The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-07-12
TOBACCO
MARKETING
Open Forum for Express
sions for or Against Co.
operative Marketing
CAMPAIGNS CLIMAX
STAGED IN WILSON
Manager Sands, President Norwood,
Officials and Memers of Tobacco
Association Celebrate
Success.

The worlds largest Cooperative
Marketing Association entered the
worlds largest tobacco market at
Wilson, N. c., on Saturday, July 9Th,
markin gthe climax of the whirlwind
campaigns in the Carolinas which
have resulted in a ten thousand in
crease in membership for the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association
within the past ten weeks.
Oliver j. Sands, Executive Manag-
er Of the Association of $4,000 tobacco
growers addressed the mammoth mass
meeting of tobacco growers, merch-
ants and bankers from Eastern Caro-
lima.
More than a thousand contracts a
week have been pouring steadily into
Raleigh headquarters and mark the
successful campaign which continues
in South Carolina, Virginia and East
ern 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 warchousemen, has been followed
by some of the most hostile adverts-
ing which has yet appeared in opposi-
tion to the organized growers.
This opposition is stirring the grow
ers to redouble their efforts, and more
than 600 contracts from Virginia
have come in since the recent meet
ings at South Boston, Chatham, Gret-
ma, Burkeville, Amelia and brakes
Branch and Bedford, where Senator
Borah, Oliver j. Sands, J. Y. Joyner,
Joseph M. Hurt and other leaders of
the big Cooperative addressed thou
sands of growers.
Severely arraigning the men who
have fostered rumors that extravag-
ant 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
believe that there are business men
living in Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina who are willing to de-
vote their time and talents to the
service of the people and their states.
"These people have stated that
am receiving large compensation for
my services. This I dny. am work.
ing in this wholly because / believe
it will be of great benefit to our peo-
pie, and know that if we help the
farmer whe help all the people.
| 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 in
creasng and growing wherever it has
been tricd?" and pointing out that a
few years ago three hundred million
dollars of products were marketed
through cooperative associations, and
that this year more than one billion
dollars worth Of farm products will
be sold by cooperative associations.
with 80 per cent of the tobacco
crop Of South Carolina on signed con-
tracts listed by growers. by pounds,
and cares at Raleigh HEADQUARTERS of
the Tobacco Growers Co-operative
Association, officials Of the organized
tobacco growers here ycsterda ydis-
counted the report of Independents
warchouscmen that only 26 per cent
OF the South Carolina crop was signed
with the Association
Hundreds of new contracts arriving
daily from South Carolina are push
ing the large majority membership of
the big producing counties to higher
percentage each week. WILLIAMSBURG
county now passes a 90 per cent sign
up, Florence county is steadily climb
ing from 80 to 90 per cent, and Oar
llngton county which signed over a
hundred growers in the last few DAYS
is close to the three quarter mark.
Robcson county sent in 72 contracts
IN a single day last week and is now
close to 90 per cent membership.
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