The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-01-12
TOBACCO MEETING At
FLORENCE ON FRIDAY

important phases of production, grad
ing and marketing tobacco will be
taken up Friday in the South Caro-
INA tobacco growers convention in
Florence, T: Benton Young, secretary
or the state association, announced
today. Each of these important
polnts Will be discussc din all it's rami-
ncatlons both by state experts and by
men VINO nave attained national emin-
ence in these respective spheres of
action and study.
MI. Aaron Sapiro, of San Francisco,
Calf. organizer and legal advisor of
the biggest cooperative growing,
packing and marketing organizations
OF the Pacific coast states of Oregon,
Washington and California, will be-
the chief spea ker. He will present a
cooperative plan of growing, handl-
ing and marketing of crops which NAV
be applied in South Carolina to to,
bacco,. cotton, potatoes, or other com
modltles produced in this state. DR..
). Y. Joyncr, and Clarence Poe, promi-
nent in North Carolina as Southern
agricultural lights, will be present
also TO addres sthe convention
The meeting will be held in the
fiorence county court house beginn-
ing at IL o'clock Friday morning.
Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, of Florence
district demonstration agent, has is
sued an invitation to the ladies to at
tend this convention also for the nos.
sible marketing information which
they may procure from the discussions.
"Production of tobacco particularly
concerns us this year, "says Mr..
Young: "While North Carolina and
Virginia last year far exceeded the
production of the year before, we
have been liable to congratulate our
selves on our good sense in reducing
by 100000 pounds last year. But
most of our good sense has a matter
OF the elements. The cold killed our
beds and the rain drowned our fields
the first cutting us probably one
third and the second cutting us more.
Our reduction was matter more of
Providence.
pound production against 400 .OOO.-
600 consumption speaking approxima
tely. We people of South Carolina
must determine now our policy for
the coming season, Judging by the
business outlook for tobacco in this
situation.
"Grading is much debated and dis
cussed point in the tobacco industry,
Just now. We have had much agita-
ton about grading and tieing in South
Carolina. General opinion is that
Legislation is the only way to bring
about this rule. We hope to have
such meeting here Friday as will
be able to discuss intelligently this
very point, and take representative
action.
Compulsory grading has been pro-
posed. Also compulsory tieing of to-
bacco to bring it onto the warehouse
floors, there is very decided differ
ence of opinion, with good reason on
both sides, on this question How
ever, we want it settled one way or
the other in the Friday convention.
Or course; marketing is the big
point with all of us-that's the ex-
change which brings us our money
for the crop. Very likely two impor-
tant propositions will be made to this
meeting Friday. One of these will be
to debar from the floors Of the ware
houses all tobacco which will not
bring as much as five cents. The other
will be the installation of system of
market reporting used successfully in
! Kentucky, where every warehouse is
compelled by law to post. before open
ing the next day the total sales and
average for the day previous.
"The tobacco industry is borne down
very heavily today by the accumula-
tion Of millions of pounds of sorry
weed, which clubs down the price of
good tobacco. The only way to pre-
vent this situation is by the planter
not selling the sorry stuff into the
hands of the manufacturer. 1t is bet
ter thrown into the middlcs and plow-
ed under as manure
"Florcnce county operated very sue
cessfully market reporting system
among the chief tobacco markets last
season The results were gratifying
enough to encourage its resumption