Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-12
ASSOCIATION MEN
ARE VOTING TODAY
Madison Electing Four Delegates
To Burley District Conven-
ton Here Tuesday

Madison county members OF
the Burley Tobacco Growers Co
operative Association are voting
today for four delegates to the
district meeting Tuesday when a
director for this district will be
chosen On the State Board of Di-
rectors. The district meeting for
this the 18th district, will be held
here Tuesuay. Counties in this
district are Madison, Jessamine,
Laurel, Rockcastle and Jackson
Vt the district meeting Madison
will have four votes and Jessa-
mine three votes.
The tobacco polls are open at
the court house with Messrs. ].
X. Mckinney, Douglas Chenault
y. *. McCown, Waller Chenaul'
and James J. Neale as election
officers. The voting is by ope'
ballot. The following gentle
men were nominated for dele
gates. the four receiving the
highest vote to be elected: T. &
Burnam. I. ]. Curtis. +. d. Chen
ault. Jr-. b. >. Broaddus. L. n
Neale. Wm. Arbuckle. Waller
Bennett and T. s. Hagan.
With the election OF direct r.
today the Cooperative Marketing
Association ot hurley tobacco
growers of Kentucky. Indiana.
West Virginia and Ohio. with
membership of more than 100000
will come into legal and formal
existence. Ac 'ordirg to present
plans. a state nent issued from
the organization headquarters at
Lexington said, marketing of to-
bacco will be begun in The next
few weeks a1I it is probable as
much aS ten million pounds viii
be sold befor- the first OF the
year.
The attitude of the Big Four"
manufacturers, as ascertaincd nv
representative of the association
it was said. indicates that they
will deal with the association read
lily on a basis that will insure Il
fair Profit to the grower.
With probably no more than
four exceptions. all warehouses
in the four states have agreed to
close their floors for the sale OF
hurley tobacco, to await the ac-
tion Of the association in taking
them over bv lease or purchase.
\ committee las been active in
arranging the details OF the trans
fer. which involves title to mil
lions OF dollars worth of real eS-
tate The members of the COM
mittec believe that everything
will be ready To receive tobact o
within few days after the ear
liest is ready for delivery.
The association now controls.
it was said. more than S+.S5 per
cent of the hurley tobacco pro-
duction of the five states. This
percentage. announced at the
close of the canvassing campaign
on basis of reports from: county
chairmen, has been increased by
a period OF supplementary sign
ing of contracts from Nov. % 20
Dec. Vhis is still in prog
less in sections where little or
ganization work has been dcne
and iijal figures are not available.
Financial success OF the mark
citing Of the 1921 crop. according
to the statement, was assured to
the last detail on Nov. p. when
all OF the commercial banks in
Louisville agreed 70 lend money
to the association for temporary
funding of advance payments to
growers to the legal limit OF
their capital. totaling Sl.5Oo,OOe.
As a permanent source OF cred
it. the association has the stand
ing offer Of the War Finance
Corporation and the Federal Re-
serve System made in rulings by
w. p. G. Harding, governor of
the reserve system and thy the
agricultural agency of the War
Finance Corporation as well as