The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-07
DISAPPOINTMENT MARKS OPEN
ING OF LOCAL TOBACCO
MARKET.


Disappointment and very low
prices, coupled with an excited anc
restless lot of growers and specta-
tors, marked the resumption Of the
tobacco sales for the 1921 season on
the Paris market, Tuesday morning
Reports of happenings in other places
filtering in served to keep the nerves
or the growers on a raw edge, and a
spark would have started panic
The sale opened at the Paris House
No. 1 of the Bourbon Tobacco Ware
house Company, at nine o'clock, and
closed at eleven o'clock, in the midst
OF an excited multitude The sales
amounted 10 a little over 8O,940
pounds, with reflections of 1850
pounds, making the net sales for he
time 66,370 pounds, which brought
$6G,e12.03, an average of $3.50.
During the sale few has
kets brought more than twenty-five
cents pound and one sold for forty
fine cents a pound The sales vera
stopped when the dissatisfaction and
discomfort had reached an acute
stage. Cries of "Cut it out" all over
the house decided the matter, and,
after a conference between the auc-
tioneers, managers of the houses and
growers, the sales were stopped.
In the afternoon a meeting of the
growers and handlers was held at
the court house, attended by crowd
cOnservatively estimated at about l..
500. John 7. Collins, manager Of the
Bourbon Tobacco Warehouse, presid
ed. Mr. Collins made an address.
which was loudly cheered by the
whole audience. Speeches were
also made by Dan w. Peed, j. w.
Bell and VIM. o. Hinton. A motion
was made and carried by unani-
NOUS vote to hold the present cro,t
end cut ont this years crop. The
managers of the two warehouses
then agreed to close their houses in
definitely. Mr.. Collins was named by
resolution as chairman of commit
tee to be named By him to co-ope-
rate with like committee from the
entire Burley district at once ana
place the B-lrley business on work.
ing basis Mr.. Collins announced
his committee as follows: D. W.
Peed, Edward Burke, JAS H. Thomp-
son. VIM. D. Mcintyre. J. Fl. Bell.
John w Jones. John T. Collins. Jas.
Mcclure ard James NJ Caldwell.
The question of financing the
present crop to save the small grow
ers and farmers YVES taken up ut 4
meeting of Bourbon county bankers
held Tuesday night At this meeting
the matter was thoroughly threshed
out and a plan of action decided up
on, which will tend TO relieve the
strained situation and bring order
out of chaos.
1t was said yesterday that tic
sales would probably be resumed
Tuesday.
The feeling Of impending disds-
ter which at first took posses sion Of
the people upon hearing the news
of the situation gradually gave way
to q calmer state al d more optim-
and yesterday. The calamity-hoTl-
ers were promptly silenced, and the
assurance went forth that the situ-
alton would yet resolve itself into
one that would be met fully and TO
the satisfaction of all parties con-
cerned
The matter has now developed
Into e game of watchful waiting
Those who looked with trepidation
on the future are now viewing the
matter through the eyes of reason
and calr.ness. No further action VIII
be taken here until after the big
mass-meeting which is to be held to
dav in Lexington. In the meantime
the sales huoses will remain closed,
and the tobacco On the six selling
floors will remain there.
Charging that there is 4 we'll
defined conspiracy among few bic
tobacco manufacturers to steal this
crop of tobacco from the farmers"
REPRESENTATIVE J. Campbell Cantrlll,
Seventh Kentucky District, IN ali
interview with The CouIier-Jt urnal
correspondent 1T Washington, de-
clared that the State and Federal
flaws are sufficient 10 prevent snch
an illegal combination and express
ed the hope that every Common
wealth's Attorney and every Federal
District Attorney in Kentucky will
Immediately make full and com
plete Investigation of these cohi;
tons so that such a combination
if it exists. is broken up and the
offenders brought t. immediate JUS
tice"
Representative Cantrill. who him
self is a large producer of tobacco,
expressed it as his individual opin.
ion that the bu,ley growers should
not rornoit their CROPS to go on the