Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-08-16
CANTRILL ENDORSES
COOPERATIVE PLAN
Seventh District Congressman
Makes Strong Address To
Scott Tobacco Growers

Georgetown. KY, Aug. 10
Congressman J. Campbell Can
trill, one OF the largest growers
of hurley tobacco in Scott county
in an address to about 1000 to-
bacco growers here Monday, en-
dorsed without reservation, the
contract OF the Burley Tobacco
Marketing Association and urged
his neighbors TO join the associa-
ton. Almost every man in the
audience. which filled the court
house. rose when Congressman
Cantrill, at the close of his adj
dress, asked those who favored
the plan OF obtaining better pric-
es for the growers to stand up.
Not only did Congressman
Cantrill go on record as favoring
, the contract Of the marketing as
sociation. but he answered obiec-
tions OF those who had objected
to entering the association. He
said he had heard in some quar-
ters the objection advanced that
| the movement was scheme to
unload the warehouses ON the
farmers He answered this by
showing that according to the
rates charged last year by the
warehouses and the proposed
rate under the new system, the
growers would save S300.000 a
year With tobacco at 10 cents d
pound, based OH the normal crop
of 3OO.OOOOOO pounds, and that if
the crop brought a better price
the saving would be i'll proper
ton, and that at the end OF two
years the farmers themselves
would own the warehouses.
Congressman Cantrili made an
inspiring address. an appeal to
the growers of his home county
to stand together to prevent the
organized buyers from taking
your tobacco away from you.
and said that ii the growers did
go into the organization they
would be enabled to borrow on
their warehouse receipts as much
of an advance on their tobacco
this year as the entire price
would amount to ii the farmers
! without organization. should put
| their crops on the market as they
did last year. Y
/ Rather than go under the
! present systcm.' he declared. 81
| would hope that not another to-
bacco plan It's ever set out again
in. Kcntucky.'
Recalling the success OF the
cut-out of 1908, Congressman
Cantrill declared the pooling OF
rs per cent Of this years crop
would be practically a cut-out so
far as the manufacturer were
concerned and that they would
be clown here liz Kentucky ask
your tobacco" instead of the
ing you to name your price for
farmers dumping it on the mar
ket and taking whatever they
could get for it.
| Congressman Cantrill told of
the new federal warehouse act
that had been made Il law by
Congress and said that under this
act there would be no danger that
that the farmers would not be
able to finance their undertaking
he said. for the warehouse re-
ceipt would constitute the col
| lateral in the world" for any loan
the farmers might need, that To-
cal banks would be able to handle
! these advances. and if they were
not, outside banks would be glad
to loan money OH such gilt-edge
security.
/ Quite a number of women were
in the audience and not a man
left his place until Mr. Cantrill
had finished. Practically every
big tobacco grower in the county
was present, and after the adj
dress of Congressman Cantrill,
many came forward and signed
the contracts with the marketing
association.
:, Cantrill made an unanswerable
argument for the, contract, as
:. serting that it was ''the only hope
, of the growers 81 the hurley dis
;trict" and that ''if you farmers do
not sign this contract the tobacco
trust will come down here in
. Kentucky and take your crop
away from you. just as they did
). last year, while if you do sign and
, make it possible to obtain pledg-
, es of Is per cent of the acreage,
, it is not at all impossible that you
J, will get an average of 35 to 40
|, cents a pound for your tobacco" "