The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-23
LAWSON s PLAN To
CONQUER THE TRUST
Would Overcome the American
Tobacco Combine by Organic
ing Peoples Trust"
IBELIEVES HIS SCHEME
WILL PROVE SUCCESSFUL
Expects to Organize a Patriotic
Society, in Which Stock Has
No Voting Power.
Leased wire to The Tribune.


BOSTON, Jan. 22.-Thomas ". Law
son started for Kentucky today to con-
suit with the Burley Tobacco society as
to the formation of q S50,000,000 ''Pco-
ple's Tobacco Trust. with which to
fight the American TOBACCO company.
Mr.. Lawson today made 10 the Pub
fishers Press the following signed state
ment as to the situation in Kentucky
and the plans he will lay before the
Burley Tobacco society next week.
4 BY THOMAS w. LAWSON.
i $50 much that is misleading has been
4 said since my advent into the Ken
lucky tobacco situation that ] welcome
the opportunity TO set the public
straight on matter which in the very
near future Is sure TO play most
startling and important part in Ameri-
can affairs.
son the outcome Of the now dead
locked issue between the people of Ken
lucky and one of the crystallized per
sonifcations of the deadly trust sys.
TEN depends not only the welfare of
a great state, but the welfare of all
the people of America.
''The men of Kentucky and the legal
person of their Burley Tobacco society
have been at war for several years with
their would-be stranger, the American
Tobacco trust. They have fought the
fight of brave men battling for their
all. The men of Kentucky have whip
ped tho brute tobacco trust to the
place where each rests upon its arms
on the eve of the final battle on the out
come of which depends permanent
peace.
''The Burley society has accomplish
ed all it started out 10 do up to where
it today absolutely controls the Burley
tobacco crop which at fair price is
worth about S23 100000.
''If the tobacco trust buys it at the
fair living price the Burley society
will have won completely.
eff. on the other hand. the Ameri-
can trust. absolutely controlling the to-
bscco industry. refuses TO buy this crop
and continues to refuse until the Bur
ley society must surrender aud accept
the trust price, the BUrlcy trust and the
people of Kentucky viii have been
whipped TO q failure by the tobacco
trust and the Burley society must dis
baud.
This particular Peoples trust will
start with $4,000, 900; twenty odd mil
lions TO buy this crop. the balance for
factories, machinery, etc
How to Crush Trust.
"All that is necessary 10 crush the
tobacco trust is to have: First. an in
Stitution which cannot be captured by
the system.
This, our Peoples tobacco trust
viii have because its stock Will not
have voting power There will be no
necessity for the stock TO carry voting
power because the Peoples Tobacco
trust will be controlled and mani
by board of twcntv-one Nubhc spirit
ed Kentuckians, a board similar to the
savings bank Of Massachusetts. These
trustees will receive no salary and theIl
entire duties will be the selection of d
board of tobacco expert managers who
VIII receive better salaries than the to.
bacco trust can afford TO pay them.
''Thc stock of the Peoplo's Tobacco
trust will pay per cent annually. no
more or no less, as all earnings over
6 per ceut will be returned to the peo
pie in the form of reduced pay on the
goods they consume.
"This stock viii show on its face
that it is absolutely safe from the fact
that all the capital stock paid in goes
first In the hands of the board of
twenty one public officials, serving as
a matter Of honor. Next that it is only
10 the raisers for the raw material and
for factories and machinery at bedrock
prices.
1.-The Peoples Tobacco trust stock,
for tho reasons above given will be
gobbled up by tho tobacco laborors, by
the tobacco consumers, because they will
know that what they pay iu on the Que
hand they take out on tho other either
for their raw material their labor, their
services in reduced price of the goods
they consume or in dividends.
"After laying The above plans before
the Burley society and their admitting
their soundness ] shall say to them l
shall take charge of their Organization
and nj affairs connected Herewith free
of all charge and that as soon AS the
institution had maturcd TO the place
where they could dispense with my
services / would cease any connection
with it.
Publicity Campaign.
SIN this connection | will go TO Ken
lucky and for the first sixty days ad-
J dress thirty monster meetings to he
held throughout the state. So conf
dent am | of the great People s trust
stock that ] will head tho stockholders
list for whatever amount the board of
governors allot me, paying the same as
all other stockholders, 100 cents on the
dollar. This, though, with the under
standing that will not ask for share
if il is wanted by the small investor
''The situation is now: I will next
week in kentucky formulate nv plans
! and IN their formulation will show that
there can be no backing and filing, once
they have been agreed TO.
'lf for any reason my hard and fast
plans should not be acceptable to the
society VIC will part with what has been
{ an agreeable and most pleasant expert.
: encc for me. If. on the other hand.
they are agreeable, commission will
immediately be lnaugnrated and carried
to n finish,
Since leaving Kentucky | believe ]
have shown the trust tho fuiiliiy of
trying TO confnc prairie firo with "A
nasal atomizer. When | am with the
Kentucky people next week / will bet j
will show them that il is a waste of
time and energy to attempt the chang.
lug Of man eater IS spots with a powder
puff. and that tho first gun we viii fire
will clearly show TO the public that the
only proper way TO apply tanning to a
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