Vol.63/No.10 March 15, 1999
Tobacco Farmers Hold Tractorcade In N. Carolina
Some 500 tobacco farmers from eastern North Carolina
participated in a tractorcade blocking traffic in downtown
Raleigh March 1. The farmers demanded formal assurances from
state officials that they get paid at least half the state's
$4.6 billion settlement with cigarette companies.
"We do not want to see one more tobacco farmer put out of
business as the result of this attempt at prohibition of
tobacco products by politicians and lawyers," said Jimmie
Lee, a farmer from Johnston County who helped organize the
protest.
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