The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-30
CANTRILL URGES
MASON GROWERS
TO sign CROP
Congressman Tells the Mason County
Farmers That Cooperative Mar.
ketlng Plan Is Their Salvation
Interest Is Shown.

Congressman J. Campbell Cantrill,
OF Georgetown, addressed Mason coun-
ty tobacco growers at the Opera House
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock in the
interest Of the proposed plan Of the
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association and declared that It was
the only salvation Of the growers.
Mr.. Cantrill pedicted that IL the plan
failed to go through It would mean
the worst times ever seen in the tobac-
ca district, and he urged the growers,
for the sake of their families, their
state, as we'll as their own future
prosperity to get together, contract
their crop to the marketing associa-
tion and get decent and fair price,
for their tobacco.
Mr.. Cantrill said that If the crop was
pooled the banks probably would ad-
vance as much to the growers pending
its sale as the entire crop would bring
under the old plan. He said the grow
ers also would save about eleven mil
lion dollars in warehouse charges for
the next five years and at the end of
that own the warehouses themselves,
while under the old plan they would
Simply be out that eleven million dol
lars and not have thing to show for
It."
Mr.. Cantrill said he had come to
give the reasons why, in his opinion,
the plan of the Cooperative Marketing
Association presented the only hope
of the hurley tobacco grower. "You
know as we'll as l do" he said, "that
when tobacco sells at a good price,
there is peace and happiness and plen-
ty in the homes of Central Kentucky.
There is no other organization in the
field today than the Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Marketing AS
sociation seeking to better the condi-
tion of the tobacco growers. 1t pre-
sents plan which thousands of grow
ers in the other counties of the district
have joined and which urge you to
join"
Mr.. Cantrill declared his belief that
"if the growers Of hurley tobacco do
not get together their condition will
be even worse than it is now" He
said that if the growers did not fix
their own price this year through the
marketing association the manuafctur-
ers would again take the crop away
from the growers, as they did last
year"
Mr.. Cantrill brought news from Ow-
en-, Franklin, Bourbon, Woodford and
Fayette that the big growers were
signing the contract and that the other
counties which carried the burden of
the old pool need have no fear of the
result in the Central Kentucky coun-
ties.
Mr.. Cahtrill said that when rs per
cent. of the tobacco was signed the
growers would have the power to de-
mand and to enforce the demand for
a living price and not until they got
together could they do this.
Mr.. Cantrill explained the contract,
saying that it was the old Kentucky
pooling plan, strengthened by certain
amendments which made 1t more ef-
fective. He claimed that 1t is easier
now to finance a farmers organization
than in the days Of the old pool.
Mr.. Cantrill said he would not ask
the growers to sign contract unless
1t was binding only when rs per cent.
of the tobacco growers endorsed 1t.
He said that in the days Of the old
pools never more than 35 or 40 per
cent. Of the tobacco in the Burley dis
trict was signed. He said that was not
enough to control the market, but that
Il rs per cent. went in, 1t meant that
he growers could control the market,
yet the price and "get that which is
,ur Just due"
The speaker declared that If this
we're not done the farmer had nothing
IN earth to look forward to in the way
" a money crop. He said that II this
plan failed 1t would mean
hat thousands of Kentucky farmers
would simply be sold odt Of house and
lome and have to start life over
lgain. Mr.. Cantrill predicted want
md woe and misery, the like Of which
vou have never seen before II this
,lan fails"
Mr.. Cantrill said the growers who
vent into the old pools had to carry
he growers who stayed out. He said
he pooled crops had been held for
hree years and that they would have
,een holding those crops still but for
he cut-out, which brought the manu-
actufers to terms. He said that 75
yer cent, pool was equivalent to a cut
tut and that when the growers signed