The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-07-28
TOBACCO INTERESTS
MEET AT FLORENCE
RESOLUTIONS by E. G. EPPS,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MEETS TOMORROW.

A meeting of the tobacco interests
of the state was held in the court
house at Florence Friday as result
of number of the markets having
called up the secretary of the South
Carolina Tobacco Association and
ured him in view of theutter dissat-
isfaction of the tobacco growers over
the state that an immediate meeting
be arranged. Several markets were
then called and notified of the request
of certain markets for meeting and
as result some eight or ten markets
were represented at the Florence
meeting. Some delegations brought
in reports of such bad feelings in Sec
tions of the state against the present
low prices that it makes some of our
citizenship feel apprehensive as to
what might happen in some localities
unless people are brought to under
stand fully all conditions. In many
sections the feeling is very keen
against the large tobacco interest. At
ter full and frank discussion by farm
ers, bankers, warehousemen and bus
mess men in general from number
of leading markets of the state, the
following resolutions were unaml-
mously adopted, having been offered
by Mr.. E. C. Epps, cashier OF the
bank of Williamsburg, at this place.
Whereas, citizens representing va
riuos tobacco markets in South Caro-
lima, called together in mass meeting
by the secretary of the Tobacco AS
sociation by request of certain local
markets for the purpose of discussing
the prevailing conditions of the pres
ent markets and the prices offered
thereon, after due deliberation and
thought do hereby resolve and RECON-
mend the following suggestions as the
only practical means and methods
whereby more uniform and more sat-
isfactory prices may be obtained:
1st.-We recommend that farmers
devote their best efforts toward har-
vesting and curing only better grades
of tobacco and that the same be
cleaned and picked before being offer
ed for sale on the warehouse floors.
2nd.-That all such tobacco recelv-
ing bids less than (this price to be
determined tomorrow to be Withheld
from sale and be used as fertilizer
upon the farm upon which it was
grown.
3rd.-We recommend that the ware
housemen of the state refrain from
bidding upon offers for sale unless at
least one bid is made by an authoriz-
ed buyer not engaged in or in any way
connected with the warehouse busi-
ness.
4th.-That all tobaccoes offered for
sale that do not bring at least (price
to be determined tomorrow be passed
by the warehousemen and returned to
the producer.
5th.-That the warehousemen's As
sociation be and is hereby requested
to call meeting of all warehousemen
in South Carolina be called to meet
in Florence on Saturday, July 30th'
and at this time the said Association
together with committee, which will
be appointed from the Growers AS
ISOLATION which meets in Florence to-
morrow, Friday July 29th, will fix a
minimum price at which any tobacco
will be permitted to sell in this state.
That it is the sense of this meeting
that the farmers throughout the state
be encouraged as far as possible To
withhold sales of tobacco from the
warehouse floors until after the meet
ing of the state growers association
on Friday and the meeting of the
Tobacco Warehousemen's Association
on Saturday, the 29th and 30th, re-
spectively.
Definite action as to what is best
to do after this week will be detremln-
ed at the meeting tomorrow, at which
time the growers of the state will
meet in the court house at Florence,
at II o'clock, and all interested in the
tobacco business in this state are urg-
ed to be present.
After the meeting adjourned the fol-
lowing resolutions which were for
warded by mail from Manning, to
be introduced at the meeting, were
received too late for the meeting, but
for the information of the growers
or the state in other courties we give
the resolutions below:
Whereas, at the opening sale of to-
l., -, re tho