The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22

lands i'm Central Kentucky which yield
1000 pounds Of tobacco per acre. but
the average yield uer acre for the
county OF Mason is less than 1000
pounds. and Mason is more than an
average county
Grain Crops Require Large Areas.
Ii the question is raised why do not
Kentucky farmers raise corn. wheat
and hay instead of tobacco? the an-
swer is tina, the amount of agricultural
land in Eenwcsy IFS ino limited for the
employment of tie farming labor to- be
found there upon crops, requiring the
areas necessary for corn, wheat and
hay. In the new states of the West,
the farmer with given amount of
labor does obtain q much larger re.
turn from corn. wheat and hay Than
the Kentucky farmer does from TO-
bacco.
Calls For Better Methods.
Is it not raprahens.hie TO hold an
economic practice that is % relic "
antiquity rather than 10 embrace the
doctrine Of cooperation as against that
Of competition ass applied TO ugricu.'
ture?
Business Expectancy Uurges Pool.
NV 10 i.IItF .'4''. t.A IAII| A| Jus AIItln
pcdiencwy urges that the pooling move
ment be removed without a moments
delay and with increased vlg0r II can
be understood how conservative husi-
ness men and good citizens could have
held aloof from previous pools, be.
lieving that llr J. b. Duke OF the trus.
expressed the exact truth when be
said: Damn the farmers, they won't
f,r
the pool has been demonstrated a sue
cess.
Former Pool Increased Prices.
The farmers have received for TWO
crops Of tobacco as much or more than
they would have received for three
crops under the old regime OF trust
domination. I say this adVlaedly. being
the son of a grower and having close
touch with my fathers business affair.
The cases of which one sOmcrnes
hears, that seem % discredi- this state
ment, l believe will Doe found To- Oe
exceedingly rare. I know Of not a
single po0ler in the whole county Of
Mason who will call in question the
statement that I have made.
Trusts Strategic Position Weak lncom-
parable Opportunity
The further reason for pushing tho
pool az this time is that the tobacco
trust is On far weaker strategic posi-
ton than &c has ever been before. To
is known that the supply of raw mate
rial is not large and must be replaced
at an early date. Hence. the feasible
tv Of a succcsu l pooling movement
has never been comparable 10 that
which exists at present To allow
this moment of vantage -0 pass unlm-
proved would boo 10 ncrpo<a.e a glgan-
tic economic n'gnder
Remove Cause OF humiliation. In
crease Revenues,
II we look with regret uDOn Tho TACT
that the per capita of wealth ito k.n-
lucky Is one dollar 90 Ohios two, 'o
Pennsylvania Illinois and Nas-1-
chusetts two and q bgf 6nor..n-
standing hordes OF imm.-ran- that
every year Cock into these states. II
we look with regret upon OBJ. .ao-
that public erhoo. education. college
and university education iu kouuC.~
are at a uIserably low eoo AS come
pared with tho same In the states or
the North. East aid Wos~-t we look
with humiliation upon tho rac- THAT we
are dependent upon the bounty OF aa--
eru and Northern Cari-a.i'ss for lt0-
lie libraries and endowma0+e for cole
leCee and universities. should We r"-
at this moment take steps which. as
has been demonstrated Will Increase
the revenues Of Kentucky by ms Hons
Of dollars.
Do Not Force 90 LyHe- Dsptnt, 49,
Let us have IN end OF Light riainr
But 10 attain this shall we cor$ .
Klntucky farmers 10 meet the bue'-
ness conditions Of tho twentieth con-
fury with the business methods of The
nineteenth and and eightoonth' Shall
we force our farmers 10 SIN lower
depth OF economic degradation?