Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-01-03
TOBACCO AVERAGES
24c AT LEXINGTON

pound, by the university and gov
ernment officials. This compares with
a cost of 70 cents a pound last year.
The average production per acre in
1919 was more than 1, 100 pounds,
while that of 1920 is placed at 800
pounds.
Three sets of buyers are here
awaiting the sounding of the opening
gong. They will follow an itinerary
on the opening day that will take
| each set to six warehouses, thus COW
ering the entire market during the
day. On succeeding days sales will
! be held in three warehouses each
morning and three others in the af
| ternOOn.
Officials of tho growers association
of which John W. Newman, of Ver-
sailles, is president, are attending all
/ sales and watch closely the prices
paid for the various grades. Should
the prices prove unsatisfactory, it
is planned to take hold of the lower
grades and prepare to find the proper
market for them through the propos
cd cooperative market ing company,
| plans for which have already been
approved by the association.
The managers of the principal
buying interests represented on the
Lexington market arc: American To-
bacco Company, NJ. NJ. Geary; Lfg-
get E, Myers Tobacco Company, Jas.
! Pryor; Il. Lorrilard Company, Kirk
patrick d Stevens; J. i. Taylor Com
pany, George X. Parker; Il. j. Rey-
nold5 Tobacco Company, Theodore
| Kirk
Newman Says "Stcady, Boys"
that the next ten days would be the
crucial period in the life Of tho new
organization, formed because of pros
poets that prices would be below the
cost of production, John w. New
man, president of the Burely Tobacco
Growers Association, today issued q
statement which he headed "Steady.
Boys" "Whatever prices prevail"
he said, "let the grower. sit steady in
the boat, uphoIding at all times law
and order"
"Within the next ten days mem
hers Of the Burley Tobacco Growers
Association will likely be put to their
first scvcrcSt test since joining the OF
"anization," said the statement. "The
present indications arc that many
members of this organization will, in
the course of this period, in the space
of three minutes dispose of years
labor at !, very low figure. The to-
baccu grower has toiled with his fam
lily, and often with costly hired labor
to produce Il crop Of tobacco that a
freak Of the weather or an attack of
disease has rendered Of Il very low
| quality. It will necessarily bring a
low price. Good crops may sell for
less than their value. Disappoint-
! mcnts will follow. Debts cannot he
paid. Many will be un-supplied.
/ Other things must be sacrificed to
meet obligations. There will likely be
! many distressing incidents and much
bitterness of feeling. Some will prob
| ably blame the manufactures, some
/ may blame the government. This
reason and that will be given for un-
| satisfactory prices. Many remedies
will be suggested.
"Whatevcr prices may prevail, let
| the grower sit steady in the boat, up
| holding at all times law and order.
:, Injustice and wrongs can only be
! righted through organization, coop
| GRAFTON and due process of law. So
we say STEADY, boys during the
| troublesome days ahead. Strengthen
| your organization. Seek redress in
an orderly way. In this way we will
; have the support of public opinion,
without which no organization, how
ever righteous its cause, can long ex-
( ist. Out Of it all will ultimately
come good. Unsatisfactory conditions
can and will be righted. The growers
must depend more upon their united
efforts and less upon government re-
lief. This is the great lesson that
this terrible defation of farm prices
is teaching"