The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-16
WILSON'S INVESTIGATIONS
Ia:o Florida Tobacco Growing-other
Important Points.

important fOlNtS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-secretary
wilson. OF the agricultural department,
has returned to the city from q weeks
visit 10 Florida, where he went at the
suggestion of the President to study the
productions OF that country. In an In
teFriew concerning his observations
thete. the secretary spoke as follows:
Inc most striking development I
FOUND in Florida was the growth OF the
TOBACCO interest. Within the last few
years 1900 Cubans have come over
rom their native country. many Of
won had been life long tobacco grow.
en- cufe.s ard cigar makers who un-
ceFs'and the art from the planting OF
Ice sseI 10 The marketing OF the cigar.
inc Cuoans recognize the hummock
amos Of florida as being very similar
- mat Of the best tobacco land In Cuba,
me American caught on to the BUSH
Aess very rapidly. The state statistics
snnw hat the Cuhans sold last year
.yEy""9 cigars and that the sales OF
, ,ToaSeo N a.! It's forms brought Cubans
.''CSvVV"y The United States still pays
Suoa, sumatra. Mexico and other
~ s!i,t0,O0O for tobacco. This
III. ,oTloian Is reaching out for. Not
J,nns'anodhS tie people get leo, 000, 600
.saFs annually from florida, scarcely
,nI" u ihins Is 10 be found on the mar
nst Us Florida cigar. They all come
,.oI.a unde! the Havana name, found
.H! MGch the same conditions OF az
aus IN the north regarding the Florida
gsa? as ! found III American butter
t.J .SnsuheF IN London is we'll salts
A., '.nS Inc American butter Is the
nv, VIC: ever Went on his table. The
rs .'.yiH tpiecre after smoking his cl-
r. WI testiiy very readily that moth
y ms eqaas his fine Havana. Then II
S ro n%'e evidence to prove that It was
ssi w, cured and III nutactured in
o, S,la you %Ia convince him, Blu, not
NJ "'se. made efforts to buy a box
If.n,"n cisars grown, cured and man
;nuseG IN Florida, but only in one
" f was abA 10 do So"
~. junction with the tobacco indus
W., .nIG!'y Secretary Wilson said he
J% nrI 1oFcSly rerD!rIed Of the work done
c,i ti"s me last few years ty the agri-
Ir.ta' experiment stations in MASTER
ynpinr p,incipies that unierlIe the fla
rs %M6 " butter and the ripcnlac Of
Is fsI,i Alter The tobacco IS grown II
~ S'tiy wen understood that fer1nenta-
tLn a!ohg several lines nrodl;ces Inn
Ire. 4G'eflsiic favor of The product, and
~, as several cheesss are given their
81 euIar Taste through bacterial action,
mar %Iusst'onably, tobacco grown ard
,L"4AdvtuFed In Different sarfIo.s Of
ki1dS S'uHlEy are tiavo. cd by different
bs,Iss 81 bacteria. He expressed the
AMI nv. ma neither the Cubans nor the
sbnv, 't1ns IN Florida knew anything
c cSgIt me principles that underiie The
tb,, u Inc several ,obaccos, bu; said
eTbs ~, H'ockbr!dge. In charge OF the
re5T,,Teht stations ut Laks CITY. fully
ti5n <es me requirements OF the sI;ua.
re-. re has .naugurateI a series OF
rcss osh ~resa:Ging f%ert!llzlnS and what
I'm " curing tic process o. feTmenta-
e sTG' Nitrogen, potash and phosphoric
the mr.: 'hG secretary said. required In
eris,m ooaction OF tobacco. The acid
can : u Florida in abundance, nitrogen
eTor nc had through growing leguminous
ibs' g.. aha MS the potash IS found below
SeII deposits OF the German mines.