The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-06-10

ator IN the last Legislature have been
such as to commend him to the Democ-
racy Of the famous Ashland District.
Resolved, That the people of Bour-
bon county know him to be both able
and upright, and that no breath of sus-
plclOn has ever been attached to his
public or private character.
Resolved, That as State Senator
IN the last Legislature, he was the
fearless and earnest champion of the
people against the combination of in
terests which sought to control legisla-
ton and dictate laws. Senator Thomas
is true Democrat, has ALWAYS stood
by his party and has never aided or
abetted it's enemies.
Resolved, That the members of
the committee earnestly endorse his
candidacy and pledge him our individual
and undivided support, and urgently
appeal to all good Democrats to ac-
lively interest themselves in his behalf.
and to use every honorable effort to
bring out the full vote of the district"
J Under the headline, ''Mr. Cantrill
and the Burley Pool" former Cover
nor j. {. w. Beckham had the follow
ing. editorial in the Sunday issue of his
daily newspaper, the Frankfort Jour-
nal:
GOV. BECKHAM'S EDITORIAL.
! Some errors or mistakes may have
been committed by the promoters of
the Burley Tobacco Pools. 1t detracts
nothing, however, from the incalculable
benefits which have come to the grow
ers, who make this admission. Others
who critlcise might not have done SO
we'll 1t is but fair to say that not
withstanding. these errors, if such there
be, that the success of this gigantic
undertaking has not been surpassed bv
any other business venture of like
magnitude in the Commonwealth The
continuance of the pool is Indispensable
necessary for the protection of the
growers of Burley tobacco, because the
very day that the producers dissolve
the pool, or refuse to renew it. they
voluntarily place themselves, and their
product. at the mercy of the American
Tobacco Company. This means a re-
turn to old starvation prices.
! Prudence and self-interest, there
fore, dictate the continuance of the
pool. The growers may be certain that
the American Tobacco Company will
not go out of business, and as long as
this power ul enemy remains in the
field, 70 oppose them, they must pro-
tect themselves by compact organiza-
ton. The same reason for the for
nation of the pool which existed in the
beginning exists to-day for it's con-
tinuance
"Mr. Cantrill is an avowed enemy of
the Burley Society Pool He raises
objections to the form of the pledge.
He counsels the growers not to enterit.
The effect of his advice is simply to
leave the growers at the mercy of the
American Tobacco Company and force
them in the future to accept the price
offered by that company. If he can
succeed in destroying this pool he will
accomplish more than all its paid at
torneys or agents could do, and for
such service it would be willing to paw
an immense sum of money.
Mr. Cantrill is simply an iconoclast.
He wants to tear down but cannot
rebuild. He has neither the power nor
means to make another pool. His
Equity Society is incapable and incom-
petent to organize and carry on sue
cessfully such great enterprise. It's
managers are, in the main, aliens to
the tobacco producing counties of Cen
trail Kentucky, and strangers to the
management of such vast and impor-
tant business. The pool is in the hands
of experienced resident Burley growers,
who can be changed at the will of those
who enter it. They have demonstrated
their ability to conduct this immense
business. Why change them for un-
known managers at the dictation of
Mr. Cantrill?
"Who would Mr.. Cantrill put in
charge of the pool which he suggests?
Has ne any better or more competent
managers to offer? If so, let him
name them, in order that the people
may judge. But how are the growers
to know that the men that he might
name could do better? Indeed, how
can you know that they will even do as
well? Who can vouch for this? Con-
cede that Mr. Cantrll may belie-e that
the pool can be improved upon by
others. yet he may be mistaken, and if
so, the loss will fall upon the growers
and not upon him. In such a contln-
gency, if his pool should prove a fail
ure, with the Buriey Pool destroyed,
the condition Of the grower would be
just what it was in the beginning.
The dog, in the fable, crossing
stream with a bone in his mouth,
dropped it to grab at the shadow. If
the growers give up the present pool,
they will find themselves in the same
attitude that this dog was-the bone
will be gone and they will only have
Mr.. Cantrill's elusive shadow of a
pool.