The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-13
DO NOT AGREED
TOBACCO PRICES
Control Board and Buyers
At Variance.
WILL HOLD ON TO THE WEED
Buyers Claim That Market Is
Glutted from Purchases
Last Year. -
MAY CUT OUT CROP NEXT YEAR

Inc OWenSDOTO messenger says
From present indications, it
looks as though some little time
may elpase before the pool Of the
Green River Tobacco Growers As
ISOLATION, which has approximately
20, 900, 100000 pounds of tobacco
pledged to it. will be sold, as the
price that the board Of control has
placed on the samples OF the crop,
is more than the crop Is worth, ac-
cording to the statements of the
buyers or at least portion of
them.
There has been no official meet
ing between the buyers and the as
ISOLATION officials, but in the sever
al conferences that have been held,
the buyers state that the price
scale, ranging from $40 down to Sc
for the leaf and Jugs and SO for the
trash, is more than the tobacco is
worth to them, while the farmers
state that they will hold out for
the price that they have set on the
tobacco.
From the viewpoint of the buy
ers, or at least according to their
talk, there is q surplus of tobacco
/ this year and they also claim that
while the color of the tobacco is
improved this year over that of last
season, the weed is sadly lacking in
weight and body.
The farmers side of the PROPOSE
ton is that they must receive the
prices that they have set in order to
enjoy any sort of returns on their
tobacco. They claim that the &C
tual cost of production of tobacco
is something over six cents, owing
| to the high cost OF farm labor and
/ that under the price scale they have
submitted on the samples, the av-
erage of the tobacco will be only
about seven and one-quarter cents
per pound, so that IL would be i'm
possible for them to consider a low
er figure on the samples that they
have made.
( The pool last year was something
over 2O,OO0,OOO pounds and the
! buyers claim that the crop glutted
the market, so that they do not
stand in need of the crop this year
at such high prices. The farmers
are equally positive that they will
hold on and that they will not sell
their tobacco at figure lower than
they consider it to be worth.
Before taking final action on any
matter of prices or closing a deal
for the sale of the pool the board
of control OF the association must
submit the matter to the poolers
themselves for final ratification and
acceptance or rejection.
There were a great many of the
farmers in the association head
quarters on Saturday and all Of
them expressed their willingness
and determination to back up the
board in the demand for a fair price
for the tobacco and said that they
would never willingly sell for less
than the prices that they consider
very fair.
There is a probability that the
buyers and the association officials
will attempt to get together on the
matter of prices this week but it is
hardy probable that the sale will
be closed for several days.
The Equity and Home Ware
house people have made up their
samples. but 1t is understood that
they have not yet determined upon
the scale of prices that they will
demand for the tobacco.
The growers who pool state that
In the event OF hitch in the sale
of the tobacco this year, they will
hold the crop and will then not
make another crop OF tobacco next
year, but will devote their time to
the growing of other farm prod
ucts. be
1t Is stated that the farmers arc
quiet but determined in the matter
and that. they feel that the price
placed on the crop 10 the lowest that
they could name. so that they could