The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-10-05
MORE MONEY FOR
TOBACCO GROWERS
THE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
TO MAKE FURTHER ADJ
VANCES SOON.

course Oh QeVeloplneIIS anu she 9"S
isfactory deliveries of tobacco, the as
sociation will make further substan-
tial advances to its members in the
course of the next few weeks" stated
T. B. Young, who returned yesterday
from a directors meeting of the To-
bacco Growers Cooperative Assocla-
ton in Raleigh. The general feeling
among all the directors was one OF
great satisfaction at the excellent con-
dition and the splendid progress the
association has made since its organ
ization. All of the departments OF
the association made splendid show
ings in their reports and the progress
of the sales has been excellent, stated
MIR. Young, in the course of his talk:
Continuing, Mr., Young said;
"While the association has made
large sales of redried tobacco, only
a part of it as yet has been deliver
ed. 1t is fact that while the bulk
of the South Carolina crop has been
sold, comparatively few orders have
been completed in delivery, and it
will be to the members advantage to
rush their tobacco on hand to deliv-
cry, in order that these tobaccos may
be delivered, thereby enabling the as
sociation to make as early and as
large as possible a distribution OF
further money. In the favorable
course of developments and the sat-
isfactory deliveries of tobacco, the as
sociation will make substantial further
advances to it's members in the course
of the next few weeks.
"There have b{en cases called to
our attention where certain crops
have been split between the landlord
and tenant, the landlord putting his
half through the association and the
non-member tenant taking his and
selling on the auction floor, and claims
are made, and in same cases substan-
tiated by actual figures, that the prices
obtained on the auction floor have
been several times that which the
landlord received for his portion as
an advance through the association.
There is no doubt there has been a
number of these cases, and it is very
evident that ali of this has been done
to discourage the members in the as
sociation and in an attempt to break
the morale of the membership.
"For example, farmer came to us
a few days ago with the following
observation, pile of tobacco was be-
ing sold on the auction fQor-had been
knocked off to the bidder for 80 cents
per pound-when someone punched
the warehouseman and said Split to-
bacco,' whereupon the warehouseman
called back the auctioner, raised the
bid to 60 cents, and the pile was fin
ally sold for IS cents per pound.
Many such cases come to our atten-
ton. "It might also in all fairness
be said that number of cases have
been called to our attention where the
first advance given the associations
members have been equal in amount
to what the same tobacco brought
through the tenant on the auction
floor. However, what is much more
important than either of these excep-
tional types Of cases, is comparison
of our averages and upon investiga-
tions that we have already been able
to make, the association feels entire
ly satisfied and confident in its posi-
ton, and when the final wind up
comes, will be glad to make compari-
sons with any Of the average sales OF
markets sold outside of the associa-
ton, and have no doubt as to the sat-
isfaction of same on the part Of our
membership.
According 10 an announcement CIV
en- out by the officials Of the leaf
department Of the association, the fol-
lowing markets will remain open for
several weeks yet to receive the MEM
bers' tobacco, all other receiving
points having been closed down in
order to use the warehouse forces and
graders in Virginia and North Caro-
lima, so as to hold down extra ex-
penses to the association: Florence,
Darlington, Timmonsville> Olanta,
Lake City, Kingstree, Hemingway,
Johnsonville, Marion, Mullins, Latta,
Dillon, Conway, Bamberg, Chadbourn,
N, c., and Fairmont, N. c."
According to letter written to the
cashier of the First National Bank