The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-12-23
TO PUT TOBACCO AT
LIVING PRICE
NEW POOL MOVEMENT IS start
60 IN eURLEv COUNTIES
WITH ENTHusiAsm

Clarence =. Tate returned from Leu
ington Wednesday. where he attend
ca tho meeting OF tobacco grovers
and took prominent part In the work
oil organizing another pool for nexf
year, Both independents and former
poolerE Joined In the movement, ana
u promises to sweep the BurIey dis,
uict ~ storm. Men who have hfth.
erto fought the pool, but have seen
the effect Of It's failure in the lower.
ing. OF tobacco, prices have Joined in
the movement and II Is believed that
the organization OF the new pool for
lyil means a great thing for the q,
bacco grower Prices at the l,exiux
ton breaks this week jumped two
cents pound when II learned thai
the new pool seemed TO be a certain
so. and IL is expected that the mar.
Ret Tor tobacco will Immediately be.
come very active again.
The tobacco growers at III. meetine
IN LeNington were not empowered to
lake any formal action, as they did
not come as delegated representatives
from their counties. They adopted a
pan OF action, however, which was
endorsed by all present At a meet
Ing NJ the growers of various Bnriey
county seats on Saturday December
u delegates WIZ Be appointed to
another meeting to be held In Lex-
ington January 3. 1911. when the pool
ing movement will formally launched
Tbe report of the committee appoint
ed at Lexington this week to draft a
plan. was as follows:
Your committee appointed to de.
wise ways and means OF pooling the
Whlte Burnley tobacco in such couu-
lies IN Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana, Mis-
souri, and West Virginia as can and
DO raise White Burley tobacco, res.
pectfllly report as follows:
First that we recommend the pool
ing OF the 1911 crop. and in the same
contract cut our the 1912 crop: that
all counties in the Burnley district are
requested to send delegates TO Lexrng-
ten on the 5th day of January. 1911.
to devise ways and means TO bring
about this end.
For the purpose OF strengthening
the 1911 pool We also recommend to
the addition of the 1911 pool any 9th
er unsold tobacco on hand.
"Second-We5 favor county organ
zation and home rule
"Third-We favor a reasonable per
cent contract.
Fourth We favor separate organi
0stion and recommend cooperation
With similar tobacco organizations.
f1fth-Ne recommend that June w
Gayle judge B. F., Till and NJ. II. For
man he appointed committee to take
up the question OF organization and
confer with other similar organIza.
tons and report at the meeting on
January sth. 1871.
: b. r. Hin, Chairman. Henry county.
IN. NJ. Bosworth. Fayette.
&c. r.. Tate, Lincoln.
'P u Minor. Owen.
III. NJ. sFprman. Carroll.
I'D Gin Mercer
June w. Gayle. Owen
james II. Polsgrove. Franklin.
That Lincoln county will be solidly
IN line behind the movement for the
new pool seems evident from the tone
OF expressions heard from various To.
bacco growers on the streets this
week when news OF the movement
reached here II Is confidently be-
iieved that the strongest pool OF To-
bacco ever perfected viii result from
this movement, and the price OF the
weed Re forced to figure. that will
give grower fair return for his
labor Mr.. Tate who represented LIN
coin this week. urges every farmer
IN Lincoln not 10 forget to atten the
mass meeting OF Lincoln county grow
ers which will be held here on Satur-
day, lee 81