Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-08-23
BUSINESS men TO
AID IN GETTING A
POOL WAREHOUSE

AaAG VI ' tKoVud ana surrounding ter
ritery, Moyor A. f. Smith called
meeting o fthe bust ness men of the
city, which was held It the K P. Hall
! Monday evening, for the purpose of
discussing the propOs ition of joining
with the farmers of his territory in
the erection of large warehouse in
which TO house and sort the some
5000 acres of tobacco which has been
signed up by the pool ia Vernon coun-
". The meeting was well attended
by representative bus J,ess men, all
Of whom We're Of one n ind-that Yer
non county tobacco should not be ship
ped to outside points t. be assorted
Edgerton, with population of less
than Niroqua, is the tobacco center
of the state, having more than fifty
warehouses. If the business men Of
Niroqua viii intellectually. cooper
ate with the growers of this section
there is no reason why Viroqua can
not become the second tobacco center
Of the state in few years, and this
In turn opens up other propositions
of the most vital interest to this COM
munity-the securing of manufactur-
| ing concerns right here at home to
work this tobacco up into the finished
product. What folly it is to have to
send this tobacco to Massachusetts,
for instance, and then have it return
to us in the form of Connecticut
wrapper" The biggest kind of a fu-
ture in the tobacco business is right
at our doors right now, and the Cen
scr is very sure that the progressive
men of this city will not let the OPP
portunity slip away from US. Let
every man who loves this city and
community and wishes it to prosper
/ put shoulder TO the wheel and put
| the warehouse across. That is the
first step. Following is the report Of
the meeting by Secretary Davis:
A group of business men Of Viroqua
met at the n. p. Hall, Monday, Au-
gust 21, 1929, for the purpose of dis
cussing the warehouse proposition in
connection with building a warehouse
in this city.
G. f. Parker was nominated and
I elected chairman. H. p. Davis was
! elected secretary.
Mayor A. E. Smith stated the reason
for the calling of the meeting.
! Director Neprud of the tobacco pool
/ in the Viroqua district, addressed the
! meeting relative to the warehousing
/ proposition.
Motion made and seconded that a
committee be appointed TO draw up a
resolution embodying the attitude Of
! the business men of Viroqua relative
to financing the building of a ware
house here and report in fifteen min
utes. Loren Baptie, H. f. Goldsmith,
( L. c. Boyle, and Berlie Moore, were
thereupon appointed by the chair.
The following resolution was offered
and read:
Whereas there is need in the city
of Viroqua for additional warehouse
room to handle and store the tobacco
of the Wisconsin State Tobacco Pool
and
Whereas, the business men of Viro-
qua are in hearty accord with the
ideas and efforts of the State Tobacco
Pool to better the condition of the
Wisconsin tobacco growers;
Be it resolved: That the business
men of Viroqua pledge their coopera-
ton with the farmers of Vernon coun-
ty to finance the erection Of sufficient
warehouse and storage room to pro-
perly handle the crop of Vernon coun-
ty and adjacent territory
LOREN BAPTIE
II. II. GOLDSMITH
L. c. BOYLE
BERLIE MOORE
Committee
Motion made and seconded that the
resolution as read be adopted. Mo-
ton carried.
Motion made and seconded that
committee of seven be appointed to
cooperate with Selmer Neprud on his
return from Madison, and that three
of the committee be farmers and that
the chairman of the meeting be chair
man of the committee. The chair an
nounced that the committee would be
appointed after due consideration.
There being no further business, it
was moved and seconded that the
meeting adjourn. Motion carried
II. p. DAVIS, Secretary.
After due elaboration Chairman G.
E. Parker announces the appointment
of the following committee: L. NJ
Thompson, T. G. Knudson, Douglas
Nelson, T. o. Mork, Ralph Nuzum and
J. A. Moen. ?