Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-23
Chas. E. Barker sustains
His Plea For an Open
Market.
GIVES THE STATISTICS
To Show That Supply and
Demand Control Price
of Weed.

Rural Free Dulaney sends me a
copy Of a Louisville paper Of Febru-
airy 9th, that has an article from E.
L. Davenport. In an editorial on
the same page l learn that Mr.. Dav-
export is one Of the official heads of
the A. S. of E.
Please let me commend to Prest.
D. the last section of this editorial
and add that "in the mouths of babes
and stockings there is found wis
DOM"
1--WE are always glad to open our
columns to the discussion of any and
all topics affecting the welfare of
farmers, and are particularly glad
to publish communications from
men of the intelligence and high
standing of Mr.. Barker and Mr.. Dav-
export"
After questioning my honesty of
purpose and intelligence-as has be-
come a habit of these self-appointed
guardians of us Reubens and Hay
seeds who refused to anoint their
feet, he proceeds as follows:
81 believe in scientific production
ef crops as taught by our agricul-
tBSi schools and-farm journals. I
also believe in scientific selling as
taught by the A. S of E.
There is a great deal of sensible,
practical experience sent out by our
agricultural schools and farm journ-
ais, and to head the list of the latter
l suggest the Farmers Home
Journal" that has been knocking
theory and nonsense for 80 years to
my personal knowledge. know
that more sense should be applied to
work of Farmers Institutes and
meetings, where subjects Of common
interest would be discussed by men
who are broad and experienced and
who have given careful thought to
their consideration. do not be-
lieve in selling as taught by the AS.
of E. for not only is it unscientifc
but each day that passes shows its
foundation is not secure. Mr.. D.
asked me to take notice of statistics
of tobacco that I presume he gets
from the Year Book of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. learn from
what he says that I'VE produced 718
million pounds of tobacco in 1908. ="
Just about years supply for the
world. Then he supposes that if
the Kentucky Burley folks had pro-
duced their average portion of 100
millions there would have been in
stead of a years supply produced in
1908-about $50 million surplus
this he says the trust would use to
beat down prices and go back to
tnslf old argument-'over- produc-
ton.
Now, Mr.. D. agree fully in all
this, simply in place of the word
trust insert the law of supply and
demand and we stand on the same
platform and you will be one of Chas
E. Barker's followers. If not i'm
pertinent, what will the A. S. Of E.
do this year when Kentucky will not
only produce her 100 millions-but
200 or more millions then with a
crop in the world of nearly one bill
lion pounds. / want to know how
,Eill you Fellows who have assumed
control of the price Of farm products
manage it?
read very carefully what you
say about organizing with "Johnnies
on the spot" A. S. of E. all over
the country from Dan to Beer Sheba.
make every section attend to its own
business. and not produce any crop
that will conflict with its neighbor.
That the earth is the "A. S. Of Els
and the fullness thereof, etc. Then
ana then only eaa We maintain per
manent and profitable prices on to-
bacco" Let me say you have zeal
without knowledge. grit aitiiouf