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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
Connecticut Valley.

Happily the backbone of the drought
has been broken, and a series of showers
has not only frightened the face of ma
ture, but also the faces of our farmers as
we'll. The pastures, the meadows, as
we'll as the tillage lands, were terribly
dry, and dust filled the air. The tobac-
co plants, of course, suffered with all the
rest. The ground is yet too dry to pro
mote the best results in growing. But
we feel assured that it is in the range of
possibilities for the rain to come, SO we
wait for rainy day or two for more
plentiful supply. The plants, of course,
have been sending out their roots in
search of moisture, and now we may ex-
pect rapid growth consequent upon
these conditions. Perhaps it may affect
the acreage somewhat, as our growers
like to get their crops out earlier. Hoe
ing is now in progress, as we'll as stock
ing over. If it is late stocking it is we'll
to use little nitrate of soda" hoed in
around the late plants, SO as to hasten
the growth. -CultlvatOr.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
WISCONSIN, TOBACCO MARKET
EDGERToN, Wis, June 80, 1899.

HDGEhION, w 1S., y lttlC ~, 1000
The close of the present week will
witness the practical close of the plant
ing except now and then belated grow
er, who invariably trails behind his
neighbors whatever the conditions of the
season. Generally speaking, the crop
has been transplanted under better than
the average conditions of soil and wealth
er and there are less complaints of the
ravages of cutworms or loss of plants by
hot weather than usual, so there are but
few missing plants in the fields. An
enormously large acreage is now plant
ed and the work has been done too, in
less time and at an earlier date than the
average crop is safely pitched in the
fields.
A few small transactions among pack
ers is about the only indication of life
along the lines of trade. Conway Bros.
sold a small lot and Mcintosh Bros. have
disposed of 156cs. A local firm is re-
ported to have purchased about 40Ocs
of the lower grades from Vernon county
packers.
The shipments out of storage reach Is
car loads or about 75Ocs. Since last re
port 8O0cs Of cigar leaf we're exported
from New York.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
Patents Granted.

List of Patents granted to citizens of
Wisconsin for the week ending June 20,
reported expressly for The Reporter
through the patent and law Office of O.
E. Duffy, TOT G. ST., N. W. Washington,
D. c., from whom copies can be had for
twenty-five cents each:
Martin M. Parratt, Rhinelander, ad
Unstable barrel cover; Louis Beese, West
Superior, car coupling; Fred Fl. Bertschy,
Attention, combined sink and bath tub;
Augustus G. Christsen, Milwaukee,
means for lubricating electric motors;
Clifford P. Hall, Racine, bicycle; William
Horlick, Racine, matted food product
and making same; Wallace L. Selleck,
Platteville. grain adjusting apron for
harvesters; Ben F. Windsor, Kenosha,
machine for bending wire for bed-bottom
springs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
Lancaster.
LANCASTER New ERA. June 20, '99

LANCAs New ERA. June 20, 49,.
The principal feature of the trade dur
ing the past week was the Government
sale Of goods found in the Jacobs ware
house. These consisted mainly of 1923
cases of leaf tobacco and 100000 of
cigars The attendance of buyers was
Unexpectedly large, they having come
from all quarters The most interesting
feature Of the sale was the good prices
paid for the leaf tobaccos, which were
higher than similar goods can be bought
for in a regular way. The only way in
which this can be accounted for is the
belief that many buyers were not fully
acquainted with the true character of
the goods. What is more, all the goods
were sold without recourse, fact that
must also be taken into account.
The sales for the week as reported are
230cs sold by Isaac Stirk & Co., 100cs
sold by Seitz & Froelick, and an un-
known quantity purchased by Kerks,
Wertheim & Schiller, said to be over
10O0cs. The total will no doubt aggre-
gate 1,500cs. For the corresponding
week of last year the sales were 912cs.
The new crop appears to be doing
fairly we'll. It is getting somewhat dry
on some fields, and rains would not be
amiss. At the same time, the plants are
not suffering, and in few fields have
already attained very considerable size.
The planting season throughout New
England has been very dry and great
deal of watering has to be done to keep
the plants alive.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
New YORK June "a, '99.

The condition of the market remains
satisfactory Business is brisk in spite
of the absence of any conspicuously
large transactions. While one big tran
saction may canse more qualification
than dozen smaller ones, though ag-
gregating the same quantity, the smaller
transactions keep the houses steadily
busy, do not make time hang SO heavily
on them, and probably realize trihe
larger margin. The fact remains that,
with the exception of some boom streaks
in particular types, the domestic leaf
market has not in years been SO unusu-
ally successful as for the past few
months. The only complaint heard of is
as to the limit of profit. Because of the
steadiness of business holders of stocks
expected to be able to raise the margin
of profit. But the times of inordinate
profits on tobacco seem to have passed
with SO many other exceptional things
that used to be characteristic of the leaf
trade. Manufacturers nowadays are close
buyers just as we'll as close sellers. The
progressive idea of business seek an in
crease of profits rather in the expansion
of trade than in the raise of the price OF
the commodity. And certainly more leaf
is being sold now. than ever before. Not
only has all the surplus of the meagre
years following the panic been absorbed,
but the new crop is being consumed even
in advance of it's consumate maturity.
The sales for the week amounted to
about 5000 boxes of all kinds and de
scriptions, of old and new.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
NUMBER 20.

The record of the Havana market is
but repetition of the same story. Good,
bad and indifferent the good is
only an intinitesimal proportion-a'l sell
freely in such quantities as can be had,
and those quantities are exceedingly
small. AS our statistics published last
week showed, there were imported only
500 bales of filler leaf last month, and the
entire stock of filler tobacco in our bond
ed warehouses at this port was but forty
thousand bales, of which perhaps only
thirty-ive thousand may be Havana
filters And the bulk of this tobacco is
surely owned, not by the importers, but
by the manufacturers.
The Sumatra market alone remains in
an unsatisfactory condition, but it is
bound to revive soon, too. At yester
days inscription at Amsterdam only
about $50 bales were found to be suitable
for the American market out of nearly
twenty thousand bales put up. This
means that the inscriptions of the 80
crop are often already for the American
market and it means further that
America will import of that crop prob
ably less than it did of any other crop.
1t follows, therefore, that our Sumatra
stock is bound to be closed out before
next years inscriptions The demand
for the present, however, is mostly for
old stock and curious tales are about of
how the remnants of lots are picked up
of the older importations which had
been commonly confined already to the
"profit and loss column. A novelty at
yesterdays inscription was the appear
ance of hundred bales of Florida Ha
vana seed as competitor of the Su-
matra leaf.-Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30

New YORK, June q, '99.

The market continues in a sound,
healthful condition, and trading is quite
active. The deal in thinner Spanish, re-
ferred to in last Wednesdays issue, went
through, and a few lots of the same kind
of tobacco changed hands. Connecticut
Broad leaf of the '98 crop and old Wis
consin and Pennsylvania Havana Seed
have been actively dealt in this week.
The new Connecticut Broad leaf which
has been examined in the cases by pack
ers is found to be sweating out nicely
Crops of all states, as whole, will be
ready for the market earlier than for
several years past.
Havana-There is no change to report
in the condition of this branch of the
market. Sales are of moderate size and
small in number. Prices remain high
and firm. Among the reported sales were
So bales 1898 Vueltas at 85c; la bales do
at p. t.; 140 bales do at 88c; 40 bales 1897
Remedies, 1st caps, at 75c; So bales do at
70c: 80 bales 1898 Remedies. I'd caps, at
SOC; 20 bales do at 48c-all in bond.
Sumatra-A fairly good business was
done the past week, especially in new
goods While not all of the manufac-
turers have put their stamp of approval
on the '98 purchases, the importers who
secured suitable undermarks are not
worrying over the outcome of their spec
ulations. Cable advices show that the
campaign at Amsterdam is practically at
an end, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that trading here will become more
active from now on. About 300 bales
were reported sold.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
recently advised a dealer in leaf tobacco,
who had asked for a special permit
authorizing him to sell leaf tobacco in
original packages to State prisons and
insane asylums for consumption by the
inmates of these institutions, that under
present conditions dealers in leaf tobacco
are not privileged to sell leaf tobacco di-
rectly for consumption, but that their
sales are limited by statute to three
classes of persons, viz, other qualified
dealers in leaf tobacco, manufacturers of
tobacco and persons who purchase in
packages for export, and it is the pur-
pose of the internal revenue office to
confine the sales of leaf tobacco by leaf
dealers to these persons.
In regard to prison manufacture OF
tobacco, the Commissioner has ruled
that there has been no objection inter
posed to the officers of State prison
manufacturing tobacco within the prison
premises for the use of the prisoners con-
fined in the institution, nor has any State
officer connected with the prison been
required to qualify as manufacturer OF
tobacco for the purpose of manufacture
inc tobacco for the use of the prisoners:
but that the product can not be removed
from the confines of the prison premises,
nor be supplied to persons who are re-
moved from the prison under contract
for labor, by any person under State
laws: and manufactured tobacco fur
nished to them outside the confines of
the prison must be properly packed,
labled and stamped, the same as put up
by the manufacturer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
M1AMIsBURG, OHIO, June q, so.

The market has settled down to in
activity since last report, with limited
sales in the country and deliveries by
wagon accordingly, and no change in
prices.
The varieties planted are more evenly
divided than last year, with sprinkling
of Cuba seed. The crop is now about all
planted. Some complaints OF cutworms
still reported.
Quotations: For SO Spanish in ware
houses, 10 to 12c; '98 Spanish in farmers
hands, 2 to 7c; Dutch, to Sc; seedleaf,
6 to 7c Shipments and receipts by rail
10 carloads.-NeWs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30

A few of the large manufacturers OF
cigars who lately begun to use domestic
wrappers upon the better class OF their
goods, are meeting with success that
is astonishing the trade. Reports come
from the eastern markets that the call
for domestic wrappers is unprecedented
and the rush after samples of New Eng
land leaf exceeds the inquiry after Su-
matra. The fact of the matter is that
the smoker is becoming convinced that
domestic wrapped cigar is preferable to
the imported wrapper even If it does not
appeal to the eye, the sense of taste is the
proper measure for good smoke In
this way these manufacturers are doing
a missionary work that it seems to us is
bound to be of benefit to the growers OF
domestic leaf They are opening the
eyes of the public that the smoking
world need not be dependent upon Su-
matra tobacco when a better wrapped
cigar, barring the one point OF looks, is
grown right at home. The millions OF
dollars that are sent abroad each year to
enrich the Golfers of the Dutch tobacco
syndicates of the old world might better
be kept upon this side of the water.
Really it begins to look as if the Sumatra
craze had about run it's race. Let us all
hail the return of the domestic wrapper.
It is the most encouraging prospect for
the domestic tobacco grower now in
sight
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
EVANSVILLE, Wis, June %, '99.

The weather continues very favorable
for the plant beds, also for the plants
that have been transplanted into the
fields Notwithstanding the late, cold
spring, the planting season is fully as
early as the average season and is a
source of great satisfaction to the farmer.
By the close of this week fully two
thirds of the acreage of this county will
have been planted under the most fav-
orable conditions, and the earliest plants
have already made fine start-Farm
and Home.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
New York.

Sales of Seed Leaf Tobacco reported
for The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter by
J. S. Cans Son, Tobacco Broker, No. 12e
Water Street New York, for the week
ending, June 26, 1899:
12Ocs '98 N. E. Hav. seed, 20 to so.
5Ocs '96 N. E. Hav, 25 to 35c.
35Ocs '98 Dutch at II to 1115c.
4OOcs '97 Wis. Hav. at to 919c.
250cs 1896 Pa Seed at Il to 13c.
13OOcs '95 Pen Hav. at 13c.
1OOcs '97 Zimmers at 16c.
Total 1400cs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30

Judge Fifeld at GAINESVILLE announced
decision Monday in a case before him
touching point of law of interest to
tobacco men, mentioned in our last issue
He holds that chattle mortgage given
upon tobacco bed covers the property
after being transplanted in the fields and
afterwards to the curing sheds. This
ruling holds that the identity of the
property can be traced from the beds to
the fields and fields to the factory. Pos
sibly the case may be appealed to high
er court as the issue has never before
been raised and a decision of the supreme
court may be desired to finally establish
the law on this point.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
Doctor Yourself at Home.

Send for copy of DIR. Humphreys
Manual of all diseases and doctor your
self at home. Sent free on request.
Humphreys Medicine Co., New York
City.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-06-30
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

More packers of Wisconsin leaf have
adopted the plan of sweating their to-
bacco in bundle before handling this
year than any season heretofore and the
result is proving quite satisfactory we
are informed. It is claimed for this
method of handling that by sweating IN
bulk a good portion ofshrinkage is ellml-
mated from the goods before they are
cased and something is saved IN the
package Should any damage occur IN
the sweat it will develop early and the
goods as now packed would remain
sound hereafter, SO that no rehandEng
would be necessary. Sometimes the
cost of rehandllng cased leaf because OF
damage has been an important item to
the packers. Then again plenty OF help
can be obtained for summer warehouse
work, the days are longer and more LABOR
is obtained from the hands and as the
tobacco weighs less after shrinkage the
cost per pound would be less. So far the
experiment is being carried on With
medium grades generally; whether it
would be safe to treat packing of fine
goods in this manner remains yet to be
seen. Several thousand cases of the '9o
crop have been carried through the
sweat in bulk this season on which
warehouse work is now being done and
the prospects indicate that large
amount will be treated in the same man
ner another season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
OUR BIRD FR1ENns.

We have one little friend that greatly
interests us. 1t is a robin which every
morning early when we have gone to
work in the garden this spring has
come flying down at our feet to pick
up the grubs turned up by the hoe.
From being quite shy at first our little
friend became very tame and finally
would pick up the worms within a foot
Of the hoe. 1t was surprising how
many grubs his bright eyes would dis
cover, and the way in which he would
cock his head to one side and eye his
victim before picking it up was some
thing very comical indeed. Having a
nestful Of little ones not far away, he
would keep on gathering worms until
he could not hold another one in his
mouth, and then he would go to the
nest and return in a few minutes. One
morning we took the lawn mower in
stead Of the hoe and had hardly got to
work on the lawn before down he
came, and his disappointment at not
finding any grubs was funny enough.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
"TRY YOUR LucKvv

This is what a fakir with one Of
these cheap swindling games of chance
said to a young man who stopped to
watch the game. This is a very sig
nificant phrase, Enthusiastically
American in it's flavor, dash and disre-
gard of consequences. "Try your
luck" confronts the young man at ev-
cry turn in life. He a try it by in
vesting his money in one stinker of a
cigar and take his chance of the lucky
turn of the wheel which will give him
two stinkers. He can 'try his luck at
spending his money as fast as he earns
1T and take his chance.almost a dead
sure thing-of being buried by charity.
Or he can "try his luck' at loafing,
drinking and deviltry and take his
chances on the ~penitentiary. Or he
can TRY his luck" al good, honest, hard
work, self denial and manly living and
take the chance-we might say certain
ty-of being of some use in the world
and Of hot having any hired mourners
at his funeral. 1t is all right to .stry
your luck" my boy, but try it sensibly
and intelligently.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
THE WEALTHY APPLE.

Our experience with the Wealthy ap-
pie leads us to commend it very highly
for general orchard planting in most
of this northwestern territory. 1t has
SO very much to recommend 1t that its
weak points can be well overlooked.
1t may be said for it that it is an early
bearer of very large, handsome red
fruit of a finer flavor and a higher
quality than any other apple which can
be raised in the northwest. 1t is an
apple which sells on sight, and when
once the general public fully under
stands its merits there cannot be
enough Of them raised to supply the
demand. Forty acres of Wealthy APP
pie trees plated anywhere in Iowa and
the south half Of Minnesota and prop
erly cared for will insure the man who
owns the orchard a handsome income
in five years after date Of planting.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
SHEEP FOR THE FARMER.

Only a small capital is required by
Some poles covered with hay or straw
for shed, a few racks, or if these con
not be had, some fence panels around
q h%aystack to give oarse feed behind,
a few troughs for shelled corn when
muddy, are all that are necessary.
The rest of the time feed shock
corn on the dry ground, for the sheep
does not need it's grain either husked,
shelled or ground. If a grain crop
should fail, there Is usually coarse
feed in plenty IN which sheep can be
carried through until another year
and give a crop of wool which will
more than pay their keep. If one dies,
he usually has wool enough on him to
pay what he has cost that year. Sheep
are ~emphatically the stock for the
poor mar who must start with few
conveniences, and If he will stand by
them they will build him a comfort
able house and ample barns to shelter
all the feed and stock the best farm in
Kansas can produce. Where it can
be done, it is an advantage to bring
western sheep in early and give them
d few months pasture to domesticate
them and fill them out.
AS the pasture fails in the fall, grad
ually bring them on to grain; then turn
them into the cornfields, where they
will clean up the weeds and grass
much better than the hired man will
and will gather their w corn without
any waste if the ground is dry. They
car be put on the market in November
or about Dec. 1, before many grain
fed sheep come in.
Good natives or acclimated sheep do
not need a longer feeding period than
80 to 100 days, especially on corn.
Sheep direct from the range should
be roughed 60 to 80 days on a light
grain ration and plenty of good forage.
They will make gain for some time on
clover alone.
Glover and corn go admirably to-
gether and the best rotation for our
farms is corn followed by pats and
clover. Cut a crop OF two of hay,
pasture while the clover lasts with
sheep, then corr again and the land
will always be productive. says e. D.
King, writing from his w successful
experience in Kansas.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
JET AND BLACK.
Both Will BE Popular During the
Coming Seas0u.

Both Will BE During h
Coming Season.
While in London l visited some of
the famous "shops," as they call them,
and | was struck by the rather somber
appearance they presented. Black
seems to be the keynote in gowns Of
all descriptions. Perhaps this is due in
a measure to the court mourning. The
Princess of Wales, however, has set
the fashion of having very elaborate
mourning attire, so that were it not
for the Grape upon it n might think
some of the gowns for festal occasions.
After all, this is as it should be.
There is no reason. why a woman's
mourning gowns should not be fash
ionably made. Mourning garb is de.
pressing enough at the best. But. aside
from the mourning garb, we must ex-
pect to see a great deal Of black
worn this season. So man. rich and
new black fabrics are offere, that one
finds choice difficult. There are the
silk warp goods, eudora, b. l~rietta,
melrose and drap d'ete, drap d'alma
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-03
SHOULD BE

That man with a quarter section
farm located in any good northwestern
state, who has a comfortable home, q
good wife and a lot of bright boys and
girls, and who is not in debt to exceed
$1,000 at 5 per cent, should have no
kick coming at Providence, the govern
ment or the seasons. He lives on one
OF the best farms on earth, eats at the
best table, breathes the purest air, en-
joys the largest civil and religious lib
erty and his children She best of edu-
c%ational facilities and can be right in
touch with all the marvellous progress
OF the age. Fol such u mar to howl
and whine and be preaching the gospel
of pessimism and calamity is to make
the Lord sorry that he ever created
such a man.