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CIRCULAR 10 0, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The number who justified the sales on the outside is about the same 

 as the number who sold on the outside, which suggests justification 

 of their own action in the reasons given. 



Table 15. — Replies to question, " Why did you sell outside of the association? " ' 





Replies made by members of— 



Reply 



Sun-cured 

 pool 



Dark-fired 

 pool 



Old-belt 

 pool 



Eastern 



Carolina 



pool 



South 



Carolina 



pool 



All pools 





Number 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 



Number 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 

 4 



Number 



20 



21 



8 



10 

 1 

 1 

 

 3 

 9 

 



Number 



51 



27 



8 



5 



13 



4 



2 



1 



21 







Number 

 10 

 11 

 

 1 

 

 1 

 2 

 

 7 

 2 



Number 

 84 





62 





18 





16 





14 



Other crops not paid for 



6 





4 



Association did not live up to contract.. 

 Other replies 



4 

 41 



No reply 



9 







Total. 



3 



16 



73 



132 



34 



258 









31 



102 



195 



154 



161 



643 







1 Asked of the 258 members who admitted selling on the outside. 



Table 16. — Replies to question, " Do you think members were justified in selling 

 tobacco outside of the association?" 





Replies made by members of— 



Reply 



Sun-cured 

 pool 



Dark-fired 

 pool 



Old-belt 

 pool 



Eastern 



Carolina 



pool 



South 



Carolina 



pool 



All pools 



No._ 



Number 

 29 



2 





 

 

 

 



Number 

 72 



15 

 3 

 6 



2 

 3 



1 



Number 

 97 



*U 



14 

 10 

 7 

 3 

 



Number 

 38 



107 

 3 

 2 

 %i 1 

 3 

 



Number 

 114 



35 

 8 

 

 

 3 

 1 



Number 

 350 



Yes: 



Unqualified yes 



223 



Qualified yes 



28 



As it turned out— 



18 





10 



Don't know 



12 



No answer _ 



2 







Total. 



31 



102 



195 



154 



161 



643 







MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND THEIR RELATION TO FAILURE OF 



ASSOCIATION 



Mistakes which now stand out clearly were scarcely discernible 

 when the cooperative association was established, and many policies 

 were forced upon the association by circumstances over which it had 

 no control. Much criticism has been directed against persons in 

 charge of the affairs of the association. Unless the prevailing cir- 

 cumstances are taken into consideration such criticism is likely to be 

 unfair. The association's failure was not caused primarily by lack 

 of sympathetic interest or devotion to duty on the part of the leaders, 

 but was caused by forces insidious in their effects which gradually 

 undermined the morale of the whole organization. Many of those 

 who remained loyal to the association until the end earned for them- 

 selves only the ridicule of their less conscientious neighbors. 



