The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-01-24

A meeting of the independent. tobac-
GO growers of Bourbon county vas
held at the court house Saturday after
noon. About one hundred and fifty
growers composed the enthusiastic
gathering of the advocates of the cut
out movement and the opponents were
CONSPICUOUS by their absence.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Kenney Nichols which was fol-
| lowed by the selection of Mr.. Chas.
Clark. of North Middletown. as chair
man. Mr.. Sherman Stivers was elect
ed secretary. Mr. Clark addressed
the gathering saying that from what
transpired at the convention held In
Paris last Saturday it was very evident
| the chairman was the entire show. but
as there was nothing before the meet
ing that required the application of
'railroading" tactics, he hoped the
meeting would be one of harmony and
free from the Objectionable features
that marked the convention held last
week. Mr.. Clark. who is an anti-pool
man. declared that if the result of the
cut-out pledge depended wholly upon
his vote he would sign without hesita
ton, as his entire sympathies were
with the movement. He then intro
duced Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson addressed the growers at
length and from every viewpoint of
the subject before the meeting. He
said that being grower in the dark
district he had come into the fight for
a cut-out in the Burley district as
volunteer and had been honored with
position ON the Campaign Commit
tee of the Burley Tobacco Union.
Feeling that the forces in the dark
district had become thoroughly united
in support of the movement, his at
tentlons were directed to the doubtful
portion of the Burley belt.
The effect of the failure of the cut
out movement in the Burley district
would be keenly felt by the growers
in the dark district. he declared, and
in event of this failure tobacco would
be grown in the Burley district and
disposed of at price below the cost
of production. This. he added, would
greatly decrease the price of tobacco
in his district.
During the course of his address MIR.
Wilson called the attention OF those
present to the men vino were opposing
the cut-out movement in :Bourbon
county. He said chat they were the
aristocratic land owners, men of
wealth. and who cared nothing for the
tenant other than that which they
were enabled to acquire through his
labor. He said the failure of the Bur-
ley pool could be laid at the door of
Bourbon county, because it was this
county that took the first step which
resulted in its collapse. Only profess
sional bumpers, he said, sold their
crops last year and fully eighty per
cent of the crop of 1910 yet remained
in the hands of the growers.
Mr.. Wilson appealed to the growers
of Bourbon county to come forward
and sign the pledge. and not stand
back when the majority of the cOun-
ties in the tobacco growing district
wanted t) cut out the crop this year.
He said there would be no doubt as to
the success of the movement even
though Bourbon refused to stand by
the majority. as the day had come for
the growers to stand shoulder to
shoulder sand fight for the common
cause. and within ten days. he predict
Ell. the success of the movement would
be- ANNOUNCED.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr.. Wilson invited the growers present
who had not signed the pledge to come
forward. About five hundred acres
we're pledged to the cut out, which to-
gether with these secured at the meet
ing last Saturday and the pledges that
have not been reported will bring the
&C cage TO an approximate total 1850,
which is less than one-third of the
acreage of tine county.
After the meeting Mr. Wilson stated
existing conditions in Bourbon county
were due entirely to the fact that the
pool men were not heartily in sympa-
thy with the movement of the Burley
Tobacco Union and instead of working
as they should.to further the cause in
Bourbon were inclined to lay back in