Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-07-18

tiations for the sale of this wool, Doc
was the best offer we had. We held
until we were able to get Csc, Il diff
crcncc Of $4,000 in the amount of
the wool we sold. As to an eXpcrt on
marketing, when we offered this wool
| through X. S. Moss to Mcssrs. IIig-
| ginbotham and Steele at zoe, why did
they not look into the future and save
that one cent Il pound if they paid
Brown lie? Two days after we sold
for Csc they approached us with an
offer Of 6Gc as the best they could
do and stated it was above the mar
kct and then three days later "Wool
| Gathered says they paid Brown Tic
Why did not these market special
lists and devoted friends of the farmer
look into the future and at least offer
to divide up with him on the big ad-
vance they claim? Since we prefer
| not to discount their marketing abili-
~ or devotion to the farmer we can
not but take ut their word from re-
liable information that they would
lose money on the wool to show the
farmers they could get it any way
and break up the Association. Now
Mr.. Wool Gathered" whether you
be profitccr or parasite, until the To-
'''i bhS iis1Nt ulsl'lt enOU INC nc
price to the farmer or in other words
have paid this Die to the owners of
the wool bought at soc. money they
would have kept iii their pocckts but
FOR this wool pool. don't rush into the
prints To criticisc Il sale at Csc. You
are neither fooling the farmer nor the
public. It's your toes that are being
pnched and not the farmers. | wish
to say here publicly that only one
man deserted the pool withou my con-
sent. The farmers stood solidly behind
their contracts, even when disrcputa-
bic methods were used to ret them
to hrcrk away from the pool.
It's fine and shows the kind of men
we have in the organization and ONLY
business men who are "Wuol Gather
cd' would openly oppose their rights
and wishes. The men who have band
ed themselves together in nm cndcav-
or to break up this Farmers Associ:,-
ton had better look out for the steam
roller. It's coming your way and the
brakes are out Of order. Because the
farmers work twelve to fourteen
hous Il day, through rain and sun
shine, hot or cold. whilst the mer
chant and professional man can have
short hours, its no argument that he
IS no: thinking thinking over his
hardships and planning to remedy his
wrongs. IT 10y following the example
Of the merchants, the labor and MI
other organized classes of men, he
can organize, stand together, buy or
sell through any lawful medium. he
may select, and thereby better his con
dItlon, who can gainSay his rights?
DO our enemies claim because we
feed and clothc the world. that we
are not entitled to the same privilcr-
cS us ether classes enjoy? If you
admit our rights then shut up your
chatter and let the farmers decide
for themselves whether their business
has been properly handled. We make
no superior claims for ourselves. We
are no experts on markets or anything
else and have never made any claim
To it. Yet as long as we save tho
farmers ii to II lie per pounds
on his wool, % per cent ON salt. %
per cent on sugar. three to five dol
lars per ton on his fertilizer and Il
great many other things in like pro-
portion, we don't believe nc is going
to kick. The kick is going to come
from the other fellow.
Now, fellow farmers, and ali Won
little buyers. ! have endcuvorcd to
make your dollar buy rs much as
possible rs much as the rich r1an's,
| VINO has wholesale privileges, privi-
iegeS denied the average man. This
IS your right. II you think best To
line up with the merchants and break
up your organization it's your privi-
lc@c To do SO. If, on the other hand.
YOU want tn maintain your organiZa-
| ton, want To see it succeed, want 10
see il hold out n helping hand to the
llttlc buyer then get behind it and
stand like you did in The wool pool.
IT you thin! the management ineir
cicnt come in and help correct Il.
Lend helping hand to the or%aniza
ton and not to your enemies.
NJ. l.. PERRY,
Secretary-I'r