, because
the coloring is so bright and clear.
Mr.. Ericsson painted with l.. & Al.
Paint and says it cost 1-3 less than ever
before. He bought only II gallons Of
l.. & NJ. Paint and 8 gallons of Linseed
Oil to mix with it. This made q gal
Ions of pure paint, and cost only S1.2O
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
DON'T EXPERIMENT
YOU WILL MAKE.NO MISTAKE IF YOI
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These are all symptoms of kidney trou-
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Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
THREE MILLION MATCHES
STRUCK EACH MINUTE.

By the end of the brief minute taken
to read these paragraphs the nations OF
the civilized world will have struck
three million matches. This is the
average for every minute of the twenty
four hours of the day. Fifteen hun
dred billion is the enormous number
for the entire year, and those living
under the American flag are said to be
responsible for the consumption of one
half of this amount.
The importance of the industry which
turns out the little splinters of wood
tipped with sulphur or some other ma
terial ignited by friction is only rec
ognized when the average smoker tries
to contemplate his predicament if he
had to go back to the time when he
had to coax spark from finder box.
OF course, the answer is, he would
smoke great deal less because of the
difficulty in getting light, or else, on
the-other hand, smoke continuously in
order to keep alive the fire at the end
of his stogie or Havana, pipe or cigar
cite, as the case might be.
Small and insignificant as it is, the
match demands perhaps as much at
tention in the choice of the wood 60
ing into its manufacture as any other
forest product. Only the choicest por-
tions of the best trees are suitable. Sap
wood, knotty or cross-grained timber
will not do. Instead of being a by
product of other articles of manufac-
ture. the little match is turned out sat
hundreds of mills over the country
where the by-product are bulky objects
like doors, sash, shingles, siding, posts
and cord-wood. The pines, linden,
aspen, white cedar, poplar, birch, and
willow are the most suitable match
timbers.
The match h-makers-not the matri-
monial kind-are already finding that
the amount of choice timber available
Is dwindling. Forest conversation, if
applied to the HOLDINGS of the match
companies, like it is on Uncle Sans
National Forests in the West, will do
much to make the supply sufficient for
a longer number of years than would
be the case if the old-time wasteful
numbering methods of few years ago
should continne. The rapid increase
in stumpage prices is one of the chief
factors iu encouraging the wise was of
the forests where suitable match TIM
Der is available.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Alone In Saw-m1ll at Midnight.

unmindful of dam pness, drafts, storms
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Lime. FOR VIRGINIA farms.
Its Use Not Always Profitable
MORE IMPORTANT MEANS OF MAIN
TANNING FERTILITY.

MORE IMPORTANT MEANS OF MAIN
TANNING FERTILITY.
At the great Educational Conference
recently held in Richmond, it was
stated, as one of the characteristics OF
Virginians as class that they are apt
to be enthusiastically wholly<o on one
side or the other rather than on conser-
vative middle ground. This alleged
trait, which is admirable in most cases,
but unfortunate in others, is illustrated
in the present enthusiasm over the use
of lime on farm lands. Because lime has
given very beneficial results on certain
soils, particularly in Piedmont and
Middle Virginia, and because these re-
suits have been widely advertised,
farmers all over the Stale are now con-
sidering the advisability of investing
heavily in lime for use next season. A
great many have come to believe, as a
recent writer in the Covington Dis
patch puts it, in speaking of ground
limestone rock, that lime is snatureS
greatest and most universally applica-
bic enricher of the SOIL"
Surely this is going too far and too
fast. Lime has been used for centuries,
and every quarter of century or so,
there has been slime craze" like the
one through which we are now passing.
Why not accept the teaching of these
centuries, which is that lime like, ev-
cry other kind of fertilizer or soil
amendment, is beneficial in some cases,
but of little value in others, depending
upon the kind of CROP the kind of soil,
and the way the soil has been handled.
1t is quite probable that not half of the
farms of the State, especially those
west of the Blue Ridge, would respond
profitably to lime.
The reasonable way to handle this
problem is for every farmer to expert
ment with lime, in very small way,
until he is sure that it pays on his
farm; and to make up his mind that
through tillage, the saving of farm
manures, and the use of leguminous
green manuring crops are now and will
continue to be infinitely more import
ant means of maintaining fertility than
the use of lime alone. In fact, lime is
usually the merest incident in the
maintenance of fertility.
We are advised that the Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station at
Blacksburg will soon publish an illus
trated bulletin on this timely topic,
discussing the various forms of lime,
giving directions for burning lime on
the farm, and reporting the results of
its experiments on the use of lime in
several sections of the State. Especial
attention will be given to the use of
ground limestone rock, since the value
of this material, as compared with
burnt lime, seems to have been greatly
over estimated by some. We suggest
that those farmers who have not al
ready proved to their own satisfaction
that lime is needed on their soil, would
do well to defer makingy an large in
vestment in this material until they
have read this bulletin.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31
Looking Ones Best.

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Stung for Is Years

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-12-31

The Guyan Valley Coal, Land and
Lumber Co., recently stated as incor-
porated with capital stock of 100000
contemplates the development of TIM
ber and coal, and has about l, 700 acres
of coal land and $500 acres of virgin
timber in Campbell county, w. Va.