The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-12-22
TOBACCO MARKET
ASSOCIATION NOTES
OUT LINE OF WHAT CO-OPERA-
TIVE MARKETING WILL DO
FOR FARMERS.


world on the California or Denmark
plan-the same plan that tobacco
will be marketed by.
South Carolina tobacco farmers get
only eight cents of the consumers
dollar, while the California farmer
has returned to him by his organiza7
ton $9S.00 out of every $4,000 worth
of commodity delivered to the asso-
Grafton. S3 per cen7 of all the mar
ketable farm products or 1927, 7,OOO,-
600 worth of all the marketable farm
products are marketed through farm
ers organizations in California-the
same type of organization that the
farmers in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virgins. are signing up
for now. When it came time to
sign the contracts the second time,
or after five years had passed the
so per cent of the farmers signed
the contract (Ranging from five to
twenty years. without even a cam
paign. This will show you what CAL
ifornia thinks of this movement.
After thorough study of the con-
tract you will find the following points
How to organize.
1. By commodity. Nothing but
tobacco through tobacco associa-
ton. Nothing but sweet potatoes
through a sweet pot2to association,
etc.
2. Only farmers in this organiza-
ton (This includes the landlord and
tenant both.) The reason for having
only farmers in this organization is
that the dealer is opposite to that Of
the grower. When the farmer is pros
porous the whole country is prosper
GUS, but when the farmer is not pros
berous the whole country is in a panic.
8. The tobacco will be pooled.
The big men and the little men get
the same price for the same class
and grade of tobacco. The associa-
ton is not allowed to make profit for
itself but all of its profits are pro-
rated to the farmers. What does it
cost to become member of this as
sociation? $500 for five years. so
cents a year, five cents or the price
of a cocacola per month or chew Of
tobacco per day. When you sign this
contract you are signing your decla-
ration of independence, this is what
the California farmers call it. When
you fail to sign it you are cheating
yourself out OF your birthright-your
independence and You are weakening
the backbone of your pocket book.
a. This is an irol.bound five year
contract-an honest mans organlza-
ton. The organization that we have
had before you could be in this morn
ing and out tonight. That is the reas-
on they failed. Because we have an
ironbound contract is the reason why
there has never been failure in any
organization of this type. We use
no wishbone kind of contract.
5. We don't organize politics, So
cieties or hybrid associations but we
organize farmers for the purpose OF
receiving reasonable profit.
6. An expert will be employed to
sell this commodity, who studies the
marketing of tobacco the entire year.
The farmer as an individual is a pro-
dacer and not salesman. A man
who spends 1854 days producing a
commodity cannot sell it on the 365th
day or in one day. The commodity
will be sold by class and grade, and
the farmers in Virginia, North and
South Carolina will receive the same
price for the same class and grade Of
tobacco. Is $3.50 a hundred pounds
a decent price for the farmers to re-
ceive for the bedding, planting, cultl-
walton, fertilization, rent on land,
worming, cropping, curing, handling
and marketing Of tobacco? This is
what you received in the year Of 1921.
The tobacco you produced here in
South Carolina is now selling from
three to four and half times as
much in North Carolina as you re-
ceived for it. Who is getting this
profit? We farmers are not getting
it. There are several men arriving
in this territory now to dissatisfy
you with this proposition. Are you
going to let them cheat you out of
your birthright? Sign your declara
tion today-A tobacco contract.
z. We organize for reasonable
profit. The California prune growers
, are setting their own price on prunes.
Are you doing it on your tobacco?
Sign the contract today If you have
not already done 50 and get your
to sign one as Christmas
,racony IN him and yo,,rae{f.