The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-01-01
Pooled With Green River
Association.
20.000,000 POUNDS OF Weed
Embraced in Sale-The Vote
Stood 1881 for and 292
In Opposition.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE


Sunday says:
More than 2O,O0O.OOO pounds of
tobacco, the Green River Tobacco
Growers Association pool, will be
finally sold on Tuesday, at which
time the Board of Control will hold
meeting, to carry out the wishes
of a great majority of the poolers
and effect a sale " the tobacco at
prices ranging. from SO down to IS
for the leaf and Tugs and SO for all
of the trash.
The determination to sell the to-
bacco was reached only after four
days of voting by the poolers them
selves and in the balloting there
were 1,7O5 poolers to express their
desire, a fair representation being
had from each county and of that
number lab voted for the sale,
while 292 opposed it. OF the total
vote cast, about S3 per cent. favor
ed the sale.
Nearly 1000 votes were cast on
Saturday, many of them coming in
to headquarters through the mails,
While hundreds of others came to
the city in person to record their
Votes. There were $50 votes re-
c wed from the farmers of Spencer
county and but four of that entire
number held out for higher prices.
Some of the poolers who were in
the city Saturday and who earlier
IN the week had recorded their vote
against the acceptance of the Of
| fer, viewed the samples on which
tip 50 to IS offer had been made
ard finding that they were not the
sdhe samples on which the asso-
clifton had at first set a price of
so to Sc, they asked that their
vdes be changed, as they consider
cd the price a fair one on the new
SAMPLES and desired the sale to be
m$ie. The election officers would
MOI permit the change of the vote.
| fhe Board of Control will hold
| itsI meeting on next Tuesday. at
Which time graders will be named
to handle the tobacco at the differ
| enl receiving points and the matter
OF hllotting the tobacco to the diff
feItnt buyers and determining the
delivery points will also be finally
determined.
the buyers and the officials of
thd Green River organization stated
Saturday, night that they expected
to have every detail arranged by
void then notify all of the poolers
of The final arrangements and ex-
pectd that the deliveries would be-
gin Jas soon after the first Monday
in te new year as the weather will
perhit the growers to handle the
weel
Fbllowing the close of the polls
Mt 4o'clock Saturday afternoon and
aftet the votes had been officially
coufed by Messrs. Earl Wright.
who represented the opposition to
the $le and who himself opposed it,
and Felix Heady, who favored the
sale md who represented those who
favoied il. and Walter Atherton.
secretary of the association. issued
the fbllowing signed statement:
Wd your committee. appointed
by the convention OF the Green
River Tobacco Growers Association
WHICH met at the court house in
Owen}boro. December cath. to as
sist tlb secretary in taking the vote
MS 10 whether the board should
make the sale OF the associations
tobaccb on prices from SO to IS for
leaf ard lues and SO for trash, wish
10 repdrt that the vote has been ia
ken ,jlft' as ordered, and has been
absolnhlv fair to all concerned,
apdsdlFing the entire election no
man has been Influenced in the, Of
fee. BYLAW OF the officers OF the as
sociatioh or the committee. and we
believe this to be absolutely the
nnDrejuIiiced will OF the members OF
our asspciation. and the result Of
the election Is as follows: 1.4l3
fayorine the sale and 292 aaainst.