The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-07
EHRINGHAUS'
VIEW OF WEED
MARKET GIVEN
BY J. c. Baskerville
The Times-News Buresu
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Oct. 7. Governor
j. C. B. Ehringhaus 10 not at all
pleased at the manner in which
the officials of the Agricultural
Adjustment corporation have been
handling - or "manhandling" -
the tobacco situation, he indicated
yesterday. That was why he ap-
pealed directly to President Roose-
welt again. He is confident that
as soon as the president has an OPP
portunity to look into matters, fol-
lowing his return to Washington
from the American Legion con-
vention in Chicago, he will insist
that something definite be done.
"The farmers have been and
still are losing millions of dollars
as long as the warehouses remain
open and sales continue without
any agreement between the gov
eminent and the tobacco compan-
les with regard to parity prices"
Governor Ehringhaus said. "But
if President Roosevelt will only
send word over to the department
of agriculture and the Agricul~
tural Adjustment corporation that
he wants the agreement signed
and signed right away without any
further haggling, it will be signed
and the prices will go up to where
they should have been all the
thine"
While Governor Ehringhaus
would not be quoted as saying SO,
he intimated that the tobacco com
lpanies have apparently been quih-
bling and haggling over the terms
of the proposed agreement with
the government in an effort to
take up as much time as possible.
In the meantime, of course, these
same tobacco companies have
been buying millions of pounds Of
tobacco at much less than the par
lily prices they would have to pay
under the agreement. If the to-
bacco companies continue to pre-
vent or postpone the signing of an
agreement, they will be able to
buy a very large part Of the to-
! bacco they need at less than par
lily prices, it is maintained here.
1t is also generally agreed that if
and when an agreement is signed,
lit will not be retroactive, with
the result that those tobacco grow
ers who have already sold their
tobacco will not benefit from The
agreement at all.
If Governor Ehringhaus, Gov.
ernor Pollard of Virginia, Gov
ernor Blackwood of South Caro-
lima. and the members of the dele
cations from these states that
first went to Washington when the
Tobacco Holiday" was first pro-
claimed, could have remained
there ever since and have camped
on the doorsteps and in the offices
of the department of agriculture
and the AAA, as have the officials
and high-priced attorneys of the
tobacco companies, they probably
could have forced some kind of
action by the government ny I'LL"
time, it is pointed out. But these
governors and the members of the
delegations, mostly tobacco farm
ers and warehousemen, DO not
have unlimited expense accounts,
as have the tobacco company OF
ficials. They also had their bust
ness to attend to back ut home.
They went to Washington, pre-
sented their case in as little time
as possible, were assured that
Something would be DONE" took
the word of the government for 1t
and then went home.
But the officials and represen-
tatives of the big tobacco COM
panies have remained in Washing
ton continuously. They have lit
orally camped in the offices of the
department of agriculture and the