Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-16
BURLEY CHAIRMEN
TALK over PLANS
Leaders of Successful Pool AT
Lexington Wednesday To
Arrange Details

organization. is i'll Lexington
Wcdncsdayattending the meeting
ct the county chairipen and other
leaders i'll the hurley district,
making plans for setting OH foot
the actual organization work.
since the formation OF the pool
aud the association is an assured
success. 1t is expected that plans
viii be formulated II this meet
ing for setting the machinery OF
the association to work in short
order. MI growers will eagerly
await news OF the meeting We'd
ncSdav.
The Lexington Herald said
cdnesday morning:
Members Of the organization
committee OF the Burlcy Tobacco
Growers Cooperative ASsocia-
ton. which has signed mp prob
ably IS per cent or more OF the
hurley crop OF 1921 and the five
>ucccedins+t years. Will meet in
Lexington in the lhocniX hotel
ballroom AT 80 o'clock this al
tcrnoon to hear reports of cOun-
~ chairncn from all tire counties
ui the district who also will
meet at the same hour aud place
While there i no doubt in the
minds OF the managers. uf the
association campaign that the
cooperative marketing Plan has
been adopted. with q consider
able acreage 20 spare. the amount
ui tobacco signed to the pool will
not be definitely known until the
county chairmcn have made their
reports TODAY 10 the organization
committee. though tie totals are
known approximately AT the head
quarters offices in the CEns
building here.
Two additional countic>-trar-
r;lrd and IIart-wcre reported a
having exceeded. their quotas "a
Il result OF the final days drive
Monday The others which rails
cd their quotas were AdanS coun
-. Ohio: Ohio county. Indiana
and the Kentucky counties OF
Bath. Bourb,Rl. BOYLE. Brackcn.
Carter. Clark. Carroll. Faycttc.
Fleming. Franklin. Gallatiu.
Grant. Harrison. Henry. jcssa-
mine. lincoln. Mason. Marion.
Mercer. Montgomery. Nelson.
Nicholas. Oldham. Owen. Pcndlc-
ton. Robert son. Scott. .NhcihN .
Spencer. Trimblc. Washington
and Wuodiord.
II i expected that .hc reports
of the count chairucE will show
that number of other counties
have joined these i'll exceeding
the minimum requirement Of =
per cent oi thcir crop.
Vice Chairman James {. Stone.
ui the organization committee.
di~c1i>sing the result OF the CAM
pa:gu and the next steps to be
taken. said:
Il feel absolutely confident
that over 3 per cent Of the pro
,luction of hurley tobacco grown
in 1920 in the hurley district has
now been signed up to- the Burley
Tobacco Growers Cooperative
association.
''Nftcr this j. definitely deter
mined by the organization com
mittcc. a committee composed Ot
the highest class body of men il
the state. or any other state. the
most important thing then TO bt
lone i for the members of the
association i'll their reSpectiv,
districts 10 select directors I,
represent them i'll the manage
mcnt Of the affairs of the asso
cation.
Men of the highest integrit,
and proven business ability shoulC
be selected, and i'll my opinion
will be selected. which undoubt
edly will bring happiness AM
prosperity to the growers OF th
district"
Organization Manager Iosepl
Passonneau said OF the result:
Final figures as TO the actua
amount of tobacco signed hav
not vet reached the office an
consequently we will not knol
definitely just what the signup
until the meeting OF the count.
chairmen, but there is little doub
that contracts representing ap
proXimately S5 per cent OF tn
tobacco produced in Kentucky
Ohio. Indiana and Tennessee ha
been signed up. When the fina
count is made there will prob
ably be not less than 10000 mem
bers.
The eBurley Tobacco Grower:
Association probably will be tn
largest in america in member