Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
I'd. Raper Urges
Farmers To Vote
On Referendum
by CHARLES ID. RAPf.R
County Agent


Within few days Saturday OF
this week. Columbus County to-
bacco growers. a.ong VITA all 9TH
er tobacco groves in the United
States will have the opportunity
70 vote on the question of wheth.
e. you want to continue market
ing quotas on your tobacco crop.
and also whether or not you want
to continue to assess yourself Zoe
an acre to help continue an export
program.
These two questions are for your
tobacco g.owers 10 decide. No
body else can decide the questions
for you. You might be wondering
just who is eligible to vote Satur-
day. Well. unlike most election
days and elections you don't have
to be 81 To vote. If you have an
interest in this years tobacco crop
you are eligible 10 vote. Every
landlord. tenant and share crop
per is eligible to vote. 4-H Club
boys OF FLA boys who are carry
ing tobacco as their project are
also eligible to vote.
You will be able to vote Satur-
day, July 23rd between the hours
of 500 A. NJ. and 900 P. NJ. The
referendum committee set the
closing hour at 900 P. NJ, il or
der that those who will be busy
in the fields Saturday would still
have time to vote after you I'm
ished your work. for the day.
You as a tobacco grower have
had a lot of experience in growing
and selling tobacco. You've seen
good crops and bad crops, and
you've seen your tobacco sell on
the warehouse floor for an aver
age of over SOC and you've seen
YOUR tobacco sell for - and l3c.
You also have seen the time,
when in 1888 with the crop aver
aging 12S0c, it took 1872 pounds
of tobacco to pay off a S1,OOO note
or mortgage. That meant that IN
1888 it took 9 - acres Of tobacco
to pay off a $1,000 note. In 1912
it took 2,645 pounds of tobacco 10
nav off the same $1,000 note or
the tobacco off at "a acres of to-
bacco. Last yea. 1913. you could
have paid off Il $1,000 note with
1000 pounds Of tobacco or 10
acres.
Another interesting note is that
ont of over $1,000 paid to tobacco
farme,s in 1913 about 40 per cent
or over two hundred dollars came
from sales on export markets.
Much of the increase in yield
per acre and dollar value per acre
can be attributed to our research
program, finding better varieties
of tobacco and other research
support prices, keeping production
in line with demand and improved
methods of growing and hanoilns
tobacco. Now our big problem Is
TO hold on to the export mari>e'
at present prices. To do this we
have to sell them on a q1alIy
d oduct, that is being improved on
zach wear through our research
and extension program.
The answer to these two Dig
Questions can be and will be ans
weed by tobacco growers, Satur-
day, July %. They are;
/. Do you favor marketing quo-
tas for 8 years, 80, 81 and lsoZ:
,. Do you favor marketing quiz
tas for / year. 1850? ,.
3. Do, you oppose marketing
quotas? 1.,s nm 70
zach and every tobacco grower u
sneak his own mind.
The other question IS:
Do YOU favor continued assess.
ont of 10 cents per acre TO carry
an the work of Tobacco Assoc
ciates ,,v he
please put in the ballot box 9a.-
r,dav of this week, between 0 a.
NJ and 9 p. M. These are CRU,
cal decisions for you to MAKE anu anu
Il is very important that eVe' y
,arson in Columbus County VINO -
p ,:<ib,a 70 vote cast his or her
ballot.
Mrs C. e. Howe returned 10 ,.' -.
1,oonab Ga. SUNDAY