The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-19
FARMERS SHOULD
STAND TOGETHER
HENRY COUNTY FARMERS
URGED TO FIGHT ONE
TRUST WITH ANOTHER.

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heia ts regular monthly meeting heIs
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efo"a was IN attendance. iwo Dis
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was also plSseh, anu spohe a. 'he
o.s'i'ess session "eiu ia.ei'
Rev. Mr. Giloeweii, VINO liz an elo-
the farmers 10 a high aesree. tie SAID
W IS daublns barn. he contrasted
.--e condisluhs eAisting In Nrelnla ana
North oAruiAna, ana SAID that be-
lore thes r Ia. ana =. Y. oi a. was or
sahl%ed the IaTiAers Oh ms county got
ohly Two anu three cents per pound
Tor thelr tobacco, and mat the same
Siaoes now brought siA ana ten
cents lie said that prizes had been
o4tered in his state for the srowlng
VI topacco; ne aeplored thIs aaa said
ne would rather near OF prizes being
offered for the growing OF wheat.
plenty Of which would gave the farmer
living at home, and every farmer
should have that. tie believed there
was trickery In the offer of prizes
tor the growing of tobacco, and adj
vised the farmers of Henry county to
grow less tobacco and more corn and
wheat, and then tobacco would neces-
sariiy bring more money. They should
hold their tobacco, and il they found
redrying necessary they could easily
obtain the machinery and other para
phernalia necessary to redry IL. The
farmer, said the speaker, has to take
everything he buys at the other man $
price, and when he tthe farmer) had
for just what he could get for H..
Was there any consistency in such
q condition of affairs? AS for him
self. he did not intend to raise any
more tobacco until the farmers HAD
thoroughly organized and received fair
prices for their tobacco. A machine
could be bought for $4,000, he stated.
that would dry 2,0o0 pounds per
hour, and If necessary the farmers
should buy one Without co-opera-
ton they could do nothing, and would
remain slaves, and worst Of all, their
children coming after them would
remain only hewers OF wood and car
riers OF water to the last of their
lives. Taken altogether, the speech
was a splendid one. ana made a great
impression on his hearers.
Mr.. Glidewell was followed by Mr.
j. L. Henderson. of DanvilIe, made
an earnest and eloquent appeal To
his fellow farmers. He said he had
been a farmer all OF his life, and hal
Joined every organization In his State
that was beneficial to the farmer, He
spoke of the conditions confronting
the farmer to-day. There was never
a time In the history OF the world,
said he. when II was more necessary
for the farmers to organize. 1t takes
one trust to fight another trust, the
combine to deal with another COM
bine In 1892. with slI5.ooo,00 the
American Tobacco Company had
taken charge Of the Danviile tobacco
market. putting 'out OF business one
hundred and forty-fiye com petitiee
buyers and cutting DOWN the price
of tobacco from Sll.29 to S713 per
hundred. During the thirteen years
since. 1892 the farmers had lost on
100000 pounds OF tobacco the sum
of s1.1o0.o00; due TO this cut In the
price OF TOBACCO. tie had never made
a dollar on tobacco since that time.
He spoke also of the AWFUL condition
OF some OF the farmers, who, he said.
had been compelled 10 drag their
little boys and girl co Danville and
place them in the cotton mills there
to keep them from starving. and said
there were 5000 children in those
mills and In hts opinion a a.cotson
mill that would work those boys and
girls as they did was a disgrace to
any community In which 1t was To-
Gated. There were tears in the ewes
OF the speaker as he spoke of these
children. most of whom he declared
had come from the farms. What the
farmers need In their organizations.
cried the speaker, is men, menl Men
OF courage and baakho net. Men VINO.
would sacrifice, II need be, to obtain