The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-02-09
Tobacco Grow ers Make Plans to
Establish Sales Agency.

e of sales agency in Baltimore, ha
issued a circular to tobacco grower
containing the following plans:
- The Board of Directors of the TobaC
CO Growers Association has been d,
.. ing good deal of thinking for yoU
and fair am punt of investigation an
n it believes the Growers should save thi
r FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS i
1917, and thereafter, and it has devolv
ed plan, which it herewith present
for your consideration.
: 1t proposes to open sales agency il
1 Baltimore for the sale of Tobacco, pro
|. vided there are sufficient number o
| farmers who want it and who will
demonstrate their sincerity by doint
+ two things.
i First: By subscribing to the Capito
g Stock of the Association.
Second: BY agreeing to ship the AS
ISOLATION Sales Agency their crop o:
: tobacco for sale during 1917.
1t is proposed to issue 1900 shares Of
:. preferred stock at the par value Of
$1,000 per share, limited for the first 81
days to Twenty shares to any one indi-
vidual, that is, man can subscribe tt
- one share, but he cannot subscribe tc
more than twenty. The stock is to be
, limited to six per cent dividend, the
regular legal rate of interest; this be-
ing cooperative selling plan to save
the farmer money in the marketing of
his crop, not scheme to establish an
other Commission House with a view
: to earning large dividends.
With every two shares of preferred
: stock bonus of One Share of Common
Stock will be given, to be non interest
paying until the preferred stock has
been retired, when it will pay divi-
dend limited to per cent.
There will be a corps of officials ap-
pointed by the Board of Directors of
the Association, who in turn will be
selected by the members of the Associ
alton, who are stock holders. This
corps of officials will consist of Mana
ger, who has had experience in organi-
cation and cooperative work; Sales
man who is an expert in the knowledge
of the grades and values of tobacco, a
book-keeper and clerk and stenograph
er.
A charge of S1.50 per hogshead will
be made the first year for the sale of
/ the tobacco shipped the Sales Agency.
| fho 70 no fob no
running expenses, including salaries,
etc., six per cent dividend On the Pre-
| ferred Stock, and sum to be carried
to sinking fund, sufficient to make it
possible to retire the preferred stock at
the expiration of 10 years, and create
| 8 surplus to provide for future opera
ton. The balance then remaining will |
be redistributed among those who ship |
ped the Association, upon a per hogs |
head basis, so that every shipper will |
benefit in proportion to the amount of |
tobacco which the Agency handles. |
For example.
Suppose the first year there is ship |
ped the Associations Sales Agency,
5000 hogsheads. At a dollar and a |
half there will be a gross income of |
$12, 10000. Suppose the total expenses, |
would be balance at the end of the
year of 81, 900. 90 for distribution among
the shippers or fifty cents per hogs |
head, making the actual cost of having |
your crop sold, $1.00 per hogshead. |
Now you can readily see that if the |
next year the Agency gets 10000 hogs |
heads there would be total gross re- |
ceipt of $24, 900. 90, and after deducting |
your Ss.OOO.0O expenses you would have
| SIG, 600. 90 for distribution among the |
shippers, which means that the crop |
has been sold for 80 cents hogshead
It's perfectly simple. An absolutely |
certain and sure proposition entirely |
within your power if you make up your
mind to get together and stay together.
Control your product.
Don't be bamboozled out of acting in
your own interests by those who are
trying to protect their own business to |
your detriment: Maryland tobacco is |
not grown and it cannot be grown, any
where in the world except Maryland. |
1t is a separate and distinct tobacco
from that grown anywhere else, and it
is indispensable for certain purposes.
| It has been in demand since the first
settlers set foot at St. Mary's City; it
will be in demand long, long after the
descendants in the third and fourth
generation of the youngest who read
these pages have passed away, and if
those who need it and want it canno
buy it from one, they will buy it from
another.
It is up to you. Shall your Board of
Directors 60 ahead or shall we quit
right here. You, Mr.. Grower. shall
decide. For this purpose we are fur
nishing you with two cards, one for
subscriptions to stock. the other for
the pledging to, the Association of your
crop. one or both of which should be
filled in, signed, stamped with a one
cent stamp. and dropped in the post
Office before February goth. You do
not necessarily have to subscribe to
stock to derive the benefits of the
Agency, you can do so by merely pledg
ing your tobacco, but remember before
the proposition will be undertaken all
of the 1900, shares of stock must be
subscribed for, and there must be
pledged enough tobacco to assure the
Board of Directors that the undertaking
will succeed. We have gone as far as
we can without you, it is now up to you
to say whether you do or do not want
Sales Agency of your own. Prompt
action is imperative. Get your cards
off today, one pledging your crop, the
other subscribing to stock, and then see
that your neighbors do likewise.
Respectfully submitted,
; THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE MARYLAND TOBACCO GROW
ERS' ASSOCIATION.