Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-07-12
Campaigns Climax Staged in
Wilson.

The worlds largest Cooperative
Marketing Association entered the
worlds largest tobacco market at
Wilson, N. c., on Saturday, July 9th,
marking the climax of the whirlwind
campaigns in the Carolinas which
have resulted in a ten thousand in
crease in membership for the Tobac-
co Growers Cooperative Association
within the past ten weeks.
Oliver j. Sands, Executive Mana
ger of the Association of $4,000 to-
bacco growers addressed the mann
moth mass meeting of tobacco grow
ers, merchants and bankers from
Eastern Carolina.
More than a thousand contracts a
week have been pouring steadily into
Raleigh headquarters and mark the
successful campaigning which contin-
ues in South Carolina, Virginia and
Eastern North Carolina.
The recent statement Of c. C. Car
rington, President of the United
States Tobacco Association, that the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Asso-
citation is now grown into a formid-
able rival to the independent dealers
and warehousemen, has been follow
ed by some of the most hostile adver-
Using which has yet appeared in OPP
position to the organized growers.
This opposition is stirring the
growers to redouble their efforts and
more than 600 contracts from Virgin
ia have come in since the recent
meetings at South Boston, Chatham,
Gretna, Burkeville, Amelia and
brakes Branch and Bedford, where
Senator Borah, Oliver J. Sands, ]. Y.
Joyner, Joseph M. Hurt and other
leaders of the big Cooperative ad-
dressed thousands of growers.
Severely arraigning men who have
fostered rumors that eXtravagant
salaries are paid the officials of the
Marketing Association, Oliver j.
Sands, Executive Manager has au-
thorized the following statement:
"There are some people so selfish
and narrow-minded that they cannot
believe that there are business men
living in Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina who are willing to de-
vote their tirae and talents to the
service of the people and their states.
"These people have stated that l
am receiving large compensation for
my services. This I deny. I am work
ing in this wholly because l believe
it will be of great benefit to u peo-
pie, and I know that if we help the
farmer we help all the people. /,
1 will receive reward in personal
satisfaction and in the same manner
as every other merchant and banker"
SAYS Mr.. Sands who asked "Why is 1t
that cooperative marketing is increas-
ing and growing wherever it has been
tried??" and pointing out that a few
years ago three hundred million dol
lars of products were marketed
through cooperative associations,
and that this year more than one bill
lion dollars worth of farm products
will be sold by cooperative associa-
lions.
With So per cent of the tobacco
crop of South Carolina on signed
contracts listed by growers, by
pounds and acres at Raleigh head
quarters of the Tobacco Growers Co
operative Association, officials of the
organized tobacco growers here yes
terday discounted the report of indie
pendent warehousemen that only 26
per cent of the South Carolina crop
was signed with the association.
Hundreds of new contracts arriv-
ing daily from South Carolina r
pushing the large majority member
ship of the big producing counties
to higher percentage each week. Will
liamsburg county now passes q 80
per cent sign-up, Florence county is
steadily climbing from 80 to 80 per
cent, and Darlington county which
signed owed a hundred growers in the
last few days is close to the three
quarter mark.
Robson county sent in " con-
tracts in a single day last week and is
now close to a 80 per cent member
ship.