The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22
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man 800 to go to gild the palaces of
tyranny across the water, than to pay
his brother 81 10 help him build up
his own fortunes. He isn't bad man
got one OF those shirt-holding heads
with nothing in It.
Works For Love Of Cause.
My friends, | can afford to talk. |
have campaigned this issue in seven
different states. Ewing offered me a
check of the Planters Protective AS
sociation for 81, 500 for actual expenses
and I refused to receive 1t. All my
life | have never received anything
from any tobacco association for the
price of a cigarette-dont want it. |
am here today as a love-onering TO
you in q common cause, and | have
left important business to be here, and
It profits me nothing, and by the etern-
al God will go through as | started,
with no other reward than the love and
gratitude of the people.
Takes Brains TO Fight Brains.
But ! tell you, you cannot get a man
with brains enough. with courage
enough. TO measure swords with the
greatest financial kings of the world,
unless you pay him for It. And you
can't get me. in my professional ca
| pacity, without paying for my serv-
| ices. ! am a lawyer III come here
and talk tobacco all day and charge
nothing, because this is a passion with
me. am a crusader in the cause
But II you should shoot somebody and
come TO me and ask me to defend you,
Iff you were in good shape, you would
| have to cut Off a pretty good hunk
from that roll. That is my business,
and I charge for tending to it, and the
man is fool that don't. Each fellow
must take care OF his own. An asso-
citation would be lacking in business
capacity if it did not realize that the
men who handle millions are worthy
( Of their hire
Good Business to Pay WE'LL
| The late Il. II. Hartman was paid
/ a fortune every year. Did the stock
holders in the railroads Of which he
was the king, kick? No, because he
made for them 10 per cent or more
/ on their stock The head of the Steel
Trust gets a million a year. Do the
stockholders object? Not at all. be
cause he pays them from 10 to Is per
cent on their money invested in stock
/ You have got a president that paid
/ YOU 500 per cent on nearly $4,000, 900
Z If | were tobacco raiser and | be-
leyed that tobacco would bring Just
as much without the association as
with it, | wouldn't join it, You don't
do this as a matter Of sentiment or
patriotism, as a matter of religion
You do it as a matter of business.
Fewer Independents Than Ever.
Don't you tell me that there is COM
] petition in this business. There wasn't
any when we organized There are
fewer independents i'm the tobacco field
today than ever Do you know that
four years ago | went into a meeting
of the Finance Committee in the Sen
ate and there was a fellow there ap-
pearing before the committee. presi-
dent of the Independent Tobacco Manu-
facturers' Association. There were
dozens Of them sitting around there
and each one said they were indie
pendent l walked into that room and
said: There amt a one of these men
that is Independent. There amt one
that the trust don't own, and they are
stool pigeons Of the trust They got
malone fellow rolled up his sleeves
and wanted 10 fight But he didn't
fight. All that was said or done was
that ! couldn't make Il stump speech
before that committee and It was or
dcred stricken out of the minutes.
] Confirmed BY Herbert Knox Smith.
/ have here today the first volume
/ Of a two-volume report by Herbert
Knox Smith. in which he brings proof
/ that that man was the representative
Of r. A. Patterson Company and that
every one Of them was representing
companies that had 80 per cent Of their
stock owned by the American Tobacco
! Company-proof Of it-R. a. Patter-
| son, Butler & Bosner, eleven OF them.
They posed rs Independents and are
owned by the trust And II an in
dependent isn't owned by the trust, it
isn't a competitor Of the trust.
co Per Cent Makes the Price.
| II has been settled that whenever
one concern gets as much as GO per
cent Of a business, il can make the
nrice-thct oGSht ~ be encouraging 10
| YOU pColers, by the way. The Ameri-
can Steel Company owns 60 per cent
I Of all the structural iron that is made
/ in the United States. but It don't con-
/ troll GO per cent of the price. Il con.
J trolls il all-beCause there is a demand
/ for 100 per cent Of If, and the indie
/ pendent knows that If he undersells
| the trust. that the trust will put him
out Of business. and so the independent
waits and gets what prices are quoted
by the trust and he Is glad enough 10
take advantage Of the high prices, and
he is too weak 20 start competition.
Trust Uses 95 Per Cent Of Burey.
According "a. the report of the Fed
eral Court after four years Of investi-
cation. 50 per cent of the tobacco that
is raised in Kentucky is bought by the
trust and 3 per cent by tho various
independently they are independ,
ents. You go ont and depend upon
per cent keeping up the price for the
90 per cent-the man that would be-
lieve It in the face OF what we know
about these great corporations, | can
take him out here behind this court
house and feed him tallow candle,
and make him believe II is a banana
he Is mesmerized
No Retreat.
You can continue 10 sell your tobac.
co at the nrlce Won tnst sold n for.
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