The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-12-02
MUST KEEP OUT
CHEAP TOBACCO
Cantrill Says Burley
Growers Will Lose
Heavily If They
Dump Low
Grades On
Market.

/ That the tobacco growers OF Men
| lucky will get three times as much
money for the two hundred million
pounds Of good tobacco they have
raised this year as they will get for
the entire crop Of three million
pounds. II they fail to keep the low
grades of the market. was the state
ment Of Congressman J. CAMPBELL
Cantrill. himself larg land owner
and tobacco raiser, on the eve Of his
departure Saturday night for Wash
inrton TO prepare for the coming SEES
sion Of Congress.
J Mr.. Cantrill has been in kentucky
I for the past two weeks. and he has
devoted some time to personal inves-
/ tigation u the reports that the tobac-
oc crop is much lighter than last
years. with the result that he has
come TO the conclusion. he said. that
not more than three million pounds
had been grown this year, and Of
this third Is Of low grade.
Mr. Cantrill urged the necessity Of
organization to all the growers, not
only in the Burnley Tobacco Growers
Association. Of which J W. Newman
j. the head. but in tho Farmers
Union local unions II which are IN
nearly every county. Mr.. Cantrill
,iad u was the duty and would be
greatly 90 the benefit Of the farmers
tu strengthen their local organiza-
tions 10y adjoining these farmers
unions. as we'll as uniting in a general
organization. such as the new associa-
ton
when ! came TO Kentucky two
weeks ago" said the Congressman, II
will admit that was not greatly en-
couraged over the outlook for prices
this fall. but after careful and
painstaking investigation. which has
included my own tobacco in Scott Co.
and some Of my neighbors in partical-
Is all the big counties Of Central Ken
lucky. | am convinced that the yield
this year in weight will not exceed
the ability Of the market TO handle,
unless the low grades should be dump
cd on the market. in which case the
entire price fabric will totier. For
that reason. it is necessary for the
growers to organize to keep this low
grade tobacco off the market. The
manufacturers and buyers for Euro
pean trade are overstocked with that
tobacco. I, actually will not pay for
the expense " stripping and hauling
Il, II offered in connection with the
better leaf. and can only have the ef-
fec. Of demoralizing the entire mar
k,' The growers will suffer no loss.
but rather gain largely by holding
these low grades at home.
Europe usually takes this tobac-
so of our hands. but just now Europe
: not able TO pay the interest on her
debts. and since there is no demand
from that source and American
manufacturers are overlooked with
that class Of leaf. it would not pay
to strip and haul that kind Of to-
bacco TO market. Il would be no
sacrifice to the grower to hold il of
the marke, and redry il. II il is held
of the market, and held generally.
that means that not over two hundred
million pounds will be marketed and
that the growers will get u good price
for il, for the manufacturer will not
hesitate To buy at good prices IL that
amount Of tobacco is offered. for that
amount will be needed by them.
IF Kentucky has to return al any
time in the future 20 the old schedule
of prices. II will mean the loss Of
their farms to many Of the growers
and the loss u many Of the comforts
that our children in the hurley belt
have enjoyed for the past eight or
ten years Of good prices. want 10
urge all the farmers to get together
and stick together for the benefit Of
thmselves and for the benefit Of all.
They had just as well throw their low
grade leaf on the ground as TO bring
It to market. The profit will be
about the same. The only way TO
make such movement hold of these
low grades success is to organize
and for all who are interested in the
tobacco growers, business men and
the press included, to impress upon
the growers the importance Of hold |
ing back their low grades until the
good tobacco is marketed IL not en- |
tirely 50 far as this years market
Is concerned.
THE farmers who do market this
low grade leaf are not only their own
enemies but enemies to their neigh
bors and the tobacco industry. All
they can do by marketing Il is to