The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-22
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

The deliveries OF the new crop SO far
made indicate that the yield will be
somewhat below the average of the crop
a year ago. Some packers claim that
the yield of all grades will be 1900 per
acre, though conservative estimate will
place the crop at not far from 4 cases
per acre as it packs up in the warehouse.
Using this as basis the 99 crop would
yield from one hundred to 10000 cases
of merchantable leaf. The tobacco so
far is coming to the packing houses in
first class condition having been removed
from the sheds during the earlier casing
weather when it was in exceptionally
fine condition for stripping. None of the
earlier crops contain fat stems or shed
burned leaf though there is an abund-
ance of white veins this year but less is
heard about this defect than usual.
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This state has seldom been more fav-
ored with suitable casing weather at the
time of year when it is convenient to re-
move the hanging crop from the curing
sheds, than the present season. Ere
quent rains have invariably been accom-
panied by warm temperature and at
each casing spell, except the late one, it
has been almost impossible to get the
leaf into too high case. During the
heavy rain and accompanying fog of last
week it was feared some tobacco was
removed in too high case and if such is
the case will need careful attention from
growers The most of the crop has been
sold at pretty fair figures and it is quite
probable that buyers will object to re-
ceiving wet tobacco and farmers can
evade trouble by keeping wet and high
case leaf in separate packages. So much
tobacco is coming to the warehouses in
such prime condition that dealers will
doubtless be 4 little critical about re-
ceiving leaf that is not up to standard.
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Tobacco growers in the Connecticut
and Housatonic valleys, as we'll as
throughout New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida, are all
torn up over the prospect of tobacco and
cigars being admitted free from Porto
Rico says the N. e. Homestead. Efforts
have been made to give the impression
that this would not hurt the domestic
industry, but our growers and cigar
makers know better. They know that
such policy would enormously stimu-
late tobacco culture in Porto Rico, and
attract to that island much of the cigar
manufacture now conducted in this
country by high priced labor. The pro-
posed 20 per cent reduction in duties on
the tobacco from all the British West In
dies and from Cuba is a far more threat
ening measure. 1t is the first step to-
ward the admission ofcigars and tobacco
from that quarter free of all duties. The
Homestead is receiving requests from
growers advising action against this
danger. The matter will receive full at
tention at the annual meeting of the
New England tobacco growers assOcia-
ton at Hartford on Tuesday, January
9th. Meanwhile all interested should
Immediately write both the senators
from their state and the congressman
from their district protesting against
this policy. If every grower will do this
instantly, it will ''cut more ice" than any
amount of petitions. Also drop "a postal
to The Homestead giving your name and
address and adding that you are glad to
cooperate with The League of Domestic
Producers in heading of this danger.
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The latest move of the American To
bacco Co. in the cigar manufacturing
field is thus commented on by the u. S.
Tobacco Journal:
That the acquisition of the Herbs,
Wertheim & Schiller business by the
American Tobacco Co. is but the begin
ing of the company's career as cigar
manufacturer is believed by everybody
who has kept tab on the company's
most recent development. The daily
newspapers, which always look at the
American Tobacco Company great