Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26
10000 GROWERS USE
BODY IN MARKETING
Offices Will Cover Entire
Floor of American National
Bank Building.
Choose Wen OF Large Cnlihcr 10 d.
rect Affairs for Fnrmcrx OF
Three States.

i'''HhoHu VIII be the executive,
financial and selling headquarters fo-
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association OF Virginia. North Caro-
line and South Carolina. with oliver
j. Sands. president OF the American
National Bank, Of Richmond, in
charge as the temporary executive
manager The entire ton floor OF
the American National Bank has been
secured for the executive Offices. Of
fetal headquarters OF the general
manager and other important Of
hcials, who are yet TO be named. will
be in Raleigh. y. c.
More than $4,000 OF tho 100. 900 to :
hacco growers In Virginia. North
Carolina and South Carolina. have
entered into a five-year binding con-
tract By which they agree to deliver
their entire crops 10 the association
10 be marketed by merchandising
methods instead OF just dumped as
has been the custom in past years.
Take Over I3O Warehouses;.
The 1870 wholesale tobacco ware
houses in the three States will be
taken over by the association. the
contract already signed by the tobac-
co growers of the three States mean
that approximately +0O.ooo.oOO pounds
OF tobacco at an estimated value OF
Seo.oo0.o00 will be marketed through
the cooperative plan.
Vt the request OF the district di-
rectors OF the Virginia branch OF the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative AS
ISOLATION OF Virginia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina. Governor
+. Lee Trinklc appointed Oliver ].
sands as the State director TO repre-
sent the people o: the Commonwealth,
in the association. The Governor az
North Carolina named Colonel Grimes
of Raleigh. as the director for that
state. and the Governor OF South
Carolina named T.. !. Epps as the
south Carolina State director.
Discussing the purposes or the or
gahization yesterday Executive Man
ager Oliver j. Sands said:
The Tobacco Growers Co.oncr,-
tive Association OF Virginia. North
Carolina and South Carolina Is an
organization similar to the Burley
Tobacco Growers Association in Ken
lucky. and is trying to improve con.
d!;ions IN the South. Tobacco men T.,
Tue south have planted in faith
reapeG IN faith. reaped in hopcs and
marketed by accident. We want N
take The accident out % the market
ms ana handle the tobacco CROP os
any other merchandise is handled IN
sane way over period Of time so
as TO prevent the dumping of tho
crop.
governors Name Directors.
mere are twenty-five directors OF
me association in the three Statns
anu the Governor of each of Tho
states has named a State dirsc,or
representative of the public.
Up to this time practically so per
cent of the crop raised IN the dark
belt of Virginia has been signed IN
ana about one-half Of the brigh, to-
bacco produced in this State is in
Guided in the fve-year agreement.
~ number Of the leading tobacco
men OF the country. prominent bank
ers and successful men in other lind
are being considered for the high po-
sitions in the organization. Tho
growers and directors realize the ne.
cessity for having high-ciass men ii,
talent for the several positions. and
they viii not be satisfied with any
thing less than that.
1t is probable that several of the
higher officials will be announced
In the next few days"
The Burley Tobacco Growers Co.
Operative Association, of Kentucky.
was organized In Louisville, XIV. I'm
March, 1921. the meeting being called
by Judge Robert Worth Bingham.
owner and publisher O. the Louis
vile Couricr-Journal. The plans ar
'hat association. which have brought
order out of chaos In the Burley t.
nacco field. will be followed by the
fopacco Growers Co Operative AS.
ISOLATION OF Virginia. North Carolina
and South Carolina.
Organization work Is sin going q,
tContinred ON Page 2, Col. 6.)
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Apologies to Edison.
MADISON WIS