The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-11-07
Burley Houses To
Open In December


bacco Growers Cooperative Associa-
tion will be opened to receive the
1922 crop some time between the
first and the fifteenth of December,
according to information given the
members of the board of directors Of
the association, in regular monthly
session at Lexington last week, at
which all the directors were present.
They heard a report on the expense
of marketing the tobacco of the mem
bers, which with every possible item
of cost added will not exceed 75
cents hundred pounds, as contrast
ed with a probable average of $1.25 a
hundred pounds for the growers who
sold outside the association; learned
that they had increased the value of
their tobacco s75O,OOO by proper
grading and air-drying, and listened
to brief but feeling and eloquent
contrast of conditions prevailing now
in the hurley district and those which
existed in the crop year of 1920-1921
by Judge Robert w. Bingham. Louis
vile, who also reported to the direc-
tors on the success of the dark tobac-
co growers in forming their cooper
ative association.
Judge Bingham said that some of
the leaders of the movement in the
dark belt, when they learned that
lack of money was keping out ten
ants on their farms, raised the money
required by the tneants and loaned IL
to them,
Humphrey, Robinson & Company
reported an audit of the books to
Chairman w. II. Shanks, of the aud
iting committee, who read the report
to the directors. 1t showed every
cent received accounted for and that
the expense of warehouse operation
for the year was $2.63 a thousand
pounds and of warehousing and grad.
ing s3.43 a thousand pounds.
OF the $4,000 hogsheads sold tc
the r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Company
13.749 hogsheads had been delivered
President Stone reported. Mr.. Stone
also said that three of the big tobac
co concerns are ready to buy the to
bacco of the association as soon as II
is delivered.
Judge Bingham aroused consider
able enthusiasm by his contrast o.
conditions in the hurley district will
those of a year ago. Last Christ
mas there were thousands of empty
stockings in the hurley district" ht
said. 1.-The banks were nearly broke
and the farmers were all broke ol
nearly so. Now look at the difference
Why, had a box agent who sells me
books occasionally call on me thu
other day and he told me he hat
done five times as much business II
and around Lexington as he hat
done the previous year. He said tha
almost everybody had money ant
was expecting some more from his
tobacco crop, and so did not hesitate
10 buy some of the things that make
life happier and more interesting fol
his children.
The whole attitude of some o
these people toward life has changed
Think yourselves of the difference be
tween conditions now and last year
You have done this thing for thu
growers and for the business inter
ests of the entire district"
Discussing the magnitude of th'
national cooperative conference t.
be held at Washington, December Il
to 16. Judge Bingham said that 19'
associations would be represented
and that these associations are doinl
a business of a billion dollars a yea
for their members.
Judge Bingham also offered a res
olution of thanks to President Stone
Director of Warehouses Ralph M
Barker, Secretary and Treasurer II
Lee Earely and the members of thu
executive committee, which wa
adopted unanimously. Mr.. Stone ant
Mr.. Barker said they had had at al
times the support of the executive
committee and Vice President james
n. Kehoe called attention to thu
fact that Mr. Stones great work TO
cooperative marketing had been rec
ognized by his election as presiden
of the American Growers Co-opera
tive Exchange.
President Stone reported ON tn
meeting of the tobacco co-operativ
at Louisville October 23 and "a ant
of the appointment of himself ant
Aaron Sapiro as committee to keel
in touch with the legislation in A