New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
PROTECTION FOR TOBdCCO.
BENEFICENT RESULTS OF THE MKINLEY TARIFF
TO Ew-ENGLAND FARMERS.
From The sprIngdcld Republican.


A complete census Of every acre Of tobacco grown
in the Connecticut and lIousatonc valleys aud the in
day, by The New England Homestead The
diuon Of the new crop me market and the OLD leaf on
crop is already cxotcd and fully Is per cent OF the
product IN the Connecticut and nousatOnic valleys
10 thirty cents per pound for cured leaf to he delivered
Ear pad in these valleys for the 1901 crop Is eighteen
aud tfId cents per pound, while the average price
received for a,J years crop vas thirteen and one bird
cents and Of the 1883 crop eleven and twO-thirds
cents The market at present is therefore paying -
per cent more than last year and 50 per cent more
production. Individual .es are made at an advance
at twenty five cents his 30 crop Tor which only nine
cents was Offered last fall 1hc Homestead" believes
the advance Will be maintained, and that wcIlcured
leaf Of good quality will command u permanently
higher range IN values This WOud restore the IN
dustly In the Connecticut and IlouSat1nc valleys to
the enviabc position it enjoyed in the '7Os before II
tobacco. This foreign leaf IS now practically ex-
cludcd from the American market by the new tariff
- per pound in place OF the Old rate OF seventy
cents which was generally evaded and only thirty ve
cents paid Very little Sumatm has been imported
since the Mckinley bill went into effect and the stock
on hand prior to that date is mostly exhausted. The
Increased production this year of American leaf Will
hardly supply the deficiency Of sumatra one fact that
profitable marhet. The increased price OF American
eaf will not enhance the cost Of cigars, as manu-
ficuicrs viii Simply use domestic leaf in place OF
sunuti1.
If lie quality Of the new crop is not injured in cur.
ing The Homestead believes the growers of the
600 to S3.0OO,OOO for H. Last years crop brought
tpcm a little under ~ 900 900, while only fl 400 900
was pad for the 1859 crop. This increase in wealth
viii be most striking IN The townships that grow to-
baccO most largely Thus Ilatncld's 40 growers of
81 acres may receive $4,000 for this years
product, while the 1880 crop brought them only
10000 Equally good showings arc expected for the
leading Connecticut tobacco towns like suiied with
$50 acres East Hartford 500 acres South Windsor 4jO
acres. East Windsor 300 acres and New-Milford 200
acres.
\ few contracts for the crop have been made I'm
New York. but buying has Yet been done IN Penn.
syvania or the West old leaf, including last years
crOp, never closely picked up. With favor
oble curing ~ The Homestead thinks the cigar leaf
crop for the whole United states may fetch an average
of Il cents per pound against L. cents last gear and 10
cent, IN losD. This would give American tobacco
grow nearly &sOOOO0O for the 1901 crop. against
AiOOOpDO for the 1880 crop and ~ 900 900 for the
cigar leaf crop Of l6dD Growers are eated. but are
already planning largely 10 increase the next
vear-a policy THE Homestead warns against
likely to cause overprodueuon and again dcpress
nrc