Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-30
THE PROMISE OF
THE BURlEY PATCH
Prominent Farmer Urges This
Cor-A- To Finish Its Pool
Quota By Dec. 10


ers' Cooperative Association, for !
y two thousand strong. has come !,
Into being over night. 1t i "A !
good and sufficient vehicle but no !
/ prcdistigitation in the mere for-
nation OF it will crup; wealth for /
! the producers OF Kentucky. MOI
supcrmcn will arise to carry SIN
gle handed to the heights of sue
cess this mO.ncntous departure !
The vision. the thought. the labor |
! lies IN the future
Cooperative marketing of farm |
/ products is not new in the annals
of american agriculture Hun
dred, OF them have failed utterly. !
hundreds have held on miracu-
lousy and Vet other hundreds /
, have succeeded marvclouslv. !
Careful examination OF rural /
association from Maine 10 Cali I
iornia reveals a weakness. ;h" .
great wcakuc :. common to them
al. IL IS .,;calthv enemy that !
steals away the bone and ,incW (
SLOWLY. unobiru,ivcll. relentless
/: ly. Ii is apathy, loss of interest.
! the let George DO il sp;~i; that
/ inevitably san, the strength anil /.
. viGur OF members and officers /
alike. II Is not enough that those /:
f., at the helm be paid; whether the
organization IL social or strictly J
business the t:rcad disease crecp> !
i'll (this Is thc hope OF tn" cuc-
my
: The Burley Tobacco Growers +
Cooperative Association Will
prove no exception to the riIlc.
+ 10 bc sure. il is full grown n
birth but has vet to learn to
stand and walk alone. When apa
thy sets in the poison enters.
When personal feeling and prcju
dice instead 81 Judgment dictates
the selection % directors and OF
iicerS the tide has turned !
The patch i iull OF anticipd
tion. We are filled with the en-
thusiasn that sees only the glory
Of the rising sun These hopes
will remain and the promise be
fulfilled so long aS each member
and each officer strikes i"r ihc
bettcrment and strcngth oi the
body. The outlook the po>-ibil-
iticS are bouudlcSs.
But apathy will weaken. zeal
ouSN rctard and suspicion cripple
il. These cairkcrs are inevitable.
y ,f,..,, L..
cdy; the bolstering up of inter
est. the aliaying OF suspicion and
the pblitcratipn OF jcalou>y
y stitch in time is par: oi ctcr-
nal vigilance. New blood. the
striving for Hcw recruits. ucu
action and clean living in every
detail provide, the 2ntiaotc. the
panacca. That there are now
and always will be cIcmic~ al
this great anl wholesome t...Cr-.
prise goes without saving The
canker OF apathy within and thc
parasitical aSpirants without.
Even now ;hc success OF II :,
being clawcd at from without bv.
the establishment OF "lndepcu-
! dent" markets There l. no NOR
al wrong here: no legal infringe
iincnt OF any rights So Ion" a
F., men are wont to gamble there
} will be spectators market in
the tobacco industry ii i not To-
be avoided. It's lure vii, ever be
great for those who do not
choose the beaten path. While.
at best, spectators market
must needs be hazardous and I'm
certain there will be those of in
dependent micn ready To heed
the siren voice
What i'll effects on the body 81
producers will result depends up.
on the action or inaction OF those .
Joined together for SiX years with
ia single purpose. In the secur-
ing of new members lies the
counteraction OF loss by apathy. /.
the strengthening OF purpose and
the elimination OF those ills inev
iitably born III competitive "Inde /
pendent" markets. and all indc
ipendent hurley tobacco markets
are financial ;.dversaries OF tie
!, Burlcy Tobacco Growers Coop
: crative Association.
!, 1t is the entering wedge OF dis
. solution, if such be possible. that
/ can only be obliterated by the re-
duction OF outsiders To the point
/ where there will not remain The
necessary material for specula-
: ton. To strike now for addition
: al members iS of supreme I'M
portancc ii Madison county Is TO
/ avoid turmoil. irritation and con
. fiict.
r New .roli;ld will he. b~olzcu