The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-08
CONFIDENT OF
SUCCESS
Judge r. w. Bingham.
Chairman OF Burley
Tobacco Growers
Association


Before q crowd Of 500 Garrsrd
county tobacco srewers end declsr.
ing that what the French and Danes
could do In the way ofco-operative
marketing the tobacco growers Of
Kentucky can do. and the growers OF
hurley tobacco in Kentucky and the
hurley district have Just as much
ssase" a. the orange prune and
raisin growers Of California, Judge
Robert ". Bingham. Of Louisville.
chairman Of the Burnley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association.
told these people last Saturday af-
,ernoon nj the court house that he $
absolutely convinced % the wisdom
Of the proposed plan Of marketing
and confident that the producers will
have the good sense to adopt !, In
time to max, 1, effective for the
handling % this years crop.
This was Judge Bingham's first
public address since his return from
Europe. where he studied the CO.
operative marketing systems in use
in France and Denmark. Incident
ally he told the growers Of Garrari
OF the pledging Of more than So
600 900 pounds Of tobacco to the
new system within two weeks. and
that result obtained with an inten-
sive campaign only in few Of the
counties reporting. ii. -a.d there
Wa not the least doubt q the sdop-
ton Of the plan when once thegrcw-
ers in all the counties had u present
cd To them.
"some Of the growers object 20
surrendering their independence :"
he said. in discussing the objections
20 the plan. when in Gods name.
have you had any independence un-
der the present system Of market
ins," he asked. and the crowd APP
plauded.
Judg. Bingham reviewed the
work from its inception and his audi
enee frequently eheered his state
men,s in regard to the absolute ne
eesslty Of the growers getting to-
gether ~ men and adopting q sane
and modern marketing system for
the handling Of their tobacco. . sys-
TEN. according to the speaker. no
longer IN experiment hut one which
had been tried and found workable
and practicable not only In Europe
bu, in connection with the handling
Of the psrishsble products Of Cali
fornis and Washington.
Tvsbuss Paid JsAss Bisshs.
Judge Lewis L. Walker presided
and paid tribute to the unselnsh work
Of Judge Bingham in financing and
starting the temporary organization.
Ne announced q series Of meetings
Monday at 2 o'clock 81 precinct
ehairmcn with their workers to OBJ
tain the name Of every grower in
Carrard and another meeting Of the
six precincts near town Saturday
afternoon at gao o'clock.
Judge Walker introduced Judge
Bingham as the head Of This great
movement forthe benefit Of the to-
baeco growers" He declared Il the
only business like sensible attemp,
TO solve the problem Of the hurley
tobacco growers Of the hurley dis
trict. "He said that II this move
ment failed II meant disaster TO the
Buriey district. For the first time,
Judge Walker declared. the growers
have the benefit Of an unselfsh lead
ership.
Judge Bingham told Of the sue
cess Of cooperative marketing in
California and how he became con-
WINGED that the plan was applicable to
the Kentucky tobacco situation and
thoroughly workable. He told Of his
observations In the country section
Of California--the good homes. the
good churches. the high standard Of
living In the country distriets-Quite
a. high ~ In the cities. He said he
looked for the answer and he found
it in the Cooperative Marketing As
ISOLATION.
Judge Bingham told how the old
systam Of marketing forced the man.
ufaeturers to buy oil the tobacco
they would want for . year within
Q period Of eight weeks. Judge
Bingham said the srowsrs could have
tobacco graded just - veil - the
maasfastussss and sDseulaters. svsa
70 they had 70 taks ~ sssAsss swsy
frsn tAiss present employers.
0as concern. Judge DiaShn said.
employed sbest 80 bayern In ths|
busisy distsiet Hs said he ssed|
business asa ansas ~ nassfss-