Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-17
Meeting of Chair1nen Shows
About IS Per Cent Pooled and
Formal G. sanization Is
Under Way

Madison county tobacco grow
cr> who have signed their crops
with the Burlcy Tobacco Grow
ers Cooperative Association
will undoubtedly be pleased with
the result OF the meeting OF
county chairnen at Lexington
cdnesday when the new body
was formally organized and plans
made for itS Incorporation at
once.
The. appointment of Mr.. I. :.
Burnam, of Richmond. a. chair
man of the committee on clcc-
;ionS. will undoubtedly give
much satisfaction to everyone
connected with the great plan.
II i expected that the Committee
on Elections wilh have Supervi-
>iOn OF the election OF directors
and other officials who will have
charge of the big work or organ
ization. and With Il man OF Mr.
Buruam> well known ability.
character and integrity ut the
helm. there can be no cause Tor
complaint from anyone
The Lexington Herald gives
,hc following complete account
of the organization meeting at
Lexington:
The Burlc, Tobacco Growers
cooperative Association has
>igncd up to IL cooperative mar
kcting plan III .521 POS pounds oi
the 1920 tobacro crop oi tie bur
ley district W hiCh totalcd 2Up.-
ZUS.4SS pounds. and therefore cN-
ccc,lcd the minimum requirement
of the contract. 3 per cent
The total pounds signed j,
SLS5 per cent of thc amount
grown in lp2D. according to the
report OF Il committee ON vcriii-
cation named by Judge Robert
w bingham 1T the end ct M at
tcruDou session OF the organiza
tiun committee and county chair
men held in the ballroom OF the
i'hocuiN hotel W cdnc>day. which
made it, report at night Sc~-
sion
The organization COMMITTED
adopted the report unanimously
and with it Il resolution prepared
hv \arUn Sapiro. uf Caliioruia.
the legal adviser OF the com
mittce. under whose direction
the contract of the hurley aS>o-
citation was drawn. providing Tor
the immediate organization OF
the permanent association and
it, incorporated i'm North Caro-
lima temporarily until the kep-
tuci,v legislature can pass LAW
which will make the incorpora
tiun oi such an association legal
i'm Kentucky.
The report uf the cunmittce
showed that. 1900 growers have
signed the contract to market
their crops on the cooperative
plan and action will be taken at
once to notify all the growers
that the pool l. ON and commit
tees were appointed by Judge
bingham to arrange to carry out
the plan. These committees viii
look after the matter of con
tractiug for warehouses. attend
i'm" to the organization. person
mel of the various departments
uf the association : business and
other matters that will require
Immediate attention
The declaration OF the pools
success means that the tobacco
grown this wear will not be sold
over the floors of the loose leaf
Warehouses. but will be received
hv these houses. at least by those
friendly to the association move
ri,cnt. which includes by far the
greater number in the entire
hurley district. graded and stor-
cd until the manufacturers are
ready to bid Tor it. when Is i ex-
pectcd. that they will buy it at
the price fixed by the association
officials. instead of the price
made by the buyers OF the Big
Four" as in former years.
Nothing can be said with ac-
curacy as to the probable date OF
sale of this years crop until the
preliminary arrangements have
been made, The. committees have
completed their work and the as
sociation has been finally and
permanently Incorporated. to-
ward which steps were taken at
last nights meeting.
1t was great day for Judge
Bingham. OF Louisville. who
started the movement and financ
ed it besides giving nearly all his
time 40 II since. his return from