The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-31
TOBACCO SALE
IS RATIFIED
By Tobacco Poolers in
A. S. Of E.
Market Opened At Owensboro
Wednesday-0hio County
Poolers Met Monday.


~ Day&ess county nno,ers OF the
AIssrtan sssi,ty OF Equity and the
HOME WweeN0ise ognpnny met at the
|errIu,icuse on SATURDAY Afternoon AMI
u a unanplous vote n.tfied the ssa'e
snsae by the sasers committee Of tie
f,OW.G1 pounds of tobasco sold to the
American Tobacco conUuiy and The
s0oo,ooc fpnnls sold to tie Inurari,l
coat)any. al - d,wn ito s. 20; taaf AMI
hugs. and 81 for trash.
TIVE naAer of selecting the graders
ar uais county was lett to the slles
! comn,S.ea. tte names OF wlsorn will
be anno,nsed on Monday.
Tiere wu.-oniy small representa-
ton of the Burley pnolers prescott.
vii ~ WAS asusd that tnere should
be a nhaattng during this week at
Maa.p 70 pass on the offer made the
organ'zl.i,n for the Burnley. which Is
said 10 Ire about 500GO pounds.
The cnssapg was -ca,l,d to order by
Emison Shaw, president OF tn Equity
erspri zafion. with l.. ~ Robertson
acting us secretary.
At the retass, Of the president, Prio.
Baird. one OF Tire nslinbers of the
s.saing. orTmv,tee made "a brisf state
< ment eiv.Rs. an oytlIne regarding the
tqeesen1s OF ave committee In hani!lng
- u r....asal r..t.,
Ms BAIRD said that whan NJ. Gal
ellher was in owenshso several w,eNs
he h.spscseti the slntpaes ndsr
Aicl uts sale was male. ami tod
- conmitp.e u'nt he wohd give s..
uls top price for fins. grade to-
'kAccp. aud also said tiat his o,m-
pany wanted all the poo+,d tohpcc,
Grown In Dlvicss county. Mr.. BAIL
said tiat u'le aonRitte had every
reason 70 believe that t,Sey would ge.
u,ls price for this tobaro. but Alter
this offer was withdrawn ana the
deih failed TO go through Mr.. Baird
ALSO sad THAT oale- offers wece made to
buyers, and finally they were foreed
TO submit tfe offer Of s. down 10 s.
for leaf and Jugs. and 81 Tor t:as':.
witch WAS the bsst thing the com
mitiys could Ipossobly do at this tinic.
Air. Baird also said that he behaved
uhst II tlys committee had not uotsl.
and havs d.isred the sale two or
nhnse Mseks later. thee wauld be
wary li;tae Equity tobeSHco left. as 1t
would be sold through oIher dEa1-
nels.
1t was statsi that the osmmattee
7s&l 1sipssd all the tobaooo in the pool
ekespk At Reed and Hartford. and uhe%
<Nrare satisfied tnt they would ptace
Dhis within the h,M few days.
NJ Lse6ope the poolers voted to accept
ii fajsct the offer. a committee pon-
posed OF Neal Smith, c. o. Tong AMI
john jim ware appointed to inaoect
the -ss;nales undar which the offers
weHp made. The cOmmttee nepc-tei
MET In eneir opinion every tolacco
pspier oour meet the samples easily.
Asi IN some insaanose. the tobacco
wsafd grade. hi4hw than the samples
A number of speeches fwdre made OH
THE question gs to how the graders
'shOuld be selected. One or TWO pool
es thought the gnawars ought 10 se-
lect the graders, whale Others Tsapugls
id best asat the sales conmiaaee ao-
point the gnideas. On this point,
George Vanaver of the tMoseaee,vills
neighborSood made a very iuoenesuns
talk. saying that he had umbaunded con-
fidence In the integIity of @he COM
mittee IN uhe selection of the grad
ers. the same as he did when phey
hold the tobacco. Mr.. Nanpyer SAID
that the COMMITTEES knew WHO could
-evs>te tobacap, and he beaaewed thai
- would sppoane such men ~ wou:d, \
I'm phe BILL and II they. dtd not,
|Iaouih "kick them OUT and put uuher
zen In their piaces. Mr.. vanoWe-s
pdson 90 allow the cnmfntttec 10 Sc
y the graders scarriei almost pnani- |
4fly...
PEssd;nt Shaw Rnnaunced THAI the
-orsnkng of the market would not be
MAD until "Wednesday. bea thpt II
SOD Of the paalees had plalG tobacco
esNk for the mprket and ~anaed T.
6Ras 1t to owenHhpo on Monday. It
mpuN be reserved al the oic Masste