Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-20
TOBACCO men PLAN
TO SAVE INDUSTRY
Much Local Interest In Allied To-
hacco League--Almost 7,000,-
600 Pounds Sold So Far

III THIS section are all interested
in the formation of the Allied To-
bacco League. A prominent
farmer and grower has written
he Daily Register about the cam
paign that may be expected next
to kill the tobacco industry and
he ehcloses a clipping relative to
an organization being formed to
combat it. His letter will be of
Interest. He writes:
/ Richmond, KY, Feb. 10, 1920
Dear Editor:
| am enclosing to you a clip
ping taken from the Cincinnati
Enquirer and given to me by DR..
| w. A Gardner, who | had the
pleasure of meeting and rooming
with in Cincinnati some time ago.
DIR. Gardner is associated with the
Allied Tobacco League of, Ameri-
ca as you can see after reading
the article which | am enclosing.
believe it would be good
idea to get this article before the
farmers as they do not realize
what peril they are in. The peo-
lple opposing the use of tobacco
are awake and up and doing,
while the people who use and
raise tobacco are drifting along
and only thinking of the price
they are getting for their tobacco
crops.
If this is not asking too much I
would like for you to publish this
article so that the farmers can
realize the fact and be on the job
to protect themselves. To vote
tobacco out, | fell will, and is
bound to reduce the price on
land. This is not what the
farmer wants, in my opinion.
| think the best thing for the
farmers to do is to organize in
this community and do all we can
in favor of tobacco. | am willing
to give my services and if the
farmers feel like they want to do |
this, | am willing to do all | can
and get in touch with DR.. Gardner |
and have him come to Richmond
and endeavor to make the organ
|ization complete. sci g.
Yours very respectfully, -
V. NJ GAINES
The clipping referred to is as
follows:
The Allied Tobacco League In
dustry may be chosen as the
name under which every branch
of the tobacco industry, from
grower to retailer, will be organ
lied to fight the forces opposed
to the cultivation, manufacture
and use of tobacco in any form.
This was the recommendation
made at a general meeting of the
trade held at the offices of the
Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse
presided over by w. D. Spalding,
President of the Cincinnati Leaf
natiTobacco Exchange, who has
been acting as Chairman of the
temporary organization
There was a good attendance
of tobacco men at the meeting,
representing practically every
branch of the industry, including
growers, leaf dealers, warehouse
men, manufacturers, bankers,
jobbers and retailers. The con-
sumner, too, was represented by
visitors, who displayed keen in
terest in the new movement OPP
posed to the prohibition of to-
bacco.
DIR. w. A. Gardner, of New
York, explained the necessity oil
"a permanent consolidation of all
allied tobacco interests to combat
the growing propaganda against
the manufacture and use of to-
bacco products. "The principle
of property con6scation is in
volved," he said, Gust as much in
the tobacco question today as it
has been hitherto in the great
liquor fight, which eventually |
brought about nationwide pro-
though enacted under
the guise of a war measure.
DIR. Gardner put special stress
upon the fact that the Parent
Teachers Association is actively
engaged at the present time in
spreading the propaganda against
the use of tobacco among the
children of the public schools, and
that it is part of the program of
the tobacco prohibitionists to thus
wage an educational campaign in
to the homes of every community.
False and misleading statements
regarding tobacco and its effect
upon the health of the user go
mrefuted,' he said, because
there is no organization to take
the opposition and properly in
form the public"