Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-05
newman ASKS
so PER CENT CUTOUT
Burley Association Head Outlines
Pla..3 to Put Tobacco up
Again


nouncement was made Friday by
John w. Neyman. president of the
Burey Tobacco Growers Associ-
ton, that a meeting of the di-
cCtors at the concern and of the
Burley Marketing Company will
be held here February II, and h
will recommend Il reduction of sc
Tcr cent in the proposed tobacco
crop for this year. He said def
lite plans would be worked out
nd a campaign would be carried
out peacefully and legally. He
aid there was no peaceful way to
nforce a cutout. but that his
ompanies would use peace in
whatever they do.
There is no lawful way to en-
force a voluntary agreement
among tobacco growers much less
enforcing something that is not
voluntary and not unanimous" he
asserted. eve do not propose to
try to enforce anything on the
growers OF hurley tobacco. but we
intend to attempt to create Il con-
Ccrtcd movement for at least a so
per cent reduction of the 1927 to-
bacCO CROP
An extended survey OF the bur
ley district, he said, indicates that
such d movement will receive
practically the unanimous support
of all tobacco growers, both land
owners and tenants, and he be-
IcvCd that the cool Judgment OF
the growers will convince them
hat Il movement will be for the
best interests OF the growers indi
vidually and for the tobacco in
drstry i'll general.
1t is not the purpose of the Bur
Icy Tobacco Growers Association
To request the small grower to
plant only few acres to reduce
his crop by half. it was said. "Ma-
ny farmers grow only two to five
acres of tobacco, and that gener-
ally is grown on land that has
been rotated with other crops or
that has been reclaimed from a
briar patch or paWpaW thiCkct,
Mr.. Newman said. "ThiS sort of
land makes the finest grade of to-
baCco and the quantity Is not suf-
fiCicnt to affect the market. This
class of tobacco grower is entitled
to his small money crop within
any material reduction. No far
mCr will be asked to grow less
than three acres of tobacco this
year. All farmers who grew
more than six acres last year will
l'c requested to cut the crop this
year to at least hall of the 1920
acreage.
cit is the large grower. who
plats from ten to several hundred
acres of tobacco that we must de
pend upon to reduce the quantity
and improve the quality OF bur
ley tobacco this year. Half the
acreage on the right sort of land
with proper care will produce a
grade Of tobacco that will sell for
more than twice as much money
next season as the quality of in
ferior grades would bring Mr..
Newman concluded.
When asked about a published
statement credited to Congress
man ]. Campbell Cantrill. of the
Seventh Kentucky district, saying
there is now a thrce-year supply
of tobacco on hand, Mr.. Newman
said that much of this enormous
surplus is a result of accumulation
of low grade tobacco because of
Europc's inability to absorb it.
lie declared that the effect Of
this supply on future prices de-
pcnds entirely upon the resump
tion of purchases of low-grade to-
baccos by European countries and
expressed the opinion that re-
duced crop of extra quality hurley
tobacco can be marketed next
season at prices that will be salts
factory to the owners.
The Burley Marketing Compa-