The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-06-07
MISS ALICE LLOYD
Attacks Cantrill and Highly
Compliments Thomas.
From the Lexington Herald.

When / spoke from the ranks two
and ene-half years ago in advocacy of
the organized tobacco growers. The
Herald was good enough to grant me
NOSE liberal space. Having retired
from the position held for mora than
two years with the Burley Tobacco
Society, it is once more my privilege to
speak unhampered from the ranks, on a
subject think of vital interest to the
Common wealth, and shall appreciate
the kindness if The Herald will again
extend to me the courtesy of its col.
umnS.
The announcement of Mr.. G. NJ
Thomas OF Bourbon county, of his can
didacy to succeed Mr.. j Campbell
CantriI as Member of Congress from
the Seventh Congressional District, is a
matter OF large concern to every citi-
zen of the district. who wishes to en-
courage purity of purpose and fidelity
to conviction in those to whom are en-
trusted the responsibilities of represent
ing the people. while to the conserva-
tive business interests of the state it is
a matter of no less Significance
Mr.. Thomas unsullied record in pri
vate life and his irreproachable record
in the State Senate without faint or sus-
picion Of psridy or unsalacious barter,
nor of any act or deed that does not be-
come citizen and patriot, his known
position on matters vital to the highest
good of the Commonwealth, should call
out in his support the vote of every man
who values high ideals and who would
lift politics out OF the mire of barter and
trade.
The complaint is often made that
politics is so corrupt that good men can
not mix in the scramble. Here is an
opportunity a privilege and a most
sacred duty for every good man
to cast hiss vote to place a good man in
Office, and by so doing to say to younger
men that high character is recognized
and appreciated. Mr. Thomas should
draw out the vote and secure the active
support of every man of higs character
in the district. Let them 30 to work.
So much from the standpoint of charac-
ter and morals.
But the business sign 6cance of Mr.
Thomas candidacy should appeal to
every man whu regards the economic
well-beiug OF the State.
With l2O 900 coo los of tobacco in the
pool. with oue- tenth Of the selling price
of this tobacco invested IN stock in the
Burley Tobacco Company, MIR. Thomas
opponent proposes to make a division IN
ths ranks of the tobacco growers that
would reduce the price OF this 100 0OO,.
600 pounds of tobacco by one half OF
more, if indeed il did not utterly pre-.
vent sale. and reduce tue capital of
the Burley Tobacco G 'mpany by half,
thus producing such financial chaos in
the Burley 0-it as mas never before ex-
listed
But in his mad ambition to be the
head of great Organization Mr. Can.
trill recks not of Ihs ruin OF the tobacco
growers and holders OF Burley Tobacco
Company stock. ii by sacrificing them
he may az 'ute hts ambition
Anout tits time one year ago Mr..
Csutr,l opened fire on the Bnrlsy To-
bacco society to secure sum of money
with which TO wage his favorite prop-
Uganda and to place himself at the head
of chimerical organization. The net
results Of Mr.. CantrilPs efforts were a
large outlay of time. strength and
money to overcome in part the unwar-
ranted difficulties he had made, the es-
tablishing and enlarging OF loose leaf
warehouses in Lexington and elsewhere,
and the failure to pool from 10000 70
so 900 acres OF tobacco that would have
been pooled if he had not introduced
discord and division.
III Mr.. Cantrill is sincere and not
shallow. eau he study the history of the
last pooling campaign and not see what
irrepsrable harm he did without doing
even the semblance of good
''As a test of Mr.. Cantrill's shallow
ness if ne were sincere study the terms
of the pact he made August 10, 1909.
with the Burley Tobacco Society. AS a
test of his sincerity, study the way In
which he kept the pact.
Now Mr.. Cantrill proposes to repeat
the history of the 1909 campaign and to
open the same kind of opposition with
the certain result that the strength of
the 1910 pool will be lessened, and,
therefore, an advantageous sale of the
1909 crop delayed or imperiled The
advantageous sale of the 1909 pooled
crop depends upon strong 1910 pool,
and an undivided front on the part of
the growers.
Gould its most interested friends bet
ter serve the American Tobacco Com
pany than Mr. Cantrill is doing7 And
the American Tobacco Company is well
able to make compensation for all favors
it receives. But says an admirer, who
has had his wits put to sleep by the
dulcet tones of the orator: "Mr. Car
trill proposes to amend the Sherman
anti trust law" Yes. but the 12O 600, 900
pounds now in the pool and the 1909
crop and likely many succeeding crops
will be sold for a song before the Sher-
man law is repealed or amended. 1t
has even occurred to some minds that
h. American Tobacco Company would