The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-12-15
GREEN RIVER GROWERS
ORGANIZE TOBACCO POOL
Binding Contract Being Signed
By Members; 100000
Backing Promised

At two meetings held in Owens
boro Saturday the Green River To-
.bacco Marketing association was
formally launched. At the first
meeting held at the Daviess County
loose leaf warehouse, because the
court house was too small to hold
the 1900 or more farmers present,
the pledge which every member OF
the association will sign, was read.
AT the meeting in the afternoon
pledge books were distributed to
delegates from all of the 100 school
districts in the county but three or
four for circulation.
Meetings will be held in every
school house in the county Monday
might when the tobacco growers in
each district will be called upon to
sign the. pledge giving the executive
committee of the association the ex-
elusive right to handle. sell and
grade their tobacco and agreeing in
the event that signer breaks the
contract to pay the agents five cents
per pound for the tobacco not de-
livered to the association.
A mass meeting will be held at
the court house in Owensboro We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock at
which pledges will be turned in.
As soon as the farmers of Daviess
county are organized an effort will
be made to organize the farmers Of
Mclean, Hancock, Ohio, and Breck-
inridge counties, and possibly in
Southern Indiana.
The meeting Saturday morning
was called for the court house but
the huge crowd of farmers from ev-
cry section of the county, at least
a fourth of the tobacco growers Of
the county, could not get into the
circuit court room and the meeting
was held at the Daviess County
loose leaf warehouse.
Details Not Complete
Chairman w. C. Haycraft, of the
executive committee. called the
meeting to order and there were
talks by Mr.. Haycraft, Hiram
Marksberry and Frank Moseley.
The pledge which the farmers are
to be called upon to sign was read
and discussed. Questions of the
farmers present on various phases
of the organization were answered,
but Mr.. Moseley stated on behalf OF
the committee that it was impossi-
BILE for the committee to work out
details and that the tobacco growers
must first organize before the men
who proposed to furnish the finan-
cial backing would accept concrete
proposition. Details must be left to
the committee he said. To this
those present seemed to agree.
Will Fix Prices
q Opcdhcio AGAIN cAPiuihOu INC SOh
eral principles of the proposed or
1t is proposed to pledge
a sufficient number of the tobacco
growers of the Green River district
to control at least fifty per cent of
the crop to place their tobacco in
the hands of the executive commit
tee of the Green River Tobacco
Growers Marketing association. The
committee will make ar
if possible, with local
oose leaf floors to use their floors to
handle the crop. The tobacco will
De graded. a price fixed upon the
Tarious grades equivalent to the
Iverage price for the past five years
md the buyers will be invited to see
he tobacco and take 1t at tie price
'ffered. All tobacco not sold will
'e removed from the floors. prized.
nd placed in warehouses to await
ale. II the loose leaf floors will
lot allow their houses to be used
or this purpose other arrangements
Till be made for receiving the to-
acco. AS far as possible the to- /,
acco will be received at the nearest
oint to the place 1t is grown. Ware
ouses and factories In other coun-
7 seats and towns in the district =
ill be used. wherever possible.
Plenty Of Backers
Just how much money will be !
ivanced on the tobacco which is =
OF sold remains question. It is Z,
nderstood that the executive CON- !,
ittee of the association has been
'sured OF $500. 900 by Messrs. Mas
Q and Whiteley. It is also under-
ool that the Hodge Tobacco COM
my and the Kentucky Virginia To- Il
Icco company. have offered their G,
ants to them. which are among I,
Q best equipped in owensboro for ol