The Bourbon news., 1913-09-19

cause I know right is on your side
and that you are going to win in spite
of all difficulties.
Challenge to Kehoe.
"Now let's forget this hullabaloo
stirred up by few complainers and
get down to brass tacks. Is there any
man in this house who wants to take
over this liability have assumed, and
with it the burden in toll and harrass-
ment which l have had to bear? |
never sought the Office of President OF
this concern and l never will. When
l was persuaded to take it made the
stipulation that I shoald not receive
a cent except on the condition that
the business should succeed. That
was my platform. Will Mr. Kehoe
agree to work for the company on the
same conditions? Furthermore, will
he agree to work for a salary to be
fixed by the board, as / did?
81 wasn't hunting a job / wasn't
hunting a salary. The first require
ment 1 would suggest for any man
proposed for the head Of this bust
ness would be that he have an inter
est in it greater than any salary. The
increased price on the 500 acres of
tobacco l have grown has far out
weighed any salary consideration, and
also has made my interest Identical
with those of every other grower.
"The first trouble this company
ever had came from Mason County.
The county is not to be blamed for it.
Mr.. Kehoe, more than any man alive,
was responsible. He organized a ware
denoy and had his salary fixed at ST.
400 a year.
EStortIon Is Alleged.
"Then he secured a contract with
the county organization by which the
growers had to pay his warehouse
SLIPS for handling, whether in winter
or summer order. The average cost
of prizing was 65 cents. We protest.
ed against this excessive charge, but
Mr.. Kehoe stood firm. Records show
that his warehouse company received
$4,000 above the sum paid for hand
ling in Harrison County. This extor-
ton was one of the prime causes oi
the formation Of the Burley Tobacco
Company.
And about this salary howl In
1906 Mr.. Kehoe received $2,400 fol-
1854 hogsheads handled by his com
pany, and in 1907 he received the
same sum for 5,026 hogsheads handled
Those years the Burley Tobacco So
ciety handled $4,000 and $4,000 hogs
heads, respectively. According to his
scale, salary of $4,000 would have
been paid to the President of the Bur
ley Tobacco Society. So much for
high salaries.
Record In Service.
United we stand and divided we
fall. Grand motto. If the majority
want Mr.. Kehoe, am always for ma
jority rule. He speaks of what has
been done as what we have done
What has he been doing since 1908?
What consideration may be claimed
by any grower who has hidden in the
bushes while loyal workers have been
whipping the trust?
He did organize a warehouse com
pany, which was sold out to the Louis
Vile Warehouse Company l never
heard Of his trying to organize a Bur
ley growers warehouse or Of his Civ
ing any aid or sympathy to those
warehouses established by the organi
Zation elsewhere. But he did organize
second warehouse company in Mays.
Vile after the first one had been sold
out and tried to sell the stock in Bur
ley territory. Also, he's a banker, but
never have l heard Of his growing to-
bacco.
Officers Should Know Business.
What | want to emphasize is that
growers should select men to conduct
their business who are qualified with
knowledge of that business When
am sick l want a doctor, and not a
lawyer or politician. Mr.. Kehoe has
spoken Of his efforts during the early
years Of this movement Where was
he in 1909 and 1910 and 1911 and 1912!
AS he has said, l would Judge men fol-
the future by their conduct in the past
Il challenge any man to show that
any memE0r of the board has moi
worked conscientiously and honestly
and faithfully for the interests of the
whole industry. If you allow this
business to fail, it can not be restored
in a hundred years. Do | want sever
or fifteen cents for the tobacco l grow
| Do you want seven or fifteen cents
for your tobacco?
Growers Not Dissatisfied.
''As l have said, l am not candi
date for any office, but when success
sor to me is chosen l want him to be &
| man who knows the tobacco business
! and in whose hands my interests anC
the interests of every grower will
! be safe, and, as far as l am concerned
he can take over all the honors anC
salary and all the troubles and fnan
cial obligations l carry.
1--WE have got the best and creates
Independent factory in the world. NJ
business ever started off as smoothly
and with greater promise. Are thu
growers dissatisfied with it? Bless
you, only those who have been de
oeived by men who have resorted tt
| Misrepresentation. The 10 per cent re
serve Mr. Kehoe now attacks enabled
the company to found this factory ant
bring competition to it's own breaks. l
enabled the, company to protect th'