The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-04-10
Over 400 Growers
Enter Minnesota Pool
Contract Being Signed u by In
creasing Numbers of TOBACCO
men-NeW Growers

With more than 400 members of
the 10 tobacco associations in Cen
trail Minnesota having signed the
contract of the tobacco pool, the
state organization is being faced
with a new problem.
The intense publicity campaign,
general discussion and the out
standing project of organizing a
state pool has interested large num-
bers of prospective tobacco growers
and in many instances these are
signing their contracts as soon as
they enter an association. With the
season approaching the prelimin-
airy planting stage this situation
soon is expected to reach a climax
The centers of tobacco production
soon may veer to another section
and the long established heavy pro-
duction areas may have heavy COM
petitors. Benton county and Foley,
both represented heretofore by me-
diminished associations, have be-
come tobacco centers almost over
night. In one region alone, May
! hew Lake, the number of growers
has increased to such an extent
that an Independent association
will soon be organized. A meeting
was held in the basement of the
Mayhem Lake church recently
which packed the hall to capacity
with men, women and children,
Foley is the first association in the
central state area which has sent
in it's contracts signed and fees en-
closed. Benton county soon will
follow Foley's example. The senti-
ment in this territory indicates
that the growers will stand by the
pool at all times.
Being one of the minor associa-
tons, the Rockville Tobacco Graw-
ers association, is now a rapidly
growing organization. When 1T
held it's annual meeting many of
the growers signed contracts and
signified their intention of standing
by the pool. This organization will
have a large membership before
planting time.
The st. Joseph Tobacco Growers
Association, an entirely new, club,
has held two Institutional meetings
with State Expert G. H. Lien, and
soon will hold a third at which the
growers will sign their contracts.
More than IS acres will be planted
by these growers.
Tonight at Eden Valley, the grow
ers recently formed will again dis
cuss the pool contracts. Many
growers there have signed their
contracts.
Eden Valley has long been the
richest tobacco section Of this re-
gion and it's 100 per cent backing OF
the pool will influence many of the
growers in the south central section
of the county in making their de-
cision. The pool may have to de-
pend upon the new growers to give
it the majority needed this year,
but the growers in the future will
be pool-minded and will be con-
scious of their state organization, it
is expected. Lack of support in
some of the stronger tobacco grow
ing regions has, undoubtedly been a
factor in the development of the
new element in the pool. The state
organization needs certain
amount of growers before its
strength is assured, and growers
are legible for membership wheth-
err or not they are new in the work.
When the mebership in the state
organization reaches go, then the
pool will be cemented to the extent
that it can set it's program and
carry it through the year with sue
cess practically assured.