The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-08-22
MARKETING KEY TO FARM
PROFIT. sAvs-cANTRELL

II - AAANAN AAAI AO08At0 EAVW 20 VI n -
lor and adjoining counties Saturday
declared that something Is wronl
when so per cent Of the farmers o
the United States live on mortgages
farms, expressed the opinion tina
agricultural conditions in the Unite,
States in the past few years wer'
due to a defective system Of market
ing and declared that the onuly rem
edy for these conditions lies in co
operative marketing Of farm products
Here in Kentucky" said Jr Can
trell I'VE grow half the tobacco pro
duced in the United States. Our eli
mate and soil are ideal for t0baccc
production Our tobacco growers are
experts in that work, but they have
been receiving less than It costs
them to grow their tobacco because
with all their expert knowledge OF
tobacco growing. they know nothing
of marketing"
Mr. Cantrell said the Buriey To
bacco Growers Cooperative AssOcia-
tion had adopted the method Of the
great manufacturing corporations and
that it now is selling the growers pro-
duct Just as these big manufacturing
concerns are selling theirs
In the old days. be said. before the
successful organization Of the grow
srs into a compact body there was
practically one buyer OF tobacco
While there were Sa8a0 I'd 15.0GG sell
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q al the farmers was IN eumUeCi-
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srs not 70 Dc deceived o. disturbed
by those whose sole purpose Is 70
continue 10 make their living of the
tobacco grower He said that about
the only persons who we're opposing
cooperative marketing were the mid
die men. warehousemen who re-
mained out of the association, pin
hookers and spectators. whose busi-
ness was brought to an end by the
establishment of the new system of
selling hurley tobacco.
The only question for the grow
er, as ! see it," said MIR. Cantrell. lis
whether they desire to obtain for
themselves the profits to be made on
their tobacco crops. or whether they
desire that these profits shall go to
others who had no part in producing
the crop. Under the cooperative sys-
TEN of marketing every cent received
for your crop goes TO YOU, only the
expense of operating the associa-
ton being taken out, and that. | am
reliably informed. is not half the ex-
pense under the old system of mar
keting.
It'is a system that means certainty
instead of doubt: hope instead OF de
spair: higher land values instead of
bankruptcy that overlook many of our
tobacco growers as result OF the
slump in tobacco in 1920; il means
taking the children out of the tobae-
co patch and putting them into
school. and it means happiness, peace
and oOntentment in the Old Ken
;ucky home"
Circuit Judge l. NJ. Thurman. OF
Springfield. spoke to a large crowd
In the morning.
Four beeves and 26 sheep were
slaughtered TO provide the materials
for the barbecue and $50 gallons of
burgOo were dispensed to the big
crowd. which was estimated at 10000.
Many contracts we're signed, but the
number vas not given aut, as Chair