The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-25

1t will be observed by comparing the
acreage growing this season with year
ago that the increase in area devoted to
tobacco, 1896 acres is not as large as the
table of Rock county indicated. There
is a trifie over IL per cent increase this
year while that of the latter county was
something over 1G per cent. The ban
ner tobacco growing town in Dane
county and also of the state is Dunkirk
which reports 1922 acres, next comes
Christiana with 1858 acres, Pleasant
Springs with 1442 acres and Albion with
1893 acres close after. These four towns
produce more than one fifth of all the to-
bacco raised in the state. The next six
towns, Rutland, Dunn, Windsor, Vienna,
Cottage Grove and Burke each grow more
leaf than any similar precincts in Rock
county, all above 600 acres each. There
are 10 precincts in the county that do not
report any growing tobacco at all. No
county in the world probably produced
as much tobacco as Dane county re-
turned in '98-almost Is million pounds.
Even at an average price of 61s cents
the crop brought the growers of this
county over 81 100000.
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The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
seems disposed to adhear to his original
warehouse taxation ruling that requires
special taxes to be paid on warehouses
where tobacco is received, stored and
shipped. This condition of affairs causes
the New York Leaf to advise the trade
to make some further effort in the di-
rection of securing for the Individual
the most liberal Interpretation of the law
that is possible, and that dealers at least
be given the benefit of those provisions
of the law which in themselves are in |
conflict. A course of action is about to
be suggested by President John r. |
Young. That gentleman is of the opin- |
ion that dealers who use warehouses in |
the leaf-growing sections for storage |
purposes only, would be exempt from |
payment of special tax if the facts of |
each case are properly brought to the |
attention of the Department. With this
object in view, he will propose to the
trade that such owners make affidavit |
that their warehouses are used only for
storage purposes, and claim exemption
from special tax, under the second para
graph of section 1926, Revised Statutes,
which he hopes may be construed favor
ably for the interested dealers. The
referred to reads: but
lothing herein contained shall require a
special tax for the storage of goods,
wares or merchandise in other places
han the place of business
TX
The secretary of agriculture states that
t is intended to make most elaborate
exhibit of tobacco at the Paris exposi-
ion next year. An expert will soon be
sent to all of the tobacco producing sec
ions of the u. S. for the purpose of
securing samples for exhibition at the
great exposition. Secretary Wilson has
placed the collection of samples and the
of the leaf tobacco exhibit
lnder the immediate charge of Prof.
Milton Whitney. He will be assisted by
". L. Floyd a department tobacco ex-
,ert and special agent for the exhibi-
ion. AS the space allotted for the leaf
obacco exhibit is exceedingly small the
display will be a collective one, but ex
libits will be received from individuals,