The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-29
TWO
CONGRESSMAN
Address Garrard Coun-
ty Growers On Mar
keting Plan


Seven Huadred Cheer Speakers.
II Is rather an unusual coincidence
that a Garrard county audience com.
posed 81 700 Of her hes, citizens.
should have the pleasure " hearing
two Of Kentucky's Congressman a.
one sitting. bu, such was the case la.,
Monday afternoon when Congress.
man J. Campbell Csntrill and Con
gresham Ralph Gilbert talked % the
growers at the court house In The
interc., % the Cooperative Mar
keting Plan ~ selling tobacco Judge
Gilbert was not booked for a talk.
but being In the city In the Interest
Of his constituency. he was pressed
into service. in which he gladly CO.
operated. m everything that Mr.
Caatrill had said. adding that condi-
tons with the farmers and tobacco
growers throughout the Burley sec
ton had not been over-siatei In the
least
He aid that delegation after
delegation % producers had been
coming TO Washington begging Tor
government aid for cotton and cat
tie and wheat raiscrs. and tha, the
tobacco men. now in the position 90
obtain government ard. DID not need
20 compete with the res % the
world a. dad these gsoiuccrs He
promised that MS own county q
Shelby would be in line with the
growers % Garrari and that u was
no, only the only way out % bad
situation. but that It va. the duty
Of every grower 70 himself. his chill
drrn and hi, state 20 join the mar
keting association
Judg, Walker. after calling the
meeting 20 order. announced tina,
Paint Lick precinct had signed up %
per cent. under the championship q
Dave Hcrvey he said all the other
precinc, chairman could 40 a. well
for there b. only one side 90 this
question"
"Friend Of Cro~ers'
In introducing Mr. Cantrill. Judge
Walker referred 70 the Congressman
rs zone % the bes, friends the to-
bacco grower ever had"
Mr.. Cantrill said he wanted his
audienc. TO understand that be spoke
n a farmer and tobacco grower. that
he had signed his tobacco and that
all the men on has farms also had
signed. lie aid he believed the
plan the only hope and salvation Of
the hurley tobacco growers
Mr. Cantrll said the plan proposed
was mo new thing" lie said thai;
II had been in successful operation
for many years In other countries
and In other sections Of the United
States Tie said that three out Of
four tobacco growers under present
conditions. were IN debt and that this
IN itself was evidence tina, some
thing Is wrong with the system"
The farmer is the only man in
the world" he said. who buys what
he buys at the price the seller sets
on il but sells what he sells at the
price the buyer sets on H." lie said
the farmers proposed 10 figure the
cost Of their corps, add a fair profit
20 that cost and then collect that
amount from the buyer.
Msu.ses on Increase.
Mr. Cainrill said that mortgages in.
debtedness on the farms Of this coun-
try had doubled in the past three
years. lie said there il want. woe.
and misery in many homes in the bur
ley district. and that, in his opinion.
the only remedy FOR that condition
was the marketing system OF the
Burnley Tobacco Growers Co-opera-
tive Association.
He told Of the success Of the move
ment in fayette. Bourbon. Wooiford
and other big tobacco counties and
Of the satisfactory progress made in
other counties. He urged the grow.
srs Of Garrard county TO join with
their brethren Of other counties and
put their tobacco into the pool. lie
said there would be no "hfty-hfty"
pool this year, half in the pool and
half out Of IL, for Il would require
rs per cent Of the tobacco grown TO
make the oopl success.
There are thousands Of hard
working people in the hurley district.
he declared. who cannot pay their
grocery bills. their taxes or the inter
est on what they owe" He said the
outlook for the American farmer for
the next two years was not bright
one. He showed how the farmer.
generally. depended on the prosper
ity Of Europe and how conditions
seros the ocean forbade any hope
for improvement In that direction for
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