The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-02-25
III Report To The News
Of Baltimore.

and outlook, says lnat Ho ID SdtisLe'
with present conditions, taking al
things into consideration. He says Their
never was after big war that we dlt
not have a shake down-and why ex
peCt any exceptions now Things art
getting better; foreign conditions are
not satisfactory but they are surely ad
iusting themselves to a more satlstac
torv basis. We have never had failure
or famine. The farmers are getting
organized and through their organlza'
ton will receive the many benefits and
advantages that are making the going
easv. There is sufficient demand tor
| the small amount of Maryland tobacco,
if marketed in an orderly way, as the
| demand develops, to bring fair pr1ce,
and the splendid cooperation OF the
banks throughout the tobacco growing
| area of MARYLAND, and one of the largest
! banks of Baltimore, together with the
cooperation of the wealthy and influ-
ential people Of the State, makes finan-
| CeS aVall3t)lt " GetIt IIOp uheAh
| this can be accomplished.
When asked If there was any dlscord
between the commission men and the
BUYERS and the Association. Mr.. Gardl-
ner, with some evidence of impatience,
said, 'lf you wan, II sta d OF; n" cor
ner and listen for gossip Or listen to
everything YOU hear, you can hear any,
thing and get into any kind of scrap,
but want to say that | am trying to
run the Maryland Tobacco Growers
Association for the many benefits of the
many members, and am not trying to
run any commission business, nor have
| any fight with them. By virtue of the
fact that there was a commission form
of selling on this market for many
years the commission men, who were
and are still engaged in same are entl-
tied to all they can get out of it, and
would like to add that, personally
have never been treated better in my
life than by some of the men engaged
in this business. am frank to say that
the success of the Association will auto
maticaIly interfere with the commission
business on this market. If the farmers
are so blind that they cannot or rather
will not see the many benefits that will
be derived from organization and the
much good the Association has already
accom- lished on this market. | will
suggest to this element that am sure
hat the commission men will be glad to
have their patronage, and as for the
buyers, will you tell me-" he asked,
can ou give me any reason on the
face of the great Lords green globe
why we should have any discnrd with
the buyers and they should have any
with US? | am sick and tired of this
ak, and buyers that | have had the
pleasure Of meeting on this market are
al keen, alert, fair minded business
men, that any business man would con-
slider it a pleasu and privilege to know
and have .ried to help the farmer far
more tn ID some of the farmers are try
ing to hep themselves. Of course they
trv to buy tobacco as cheap as they
can. Do YOU blame them Do you
NOW any farmer or any other man who
ioes not try to buy everything he buys
as chea 5y as he can ? The only thing
that puzzles me is that they don't buy
Il cheaper than they do.
IF the farmers would make the
product more attractlve-grow, pack,
yrade and handle their tobacco the way
hey should, and have plan and not
nope, and run their own business and
-xpect the buyers and commission men,
Who either run their own or paid to
un some one else to run the farmers
business, then they would have no
ause for complaint,
l want to say it sounds all right to
criticise but put the criticism IN the
right place The manufacturer, the
buyer or the commission man IS
mighty poor business man If farmers
turn their business over TO them un-
restricted and they do not manipulate it
TO their own interest. No other concern
in the world has done this, and | guar
antee if anv farming implement con-
cern or fertilizer house in the world will
turn their product over to the farmers
10 put their prices on some, and manip-
ulate it as they please, subject to no
| equitable restrictions, that the business
! will soon he where the farmer is today,
and that is a hotter place than Balti.
more or any other place in Maryland.
"No, the only fuss we have is with the
man who up to this time eeems to think
that he has had some special business
or personal reason why he has not join
ed the Association. This man, how
ever, is rapidly coming in, as he has
freed himself from such ideas and.ohh-
| cations and knows when he is on the
| right rc ad, and the other fellow in the
farming industry, of whom there are
quite a few, who wants to hide behind
his organized brother and prays that
his neighbors organization may sue
ceed without him, so that he can reap
the benefits of organization and still
remain free and clear from the work,
responsibility and burden Of making
this organization a success, and won't
come out in public and tell any man
why he won't join the only thing today
alive that will save US from a return tc
the dark days Of ag iculture with which
most of us are familiar and of which
need to make no further comment.
"You asked me about the report tina
the French will not be on the marke
this year. | am surprised 10 hear this
for unless it is very recent decision
| do not think it is true, for | had {
talk with Mr.. Henry Woke, of Claas
Woke & Co., who represent the Frenct
Government on this market, not long
900 and he ia certainly a yery tranl