The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-07-06
REPORTS SHOW $1,000
MEMBERS IN LEAF pool

Growers cooperative Association
has passed the 81, 900 mark, as shown
by the report Of Assistant Chief Of
the Field Service Division William
Collins, to the board of directors on
Friday and the reports of field work
ers of contracts not sent in but al
ready signed.
Assistant Chief William Collins
figures showed 55,617 growers of
hurley tobacco signed in the cam
paign last fall and 4, S04 additions
since the campaign closed, making a
total of 60,421. President and Cen
eral Manager James C. Stone esti-
mated that 1000 contracts, signed
but not yet sent in to field service
headquarters, we're in the hands of
county chairmen or workers.
President Stone reported that the
tobacco situation in West Virginia
and the Ohio counties contiguous
was favorable, Manager Clifton
Rodes and his associates signing up
the growers of that section at the
rate of 160 to It's a week. Director
]. H. Sousley reported about rs in
the hands of workers in Fleming
county, Director Clifford l.. Walters
said that 20 had been signed in Shell
by county, which had not yet been
sent in, Director at Large Charles H.
Woodmansee brought rs new con-
tracts from Clermont county, Ohio,
and Director T. S. Burnam, of Rich
mond, said that a number had been
signed in Madison county which had
not been reported.
Director of Warehouses Ralph M.
Barker reported that the pricing of
green tobacco which had been air
dried was either finished or in pro-
gress at fifteen different points in
the district and that the growers
would benefit considerably from the
Increased value of the tobacco after
it has been air-dried.
President Stone reported the sale
of consignment of these green to-
baccos to one of the largest brokers
in the United States for export pur-
poses. He said that number of rep
resentatives of the larger manufac-
turers had been in Lexington recent
ly and had called at the offices, that
their attitude appeared to be fair
and friendly and that it was his
opinion it would not be long before
substantial sales could be announced
According to a letter from a cash
Ter of a bank at Greensburg. growers
of that county are signing the con-
tract and there is some enthusiasm
over the gains for the movement in
Green county, Workers believe the
county will sign up 80 per cent of its
acreage before it has finished the
campaign.
Judge Robert w. Bingham, direc-
tor at large for Kentucky, reported
that the sign up in Western Ken
lucky and Tennessee districts of the
dark belt is progressing, that many
growers are signing and that banks
and business men are lining up for
the formation of the association as
they did in the hurley district. Judge
Bingham had just returned from a
speaking tour of Western Kentucky
and Tennessee and he said the keen
est interest was being manifested in
the co-operativ movement in that To-
cality,
The board adopted motion by Di-
rector Dawson Chambers authorizing
the president to appoint a commit
tee to look into the work OF the ma
ton, a board of farm organizations
at Washington, with a view to keep
ing in touch with national legislation
that might affect the interests Of the
hurley association.
Development of an export trade is
one of the possibilities of the near
future, in connection with the nation
al department of commerce. World
exports and imports, port warehous-
ing facilities, custom duties, foreign
manufacturers and probable future
development are to be studied Pres
ident Stone brought the matter to
the attention of the board, following
a recent visit of an official of the de-
partment of commerce to Lexington
and the matter was left in the hands