The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-06-03
Cantrill Replies to LeBus

oOCieCy, congressman y. Campbell Can
! trill gave out the following:
''The public statement made by Mr.
Lebus this morning proves beyond ques
ton my contention. namely: That the
| Burley Society is trying to dictate the
nomination in this district for Congress.
No claim is made by them that l
have not done my duty as a Congress.
man. The only charge is that l have
dared to differ with Mr.. Lebus and his
board aLd consequently must be de-
feated.
Mr.. Lebus' statement is principally
a rehash of last years controversy, but
| must insist that he stick to facts
I'm the first place the American So
ciety of Equity, of which l am PRECEDENT
for Kentucky, is not rival tobacco or
ganization of the Burnley Society. The
Society of Eqity. through its State
board, has not for an instant this year
considered the question of starting a
rival pool. IL has not interfered in the
least with the plans of the Burley So
cietV
1T has made no demands of any kind
or character upon the Burley Society
and will make none The Burley SocI-
ETY. has tried for two months TO pool the
tobacco for 1910 in the Burley district
They have made miserable failure SO
far, because the growers have lost con-
fidence in the leaders of the Burley So
ciety and will no longer follow the az
bitrary dictatiOns of Mr. Lebus.
IF the agreement made by Mr.. Lebus
aud his board had been carried out with
me last year thousands of dollars would
have been saved to the tobacco growers
in the pool | have letter from the
officials of tho Burley Society stating
that / did carry ont my part of the
agreement of last yeer.
They ii dated each and every section
Of the agreement IA. Lebus states
that the contracs MADE last year was
that thy would pay me as president Of
the State Union certain sum of money.
The State Union OF the s, ciety of Equity
paid out it5 money and sent out its men
TO help build up Tie 1906 Burley pool.
, ''The Burley society has failed to keep
its contract to reimburse the Society OF
Equity for money paid out and it has not
kept any other part of the agreement to
protect the tobacco grower. One thing
is certain, and that Is that | have ever
asked for nor received IA single Cent for
my services last year In buiidlng up the
cling expenses.
The Buriev Society last year spent
much over $l0C 000 in working up their
pool. Not Que cent ever Came 10 Inc nor
TO the official board of the Society of
Equity, although my Organization put
over 80 per cent of the Iubacco In the
pool. Last year | was offered d very
substantial sum TO support the original
contract OF the Burley Society if / would
J take the stump for the contract.
81 refused to accept the proposition
and notified that | would fight openly
the contract for amendments. | pro-
ceeded to do this before the public and
forced the Burley Board to sign an
agreement with me to modify their by
Laws 50 as to protect the poOler. AS
. stated before every article OF this agree
ment has been violated by them and it
is no wonder the farmers refuse to be
deceived and misled again Had the
agreement been kept thousands upon
thousands of dollars would have been
saved 10 the 1909 pOoleIs.
''As it is now charges have been piled
mountain high on the tobacco in the
pool and if the tobacco was sold to-day
over five cents per pound would come
out Of The pocket OF the pooler as
compared With the price of tobacco in
winter order. La my judgment the pool
could have been sold tor very profit
able price last winter in winter order.
but, of course, If this had been done, the
outrageous ware house charges and the
high salaries of officials could not have
been charged up against the pooler that
now stands against HIM.
Il have he statement of one of the
officials of the Burnley Society that they
have made no effort to sell the tobacco
since it has been redried, and yet these
officials expect the farmers to tuIn over
the 1910 pool To them when they have
made no effort to sell the 1909 pool. The
farmer grows tobacco to sell and not 20
look at Indefinitely.
In Western Kentucky the farmers
J have pools strong enough to sell their
Tobacco ali winter order at a cost of one
cent pound. That is what | want to
gee dut,e in the Burley district. Make
theirp". stroag EN- ugh to sell the pool
in winter order at a reasonable cost in
stead of allowing our officials To declare
a weak pool which will take a long delay
10 sell and an expense of over five cents
a pound on be.pOoler
II the plans of Mr. Lebus and his
board were so fair as they claim the to
bacco would have been speedily pooled
for this year. l have not, until they
forced me, antagonlzed them. Their
failure is because they refuse to concede
II demands of the tocacco growers.
Mr.. Lebus lays great stress upon
what they paid me for the 1906, 1907
add 1905 campaign. l publicly dis
. cussed this last year. For nearly three
years I was away from home. / had TO
employ man for three years to look
after my farm. l paid my own ex
penses everywhere l went. For three
years work and expenses l was paid
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