The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-09-11
BY Green River Tobacco
4 Association,
BUT DOES NOT FIX THE PRICE
For That Length of Time
Opposition to Loose
Leaf House.
TEXT or POOLING AGREEMENT

The Greensboro Inquirer Of Sun
day says:
With about 200 poolers present
at the court house Saturday after
noon, at the called meeting of the
Green River Tobacco Growers AS
ISOLATION, a motion prevailed unan-
imously that the tobacco growers
pool their tobacco with the associa-
ton for a period of five years.
meaning Ig13-I4-l5-16-I7. Short
ly after the motion was adopted, be-
tween so and rs, headed by some
of the largest tobacco growers Of
the district. signed the pooling
pledge for five years.
1t was also proposed that there
shall be schoolhouse meetings held
in every part Of the district. COM
prising the five counties, to make
arrangements to have the pooling
pledges circulated and signed up.
There will probably be meeting
of the Board of Control of the AS
ISOLATION in Greensboro on Wednes-
day night to further discuss the
matter of making arrangements to
circulate the pooling pledges.
The meeting was called to order
by w. G. Riney, president of the as
ISOLATION, and 1t was plainly seen
from the red hot speeches made
by some of the members that there
is much opposition to the proposed
loose leaf tobacco market that is
going to be established in Owens
boro.
At a joint meeting held in Ow-
ensboro by the A. S. of f. and
Green River Tobacco Growers AS
ISOLATION some weeks ago, strong
resolutions were adopted condemn
ing the action of the promoters in
attempting to establish loose leaf
tobacco market in this city. which,
It was stated, was only for the pur-
pose OF disorganizing two associa-
lions that had been working har-
moniously with the farmers for the
past seven years. and also appealed
to them to abandon the plans that
they had under contemplation.
At the meeting Saturday after
noon, Walter Anterior, secretary OF
the Green River Association. stated
that the board of control had been
unsuccessful in a conference with
the representative in greensboro.
and later a committee of the board
went to Louisville, and after dis
cussing the situation with the own
ers of the enterprise, were told that
the house would be built as origi-
nally planned.
Mr.. Atherton said that they ex-
planned to the gentlemen the
amount of sentiment in this section
against the establishment of a loose
leaf market, when they were told
that the company did not do bus
mess on sentiment" Mr.. Atherton
then read five-year-pooling pledge
that had been drafted, and said that
II the convention adopted 1t, that
80 or So per cent of the tobacco
would be pooled by December /.
Major Haycraft said that the
loose leaf market was being estab-
lished to disorganize the Green
River Tobacco Growers Associa-
ton; that there was no difference
in the principle Of pooling. whether
for one or FIVE years. Major Hay
craft urged the growers to stand by
the local organization and resort to
no kind of violence against the
loose leaf market establishment. but
to do everything in peaceful, or
derly and lawful manner.
There we're also speeches made
by George Holland, s. NJ. Payne, A.
B. Foster and others. and all Of
them showed that they were oppos-
ed to the loose leaf market, and |
were In sympathy with the associa-
ton. s frra ~
]. r. hartley. of Sorgho, says he
advocated the five-year-pooling plan
at the last regular session of the
association. 8 which ! was finally
adopted at the meeting held satur-
dav. - g.
The fact that the poolers signed
up for five years does not mean
that the price has been fixed for the