The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-07-06

Of the president and executive COM
mittee to work out.
The report of Assistant Chief Col
Inns Of the field service division, af-
ter stating the number Of members
and the gain of 1904, representing
about 10000, 900 pounds, continued as
follows:
THE new members added a total
of 1851 acres or a production in
excess of 1O,5OO,OOO pounds. The
new contracts signed have been Sc
cured nspite of the fact that only
very few counties have local or
| CARNATIONS conducted a systematic
campaign for new members since
last fall. Such campaign was
planned for the week following May
20, when nearly $4,000, 900 was paid
to members of the association, and
in several counties some good work
was DONE but in most places condi-
tons were such as to make a sys-
tematic campaign impossible at that
time. County chairmen and their
workers found themselves so press
ed with farm work that the business
of contract soliciting had to be neg
lected for a while.
"Those county organizations, how
ever, are absolutely loyal and have
promised to work their respective
counties again just as soon as this
rush of farm work is over. Conse-
quently, it is expecter that within a
few weeks the association will be
materially strengthened in the terri
tories that are already well signed
up.
"In West Virginia a vigorous cam
paign is being conducted under the
leadership of Clifton Rodes, and in
the face of determined opposition by
the warehouse interests there the
growers of that state are rapidly get
ting in line. In the smaller produc-
/
nessee and Indiana, where little eff
fort was made last year, the work
is being pushed now and will be con-
tinued throughout the year.
"As a result of all these efforts
we confidently expect to increase our
membership to $4,000 by the time
for the delivery of the growing crop.
In order to do this, however, it will
be necessary to have the co-opera-
| ton of our members and some as
sistance from they in the way of So
Letting contracts from their neigh
bors who are as yet ON the outside
1.-THE Importance of signing up
those growers cannot be too strong
ly emphasized, for everyone who
sells his crop independently is a con-
slant menace to the organization and
stumbling block in the path lead
ing to the general prosperity and the
high ideals for which the association
was formed. Although we are now
! in a very strong position in this re-
spect, with control of a large per
centage of the production of hurley
tobacco, this percentage should be
materially increased This increase
is entirely possible, for there is an
excellent feeling all over the district
toward the association and a willing
ness on the part of most of the out
siders to sign up, but they are wait
ing to be solicited.
This work cannot be done by a
few, but if in each county the men,
bers will support their county chair
man and help to arouse a little OF
the enthusiasm that was everywhere
manifested last fall, each county can
be cleaned up in short order and
with comparatively little effort and
item from the individual grower.
1--WE urge this support from the
members of the association and re-
quest each one now to sign up his
neighbor who may be on the outside,
without waiting for drive for men,
! bers to be started"