The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29
Convention of BIZ State
Farmers Conclude Their
Work and Adjourn.
FUSION PLANS

virginia and North Carolina Growers
Of ..Brisht BcIt' Tobacco. Limited
in Area to . Section in These 1--WE
states and Small Area OF South
,le Fusion & Strength and About
:rc the ian to Pool This Years
Crop. T!.cy Are Behind Breast
works From Which T1ry a Die
tate Terms to~thc American Tobac-
90 Company-SOne Pertinent Par
t~icillars.
Especial to News and Observ.r.)
Greensboro, Aug. 26.-The
tion Of Tobacco Growers Of North
Carolina and Virginia, which me.
here yesterday, adjourned today az
ter having unanimously adopted
plans to pool the 1911 crop of toba.:-
co and completed a fusion OF strength
which they belleve will prove effect
i've in warning against the American
Int acco Company.
IIC StA AZ oSo'A ~
Cret, only such proceedings as given
out by the press committee 1avc
been authoritatively learned, but it is
stated by that committee thac the
farmers have agreed to hold Their to-
bacco for Is and 20 cents a pound,
according to the grades, n fur:ner-
more, that the members of the Union
are in a position to secure the de-
sired price.
1t is evident from the gathering held
here that the project of pooling the
tobacco crop did not originate from a
sudden impulse, but preparations have
Teen going on in anticipation of it
during the past five Years. Through
out he section Of North
Carolina and Virginia ten large to-
hacco prizeries have been erected dur
ms the past few years, and six more
are in the course Of construction.
These prizeries will be used to store
the crop Of the community in which
they are located, Zach Of them having
q capacity of over 5000, 600 pounds.
The best tobacco growing
DO not raise owe II, 900, geo pounds
NnlIe the general average is about
o'VOC,0o0 pounds SO that one prizery
VIII hold practically the entire crop
OF { county
By the means Of this union Of forces
the farmers will be able to place their
crops OF tobacco on the market at
almost one-half of the cost as hereto
Iofe charged. The farmers are direct
ing their action principles against
the ln1ustfces Of the large a
trusts and warehouse owners, Who
t0gether, manage to squeeze just about
az the profit Of the producer. The
eject Of the present move onthe part
OF the farmers will apparently mean
complete hOVcOtt of tho warehouse
men, although the members Of the
press committee would not express 1t
IN those terms.
The leaders Of the union have al
ready taken necessary steps to pre-
vent such a failure in their under
taking as occurred when the farmers
oi tennessee made a similar move.
1hey claim that they are backe by
sIonS nanci Institutions and that
IN connection with the pooling plan
they have organized a banking sys-
tem that cannot be surpassed. OF
course, there will be a few farmers,
they admit, who will sell a little of
tnelr crop for necessary food sup
tHes, but the number of these will
pe small. The Union does not bind
ne members to any agreement, but
the delegates assembled here, repre-
senting over 20, 900 tobacco growers
vi the two States, seemed to have
arrived at the firm conclusion that the
niAe of combined action has arrived.
Inc Farmers Union has many brainy
men at its head, and they are show
ing tact in the organization Of their
Iofces that is not surpassed by the
system Of the American Tobacco Com
pany itself.
Or, H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklen-
ourg, addressed the farmers today
@no advised them to plant grain and
i'oo crops for their home consumption
III order that the tobacco may be used
az TS a money-making product alone.
Inc advice of DR.. Alexander came too
tcte, however, for the farmers in
nsrmed him that they have already