The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22
Hon. J. Campbell CantriN
Urges Signing of pledge

for aud the American Tobacco Com
pany is going to buy your tobacco the
same way, and you will have no pro-
lection save the protection that you
have built up in the last two years in
the Burley Tobacco Society and the
Society of Equity. Going into the
field organizing the farmers and teach
ing them cooperative farming and
standing together. That is our only
hope. We want to maintain our local
union and meet from time to time and
educate ourselves. We want to branch
out in this work and go into new ter.
ritory
Noble Work Of Mr.. Ferguson.
Mr. Ferguson explained to you about
the contract, and l am proud of Mr..
Ferguson He is enc of the biggest
farmers in our county, he is president
Of one of our banks, he is Scott
county man. and he does make the
best explanation of this contract that
| have heard made by any man in the
Burnley Tobacco Society on the stump.
He is the kind of men that we want.
/ MI ferguson don't have to work for
Ia living. He has got a thousand acres
Of the best Blue Grass land that crow
ever lew over He is president of
bank He can live independent. But
he has ridden day and night for almost
three years over the county and dis
triCt as matter of principle. That is
what we want our big men to do. lie
is into this thing to help us ALL you
and me, the people who haven't got so
much as he has That is the charac-
ter Of man that we are willing to
identity ourselves with. to build up an
organization of this kind.
Ao Good AS Bank Stock.
We talk about the 10 per cent propo-
sition. | didn't like the 10 per cent
proposition at first. But let us think
about this thing You and | go out
and put out a crop of tobacco for the
first Tine, clear off hillside and put
70 into tobacco. Is that the end Of it?
Not az all. Our expense the first year
Is just beginning when we get that
crop Of tobacco almost ready to so
into the house. The next thing is TO
build the barn. Tho first year man
raises a crop of tobacco he is very
lucky { il don't take the whole crop
20 pay for barn room to put IT in. You
don't Give this 10 per cent to the Bur
Icy Tobacco Society or 10 the Society
of Equity. This 10 per cent for which
you get stock belongs to you. II is as
good as bank stock. 1t belongs 20 you
and you put up that amount in order
TO warehouse your tobacco, store and
handle your tobacco, just as you put
mp your 100 per cent to house it In
your own barn the first year you raise
H. and you won't have TO put il up
any year after the first year.
Trust Not Hurt
There Is no reason why any of MS
should hold back any longer I know
that Eentuckians are kind-hearted PEG
pic Their svmnathies are easily
worked upon, but don't let your sym
pathy he imposed upon on the idea
THAT the American Tobacco Company
cant afford 10 pay you 10 cents. 4
! don't make any difference TO them
what thoy have to pay. all they want
TO kno v is that the other fellow has
TO ny just as much II is rue The
hC ks of~the American Tobacco Com
pany show that they only cleared $40,
100000 last year after giving he Il
cents. but I think they can manage to
struggle along on that: so don't lot
yogr sympathies run away with you.
Efcauso they turn around and put it
sou the consumer and though We have
some sympathy for the consumer. we
are tobacco grow ers and he consumer
can organize and take care Of him
self ! don't think the consumer
is going TO kick, because believe that
90 nor cent out of every hundred that
use tobacco would he willing to take
a little slice off his plug in order 10
help ont the tobacco growers down
here I'm Kentucky
World Wonders and Applauds.
My follow Kentuclians as you stand
today. 4 think the Kentucky farmer
stands rs the highest type Of citizen.
BY the lindness of the tobacco growers
of my district, ! have been able TO
stand upon the floor Of the Federal
Congress. | see men from every corn
or of this great nation. and | have hal
hundred of men to ask me: "Cantrill.
how is It that you got tho Kentucky
farmers to organize? The farmers
everywhere else failed 20 do it, How
did the Eentucky farmers organize and
stand together and whip he biggest
trust iu this country except one?"
There is but one answer and that is
that Keutuckians are the gamcst. the
braycst the truest, and the most de-
voted To principle. My friends I want
TO tell YOU that today IN tae cstima-
.tjCI Of ne public minds Ct This coun-
try you stand as leaders of the farm
g. of the nation, and beg YOU not TO
70. This cause fail and go pack into the
AGud, of the trust and thereby lose the
confidence of the peopla of tie nation
stand together. Hold up he beacon
.il-a to al the other farmers. and with
.oII Kentucky in the lead, issue the rat
tie cry f.r all the other states to fail
In behind us and march on to victory
AMI high prices.
Cents a Ressonabs Price.
Another proposition | want 10 call
your attention 20. There rs pending
/ jn The Federal courts today suit
against tie Burley Tobacco Society. a
.sW, oeaust every man tina, pooled to-
aacco In 1906 and 1907, in which they
ale Undertaking to break up this or
81 nilatiou. in which they ore under
taking 20 restrain you ali me in the
future by the judgment o. our own
'CoJIt from combiYily. Have you read
The petition in which they set cut the
fact as DOL pigeons of the trust, that
they have been damaged S2j0000 be-