Tuesday, April 06, 1999
Lucas: Growers should get share of tobacco deal
Also wants help for dairy farmers
BY PATRICK CROWLEY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FORT MITCHELL — U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas,
D-Richwood, has joined other Kentucky members of Congress seeking a portion of the federal tobacco settlement for farmers.
Kentucky's delegation has sent a letter to attorneys handling the settlement that calls for farmers “getting their fair share” of the money, Mr. Lucas said.
“Our farmers are already struggling to make ends meet, and a further reduction in compensation received could devastate many of these family farms,” he said.
“The whole point of these payments is to compensate those who bear the burden of the settlement,” he said.
Kentucky will receive about $1.54 billion of the $206 billion settlement between the tobacco industry and 46 states. Gov. Paul Pat ton and state leaders, including the Kentucky General Assembly and representatives of growers, will decide how the money will be spent.
In a related matter, Mr. Lucas has also joined an effort in Congress to urge U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to utilize a price support program for dairy farmers.
“Just as tobacco farmers face severe price drops, dairy farmers now confront the lowest (prices) in nearly a decade,” Mr. Lucas said.
Mr. Lucas wants Mr. Glickman to use the Dairy Export Incentive Program to help stabilize and increase prices. “This action would counter European Union's unfair agricultural subsidies that put U.S. farmers at competitive disadvantage,' Mr. Lucas said.
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