The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
Il s TOBACCO ASSOCIATION
SAYS REDUCE THE ACREAGE

: The Tobacco Association of .
United States. of which Mr. = n
Darlington, of Richmond. is r~
dent. has launched a campaign -r-
| to prevent the oyer-production r< -
| bacco in 1915.
| Farmers are urged in hteratIre ee-.
| out by the association to make l--r.
supplies first rather than sDerd I'm
| their energies and take long charras
| in the reproduction Of tobacco
| The association insists that il wa.I-
be the height of folly for farmers h.
raise tobacco on as large a scale tr.s
year as was done last year and -na
| year before
| The association asks that the cotton
belt do the curtailing. for it points .lt
| that the old belt cannot raise arv
money crop except tobacco while the
| new belt can raise cotton and other
| things.
The views Of the Board of Directors
Of the Tobacco Association are a..
pressed in the following Statement.
| Land suitable for the production ~
bright tobacco in Virginia North
Carolina and South Carolina is suti-
cient, if used, to make enough tobacco
in one year for the demands for ten
years.
twenty-five years ago the tobacc.
produced in Eastern North Carolina
and South Carolina was a very small
amount indeed. In 1914 these two
sections produced over 10000 900
pounds, against about 140.000.108
pounds produced in the old belt see
ton Of Virginia and North Carolina
showing most distinctly how this new
territory has increased.
Tobacco and cotton are the money
crops Of this part Of the country The
old belt section is not adapted To cot
+ hat
cotton section has made the increase
: in the production Of bright tobacco
that must produce serious cOnse.
quences if continued.
Eastern North and South Carolina
, produced in
) 1910-75,O0O,0 pounds.
1911-49,OOO,O 1000 pounds.
1 1912-92,O0O,0 1000 pounds.
1913-118. 100000 pounds.
. 1914-150, 100000 pounds and over
: Old belt Virginia and North Caro-
! lima produced in
. 1910-10O, 900, 900 pounds.
, 1911-14S, 200, 200 pounds.
; 1912-148, 100000 pounds.
1913-2OO, 100000 pounds
1914-156,O 100000 pounds.
1t is thought that less than 250, 0Oe.-
| 900 pounds is annually used and for
the two years over 100000 600 pouncs
q have been produced about leo oV'. :
4 The following will show hoy thss
a over-production has reduced prices.
South Carolina in 1913 averaged
o s13.77; in 1914 averaged S9.68.
Eastern North Carolina in 49, -
averaged 1856; in 1914 averaged
S12.3e.
Old belt North Carolina in 1913
averaged SHIP; in 1914 averaged
- S11.49.
Old belt Virginia in 1913 AVERAGED
Is16.26; in 1914 averaged $3.50
| While about the same Quantty 0I
tobacco was made both years, the
1914 crop only brought two-thirds -
Il much as the 1913 crop, showing CON
clusively what over-productlon VILE
bring about
=, With many demands cut off by ne
s European war, and with surplus ol
II over 5O,000,oeO pounds added 1f"H
p the 1914 crop, the situation absoiolel9
- demands that a decided decrease III
. the planting for 1915 shall take place
g The old belt cannot raise any money
n crop but tobacco, and therefore 1h'
n crop should be curtailed in the cottei
-, sections where the increase has pee
W SO pronounced. A conservative PLAN
ing in the Eastern North Carolina ahl
: South Carolina section will give lH'
~ farmer an opportunity and an mt
-. est to raise full crops for home SUSIE
- nance, and as the high price OF eyer
- article of food is likely to continue
- does seem reasonable that every effoI
- on the part of the farmer shoulo -
- made to raise food crops. BY SO oo1lj
and making a decided cut IN "
rs acreage Of tobacco, the price OF 20
bacco will be remunerative and WI
a. bring about a general condluoh
- prosperity in the communities .
ha which depends the success OF "a
;r farmers for their welfare.
ID Finally, it is the firm opinion {
- those who have given the malie
- thought, that another large crop {
~ III tobacco (and a large crop can onl
-. be raised in Eastern North Carohh
"a "a and South Carolina) will be calaII
1 lty upon every one connected VII
"a the trade, and especially upon the Ia
-; mer who produces it, and the reHleu
w dacro.e; ~. I,+;n. tb;S wear