The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22

body who disbelieves. or disputes it can
INV Investigation, find out the exact
facts 70, themselves, AS matter of
truth and Justice. e "a well enough for
the farmers, who are most vitss.n,u ln'
terested, to bear this in mind.
Neither do these loose leaf houses
pretend to control prices. They could
not, if they would, and would not if
they could, for this would invariably
array either the buyer or seller against
them-in the end probably both, result
ing eventually in their own destruction.
Whether prices are low or high, they |
are not the making of the warehouses,
and they should not. be.held RESPONSE
BILE. Their sole purpose is to sell the
tobacco intrusted to them at the best
prices obtainable, to.collect their fees
for their sales, and to see that the
producer gets his paytfor his tobacco.
The tobacco trust buysl eighty per cent
of the Burley crop, and the dark pool
controls the dark tobacco output.
These two agencies absolutely dominate
prices, and careful investigation of
| the sale figures of the Louisville ware.
houses, ana the Glasgow loose leaf
houses for the past:season will convince
any unprejudiced9 mind that tobacco
sold higher on the Glasgow market,
grade for grade and'pound for pound,
than in Louisville during the past sea-
son. No further proof of this is needed
than that at leasti two spectators.
whose names thejs Times can give,
bought their tobacco in the country last
year, and sold ins Louisville. This year,
they will sell on the Glasgow market.
The editor of theiTimes himself, who
was the proud possessor of shirt-tail
full of tobacco last:season, watched the
Louisville andIGlasgow markets through
all the fall and winter of 1910, and
' finally sold in Glasgow by preference
1t is conceded fact by all tobacco mer
, that the Glasgow market outsold the
q Louisville market last season. 1t is
a fair to state that these same conditions
apply to all the loose leaf markets il
the State
AS to the costs of selling this crop
: facts and figures will at once carry con
viction of the advantages of the Glas
gov market to any fair-minded man
y In selling in a:Glasgow loose leaf house
ft,f Coz oil re Of
e heads, cost of prizing, cost of freight
and drayage, cost of insurance ant
> storage, while thescost of selling-fee
'' in loose leaf houses is less than one
% half those of the Louisville ware
houses. With the exception of tn
selling fees, which, as stated before
;. are about one-half- Glasgow mar
4. ket gives all the numerous expense
=. above enumerated, to the farmer
n They are charged against him in full i
l. he ships to Louisville. These figure
re do not take into consideration the fac
', that the tobacco-raiser can bring hi
tobacco to Glasgow in the morning, sci
" his tobacco, put his money in the bank
# and return to his home and fireside tn
n same day, with little. if any, persona
,s expense to himself. If he ships hi
=. crop to Louisville and travels up to Sc
it sold, he loses from SIS to $50.
- We present all these facts-and the.
are facts-to our farming friends TO
their consideration. Personally, it doe
r not amount to a single whoop in hade
to us where they sell their tobacco
We earnestly desire them to receiv
the very highest returns for their crop
r that they can. But all else bein,
s. equal, they ought, at all times, patron
" ize those who are their neighbors an
It friends. When the advantages are al
a. on their side in so doing their duty
II both to themselves and to the public i
doubly plain. Tobacco prices are no
D. satisfactory any where. but they ar
% just as good in Glasgow as elsewhere
y and the Glasgow loose leaf houses ar
he local institutions, asking and working
ir for the patronage of their friends an
rs neighbors. They should be gwen
st square deal
is This editorial is not paid for, direct
ly or indirectly. The loose leaf house
lY will be as much surprised at its appear
Or ance as will any one else. They hav
er not asked for it, do not expect it an
ne are not due it by any bond of business
10 or profit, between them and The Times
t. But right is right, and they should re
" ceive just fair and business-like treat
a. ment- exactly as any other bushes
lg institution is entitled to it. The
t. ought to prosper and they will prospe
e. if the farmers will view the situatio
re with clear, unbiased eyes and minds.
he Starts Much Trouble.
:, If all people knew thBt neglect O
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