The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-08-05


unquestioned pre- sative.
| ask you menswho are here pres
ent to 20 back with me for the past
fifteen or twenty years and contrast
In your minds eye the condition OF
your farm. and pocket books. II your
farms had been given over to fine cat.
tie. hogs, sheep, horses, alfalfa. clio
yer. soy beans and blue grass. the
magnificent woodlands preserved.
which are emblematical of thousht.
full, contented and prosperous people
the soil fertility conserved. and the
whole landscape breathing richness
and abundance. Instead. we have un.
slightly and in many instances dilapi.
dated tobacco barns. woodlands de-
stroyed and impoverished looking
farmes to mar the view. We have as
result OF twenty years sweat and
toll in growing unlimited tobacco,
legacy OF poorer farms and the strife
and turmoil of trade conditions.
do not want you to infer for a mo.
ment that do not consider II wise
e. profitable for US to raise a certain
amount Of tobacco. II is. of course.
with us the one big cash crop, Just as
cotton Is to the farmers of the South.
Our neighbors OF the South are suf-
fering now from the many economic
evils Of one-crop system. II would
be, in my opinion, an incalculable ca
lamity II our section OF the country
should be beguiled into the same er.
ror. By successful organization and
complete cooperation on the part Of
the growers, | do not think 1t vision.
AIRY to hope to avoid that evil. by all
of the growers organizing to uniform
ly limit or scale their acreage SO
a further duty OF your Executive Com.
mittee shall be to make a complete list
or inventory of the acreage OF each
farm in the white hurley belt, and to
submit carefully worked out plan to
your organization for its most earnest
and thoughtful consideration.
To arrive at this result in an intel
ligent manner. the committee should
ascertain from careful examination
and study of the Federal reports the
amount OF tobacco and stock in the
hands of the manufacturers. and the
amount held in reserve by the farm.
crs and spectators From that data
the total acreage necessary to pro
duce enough tobacco for the next
years consumption could be Tigured.
and the acreage fer tillage pro-rated
among the growers. The owner OF
each farm to be notified what his pro
rata acreage for the raising or t!ilage
of tobacco for each year shall be.
The acreage assigned TO each farm to
be figured out on a fair and equitable
basis to all. according to the size or
exact acreage of each individual farm
in the white hurley belt. In this way
the tobacco production for each year
owner can cultivate a smaller acreage. !
yet secure larger cash net results. |
thereby conserving the fertility OF his |
land Coincident with the perfecting |
OF this organization your committee |
should be establishing a similar organ
ization in the white hurley belt OF Ten
nessee, Virginia and North Carolina.
II must be obvious that the more to-
bacco you raise. under existing condL
tons. the poorer you will be. By rails
ing an unlimited acreage you not only
lower the price of tobacco. but at the
same time you are fast exhausting
your soil.
have endeavored to state concise
" what could be accomplished by or
yanization and cooperation within the
confines OF the state.
Another most important thing. in
ny judgment Is that your president
md executive committee should keep
fully Informed OF what
at Washington In the way
# Federal legislation bearing on this
ubject which SO vitality affects your
and your prosperity.
AS a concrete example | will illus
rate with one case OF record. II you
will permit me. | will quote In full
he comment in the Washington Blu
eau of the United States Tobacco
Journal, published in New York City.
Il date July 5, 1915. quoting Grad
Iated Tax Amendment Defeated Again.
iuillotine Hitchcock Thereupon Bolts
Democratic Caucus. Senator O'Gor-
nan of New York Joins the Tobacco
Trade Executioners."
Washington, ID. C.,
July 2, 1913.
Senator Hitchcock's amend
ment proposing a graduated tax
on the output OF tobacco facto-
ries was defeated in the Demo
cratic caucus OF the Senate to-
day by vote of 20 to 10. Hav-
ing been defeated before the
Democrats OF the Finance Com
mittee some weeks ago. Senator
Hitchcock took the amendment
before the Democratic caucus. but
lost. He VII press the AMEND
ment before the Senate when the
tariff bill is up for discussion J
Debate over the Rmendment
consumed parts of the SESSIONS :
of the caucus OF two days Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday ,
morning. 1t was perhaps the
most long-drawn-out of the dis
cussions over the tariff, with the
exception perhaps of the sugar
and wood schedules. Senator !
Hitchcock was so disgruntled
over the rejection by the caucus
OF his amendment that he left \
the caucus in a huff
The Nebraska Senator made
lengthy statement to the caucus
in behalf OF his amendment. Gov