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t" I0 We realize that mono - The Manning TimesE of shelled corn we wil /H l ymgen. e po this Ii think, tin aexaecuyranowing W gra the waret tris The amig Times t oro s lalre thn we as nw do buy eand c We h oe this I Let medeptalee ite outset, D beor Thew sallte Caro-operaies ofytm i tthre omni S r at b sellin to ec ha nori ngt amte. retht LoamateNort bro bys ulits f te own-erodde harmer. orth ai froma erso Couty Iptlseeig ause o a isus se al wen totli Pameto tat, mnyusands dow tobsacndo btoday. -ele ab oe wth s ariuet for one Le mstl i heoustbfoeThe Timales.ooertv Sse m htrying .tagt was in ts fancy. I itte laaesln, tobaccor an thir to ac tgrat Ioe oma North Carolinpa. by at vaoue than aon tanien thme irthove hifrpopl a ersh he. Ita habuinged and alon prhve nth a li -ito Ihe bmeeo tBe mar hie nk ia eoran byer tows ise m thisgood.O ,ede f wn e a thne d wre.h a no tie Stats an conmfrendby the amontof, alle",riu hades tof rtain scre Ihep een Vieong Remph bachim. eraprxmtevle catran If avbenirngtheneda HIs lisarewol tel skies He has o Prthi t gooLdoctdine aboosomped to plaeCo-prsatisfy isto whort memry Insalays revere; ito stnI ewensl wereleadrs tat hvepssedof hd beve and p gsibe the Hell'ttn.n ete at in ths otet, beforee moTher crops Co-operativelSysCtm tryin letftrnt uon thansb to sellng baco hanledrwituso amuh ofctim that al aforthverlian byer expift o the gown-.Ti roductrmr bth emlt hieam Pesn Ctht shl has btapne cusads.d iscsever alle foever toaue Palrtht atelinany tocrp and dgown beoo stay.ed u yersetago thenr themre.aa tobacco inumr knts is dbgoubjycat boe icncratSete leve in itoro inncy, littlessflayandarera triou toha the greatoerst Neorth Cavngroliay, bccof wthsend toei tl sa ne Iwoher peuse and hish I ham con- hande ady taloet aenoety adeii dtrinsd toav bele twice magarredi fornaCotisot lawyrt mavisto inaet thisaoo ould eade oSuthegrea df thatcan poel icae ntbacc leates and counter ofrmndsty sce nthe utrues ofl"ad tog wr.tBut scr.I beliee en qalifoght Deal m- hidme. mrcia, ~huh o eia andlee oe I belevee baoeen stegteednsa wol ,tellco whey knsop int gornmentdforrthe poeby some poshatoae ther o-opetive ytmo whople. meor I bhavi alway eve;ing tobme acco., and a eive ine thedlaty, Gottvero and B.e thick-. . copertion, ofnh wrdcigtkiond. on Glennand Gverno iektt. h eveaw ospple and selcttand h wer e lastht twnt-ave pa ears of acodntthheemnlkecto 'have left footprint upo the snducso can bter hanmdleitWho can prich of timeathat Ishall floree leagters exoteto tmgeatco growrahslrdct tmlte teir xamples, thoeat 'shattinwgow cn be tapcoedorage edfoe scaedrt Crolrainiar-an to tobac hasint is hodnt s c ma-b kertigSytem theirI meois tam anhi succssstingandlo thoughioushan concrete beirin teootstoha Wisnmlo this ier n mauTres, nthat han theno gretest Dnesmoreaigday, shlivasin toagea cran poe gradet wenmIopese to think beIee am con- tbaco, n there uot aligto-n trai to oobeve ha langama throghan can phreadery prie wtobaco inwetethat old hyvI thippsget in they truer sif he word Bnutow leade andsoem-reg of huaiyJsic.hyoe itobaccal Iduhttko As believe ieualrighty sttdor the th buyoers would toac the ownowad plat puriveg tof nenry I hrbeevn whagaso their respective wants, eopl.a elv in th oneovingty dr- an cnind the price woIsb based cr l, pr s ogyas aeosre ice of tobacco vaand fl uctuate Fory theingst tetyinget ter ordhnde tog th ysemndiecto have been gagroughey prctoncr outher coogties. ho a pien thattba.havenol als right enable aotn Imageiall tobacc gnrtherC ead, Ther-cledi no-oeativ r-oan to pubchause ei hae ings, thmda heg Steacc wandIehoemns to ae dvocatsuggestn t the variousx Ipl nthe outsethatthatude int the compaes ato maufbeforers hat edy amip not selishmness readhl has tocma nHwd storag eowthaino grae of to termpeus ses haeivesuied co- bacco n gathe aren yuote atl soean tacohinsraet. from le.veryllso the testco akt eantime ts tryto show yo fore manynm thingh ad o.a wy, ra eeiah ion withptsnrticle hyIe ah opoedar. maen reymtthr ifineas any knutw1 thiee sy nos etraem.ftoacCledge ofher wohacv damtryeknow As weI avte alverady waeoutnated, oThe thCuyroul-oprtv ytherow gad an thdidngs pertinin o cnthet fullyionbledo the round th ster ofcconducsingaess fom clintlsag houses first greom recgesed and The tobaco wrarhoiseman knos tou ieadvocte shwe cahnet the variu FOR CORN! %y is scarce and corn is plentiful. Now, it i; o to every household in Clarendon County I send you The Times one year, which is n order to show the people that we want Dur product for their's; at the same time a e for your corn, and charging only the _ood Until March 1st, 1922. 4ANNIN G vantage. It is objectionable because ject to in our present system. I have you have not any storage houses of heard much talk of the variation of n any consequence in Virginia, North prices of I tobacco. Many seen to Carolina or South Carolina to store stumble here and not be able to un- V in. It. is objectionable because the derstand why this occurs. This very i average farmer like myself, cannot thing is one of the strongest reasons t afford to .have his tobacco stored why we should still maintain our pre- t away to be handled and sold in an sent system of buying. Well, here : impractical way. It is objectionable goes. As I have already stated there even if it could be properly stored is not a man on earth that can al- f and properly graded, because the ways properly grade tobacco. But m average farmer cannot get along on says Mr. Co-operative, "I thought to- c forty or fifty per cent of the valuation baccomen were experts." I will now of his tobacco, and take chances on give you the definition of an expert: k getting the remainder when his to- He is a being that knows about one- s bacco is sold. The poor man is the third of what he is talking about and . majority in the tobacco growing aHl faln asfo oe States of the South. It is objection- Nwi rie e aemsae able because it cannot be priced as it u~e h etlgt ntewrdt is delivered. Those in office cannotshwutocokyitsia el fulfill the contracts and pay over the lgtdtbco~aeoshwmc forty and fity per cent to the grow- mr ilagae aemsae er, when he delhvers his tobacco. But hehetisogrd fovrou I says Mr. Co-operative, "'We will fig- cmais ecranycno f ure up what 1t costs to produce thefrdthaeron on hurd tobacco, and base our price on that."grdstoovrhearusrde You might be in a position to (10 thisoftbcoeorwomnoudhv if you had the powver to make.. the to-to(0al*hgrdn.Ikwter bacco buying world eat o'4t of your ncmsae aei vr ieo hand, lay down and play dead, etc.buiesuthreaentnyme I will grant you that we could makemaiinteobcogaigadsl them come to our figures or quit the igta ntegaigadsligo field if wve had money enough to cor-buigocton Yu(1ntcah ner the tbacco crops of the world. temsae htacm~ei h But what wvould be the use of all ofgrdnofctobcaeyuont this wvorry if we had the sufficientkovthgadsadheamapls where-with-all to (10 this ? Let's use lreyt oac.Tesm ue our common mother-wit andl not be ta ayi hi ugeti hi carried away by every wind of doe- byn ftb(C htpymr o trines, preached by, foreign and local apl ftbconoe1fo n o pie-hunters. It is objectionable be-toathrgecuhtfenite cause we will not realize as much forbuig Mayhsenthtmeht our tobacco under this system as weIhaetknplsotbcoofte now get. It will kill all legitimate hnso en uc hthdbuh competition in the selling of our to-tioohg frhsCmpnsode,, baeco. But says Mr. Co-operatice, rte hnsehmsi ti n e "How is this?" As I see ,it one con- akc rmteCmayta ih cern at a time will buy the tobacco wehaeurmy akt.Adyclns have in storage that suits his respec- ~ol aebe nue sacne tive order. I (1o not believe we willquc.Oforsteargea then have an ycompetitive bidding. mrta a bevdteoht ie Why should we have ? You get what tevraino rcso ie o o suits you at your price and I will (1d acolesntko ha hgrl likewise when I come foi my grades.wok10twasbtevrtbac It is objectionable because the conm-wahuean ndbyrviler panics that buy our tobacco willmeotithstamn. make us pay the storage, insurance, NM.C-prtvteeaen taxes and Interest on the monies,prfttoaomn, odS. ert they will then buy our tobacco as they soitswhtoekndnhav.t need it and not before. It is not the PoayEoho l a oa-' case under the present marketing cns.lewle ihGdad~a system. Under our present market- nt o o okhmt ewt h ing system, the various companies hl nes must buy our tobacco as it is sold in Ibleeta oac ue n orduir to protect their own interest,wreosmnaa clsaea and in order to keep the wheels of thehoetadurgtsanpoleha tobacco industry in motion. Under wl h feo ~eerh ol the new' system it will not be neces- b vligt aesokay tm sary for the companies to buy and wt n te eiiaebsns. ( store tobacco in advance. If the to- itssadht toco-e ar bacco is redried it will keep airight hgl ad hsi o re h andl the various companies will only aeaetaeigslsa esf buy as they have needs. Tobaccos lre-slr hnteaeaeslr nianufacture better after they get idtbcobyr from two to five y ears of age on them. oe ooprieavcte tin Like whiskey, Mr. -Farmer it im- hprsnsytmohadigob proves with ago. Had you thought c toepnie tcranyi o of this, 'Mr. Co-operatIve -Advocate,.sepniea hepooe evss Time and -space will nob admit of me tmwl e 1 o aeterpo 'to keep elaborating on the olbjection-myfnewhthytllopris t able features. I must hurry and coni ote d o-n~ wa h x plete.peaewlbc Buthfamrtt I desire to i*hention brieflyaome of hsgn noti n-ie farI the fw thngs tat te othr si hinb w i have kowlede strtegestoeasons BUSHEL s our desire to have For two bushels equivalent to two to co-operate with ilowing you much regular price for IME S e the shape of expense that he has Are we to be carried away today, by ever dreamed of. untried Communistic, Socialistic stub, The farmers have already built just because forsooth, we will please arehouses, redrying plants, storage- a California Corporation lawyer? ouses and various other plants for This intellectual gig mofstro bie handling of tobacco. Do you want -it ohi mtellectas cognic monstro v be taxed to buy all this stuff over sity of the West has come East in gain ? search of what the people of the East You are now going into abusiness nd South went, West for in 1849 or yourself. You are now, in one "Gold." This emancipator and lover ense of the word, going to buy your of humanity left his sunny home in en out as I oing toi is yoat Southern California and came East to wn amount s see it, this are iyreally search fr new fields f easy picking. oing into buying and selling tobacco He thinks I see ne coming from trinto buyin witout o the far-off Pacific coast: Hush, who is trietly on speculation without orers t It is a man with the wisdom adrro ony except wto oo of Moses, and the voice of Aaron the oneyo at a n tim u alike this borrownc High Priest, but the sad part that I ot eypon a tie lik thi s, fi ancl ie, dislike to diselose, is that he has the uThep case of rmer fInaesn goreed of Pharaoh. Join my Co-opera oTh beleve ofe fanr afeoreeto ampe tive Association, I am the best Co (ith bwievcatheyecain afodto ame op~eration lawyer on) earth. I see ke thildca seuain t tmegreat possibilit ies for a large retain ke this. ers fee, probably one hundred thou I, knowy there are those that wvdl sand dlollars a year'." ifl'er with me. There are those that Thi -m .aoradlvr fiai till probably become indignant. But kin'hof macreipate ad goveato mn represent thousands of bony hand--ha kmde ofore, likeiJl's all ten d sons of toil in Eastern South Caro- toacc made omei dsates mal h na andl in the other tobacco produe-- toacogrwngsats rig states, that have just as much .Me thnks~ again, I see Aaron climb ight to have theli- side c'hampioIned ing a high mountain in the East, a the Qpposing side has. which is Mount Possibility. Look, We are now willing to sell our who is thaL we see walking with irthright for a mess of pottage. We hiun? .It is Mr'. Stone, head of the r'e not ready to app~oint Ouri adminis- Louisville Tobacco Wariehouse Coin rators and assigns. And if we do pany, ln'or'porat ed : Mr'. J. Y. JIoy l)Ioint them, we do not want them ineri, ex-school teacher and politician 0 function until we( shake our mortal of North Carolina, and editor of the oil. Progr'essive Farimer', Mr. Poe, they All the propaganda usedl by the Co- have taken him along to give them a per'ative adlvo('ites canniot and will write-up of the beaut'ful scener'y. I ot change the present system oif sell- also see my friend i. Br'ight Wil ig tobacco at auction. The move- hiamson, farmer an dhanker of Dar tnt may dlecrease the amount thatington, South Carolina. Look now, ,ill be sold this way. Bu~t it will they have ascended the topmIiost peak, fter all work out for the best inter- the man of the hour, Aaron, the I [ighi st o fthe groweirs who continue to Priest andl spokesmnan. Me thinks [ e their own guardh~fis in the sales-. hear a voice soundmig down the moun ianship of ' rdc hyhv tam side, filled with rythm and high rown by the sweat of their br'ow. You have heard mnuch saidl about (xS 1)(it h1i!iY lhe way fruit is sold1 in California, ow Co-operative selling prioved a rent success to the growver of saime. NOlIET (Rll'OS ome o four' farmers are foolish nough after growving and handling Allcsn aigcam gis obaceo all their' lives, to believe thatth saeo.oepTMicud obacco could be sold the same way.cesiwll renthe duya 'here is no analogy whatever in the tse.Alprosoigsil(S t wo products. If i ownied a ci iltrusamettote nerin ruit farm, vineyard or orange gr'ov~,e, ulfe xctrso a sae f any other fr'uit farm or grove that PrhrM icun hey are hobbying about, I would he 'la.Matn realthy to start out with. Hlave you dg 'x'uos ver heard of the fruit growers of the DvsSain .CI.F ,Jn ttle corner' in California making a~1, 92 ailure in a cr'op of fr'uit? Did you _ vet' consider that fruit is a necessi tv nd tobacco a luxury? Fruit is sold G very (lay in the year' to everybody* ronm the p~oorest man that walks the Lcne ace of the earth up to the multi 1ihlionaire. Tobacco in its r'aw state huas only a O t m t rs ewv buyers, so what is the use to E E rgue this question? ?a Ilowv did all this niovemnent come eu. aun5 bout that is so prevalent all over GassFte , Boe heo world today ? The Blolshevi ki L ne lommnunistic, Socialistic ideCas thatDulctd re runming rampant in Europe today S tsato urned ave made their appearance aind foot ritsu n heso o FeeAmria EsTat Mfoeph . MiCu. e