The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-17
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES,

NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.
The writer has for a long time labored |
under the impression that the tobacco |
growers of this state were not as care
full in the selection of the seed used as IL
is their interest to be. This matter IS
especially brought to notice by the fre-
quent complaints of buyers riding the |
growing sections, many of whom assert |
that the marked variation in the quality |
of the different crops, in certain sec
ton, is as much due to the seed used as
to any other one thing. 1t is too we'll |
known to hardly need repeating here |
that tobacco seed like the seed OF every |
other vegetable, deteriorates with con- |
tinual cropping, and yet it is probably |
true that this fact never occurred to |
many of the tobacco growers OF this
state. The cost of tobacco seed is such |
small item compared to the value OF |
the matured crop, that the grower can |
scarcely neglect to give the matter due |
consideration. There are plenty of care
full men who take pride in propagating |
the better varieties of tobacco and make
a business of supplying the market with
seed. These enterprising men generally
advertise so it is not a difficult matter
for any grower who desires to obtain seed
of the improved varieties This subject
is timely one now while the extent ana
area of another crop is talked about. 10
, begin right see that you have good seed.
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Mention was made short time ago of
a new invention for sizing tobacco
brought out by Vernon county genius
and it would appear from the following
| item taken from a Viroqua paper that
the idea may yet lead to something prac-
| tical:
| "The tobacco leaf sizing maching which
has been invented by Mr.. B. O. Dahl of
| Viroqua is proving great success. -Four
| machines are now in operation in Fred
| Eckhardt's tobacco warehouse, run by
| gasoline engine Each machine requires
! one man to feed and two men to tie the
| tobacco after it has been sized. One
machine will size 1000 pounds per day,
| which is quite gain over the old way OF
sizing by hand. The machines are
capable of doing more work and the out
put will be greatly increased as soon as
/ the men get used to handling them"
| ***
Uncle Sam proposes to keep close
| I ,y,f f,,t1 ri
| lector of Internal Revenue Fink received
advices from Washington which will
make great difference in the handling
of leaf tobocco and will incidentally en-
| able the government to keep close track
of the movements of the tobacco men,
besides making it possible to determine
| just what proportion of the green tobac-
| co that disappears in the reports as
'shrirkage" really does drop out in that
| way.
The purport of the order is that all
| dealers in leaf will be required to regis
| ter as manufacturers of tobacco, or else
| they be required to drop considerable
portion of their trade, something they
are not likely to do. AS manufacturers
of tobacco, reports will have to be pre-
sented monthly in place of quarterly,
! and will be more specific. The order
| will also increase the revenue receipts.
| The tobacco men were informed OF the
change in the following letter, which
was sent out during the week:
LAS to the sale of leaf tobacco at re-
| tail, your attention is called to the fol
lowing provision: Every person shall!
| also be regarded as a manufactures OF
| tobacco whose business it is to sell leaf
tobacco in quantities less than hogs
| head, case or bale, or who sells directly
| to consumers or persons other than duly
registered dealers in leaf tobacco or duly
registered manufacturers of tobacco.
snuff or cigars or to persons who pur-
chase in packages for export, and all to-
bacco so sold by such persons shall be
| regarded as manufactured tobacco, and
such manufactured tobacco shall be
| put up and prepared by such manufac
| turer in such packages only as the COM
| missioner of internal revenue, with the
| approval of the secretary of the treasury,
| shall prescribe
| Dealers in leaf tobacco will not be
permitted to sell leaf tobacco In quantl-
| ties less than hogshead, case or bale,
neither will they be permitted to sell dl-
rectly to consumers, and they Will be re-
| quired to confine their sales to three
classes of purchasers, viz 70 other
duly registered dealers in leaf tobacco;
to duly registered manufacturers of to-
bacco, snuff or cigars, and to persons
who purchase leaf tobacco in packages
| for export.
Dealers in leaf tobacco selling to other
persons, or IL any other manner than
above, will be regarded as manufacturers
Of tobacco and all tobacco SO sold by
them will be regarded as manufactured
| tobacco.
IN view of the direct and clear pro-
vlsicn Of the law of August %, 1894,
dealers in leaf tobacco must qualify as
manufacturers of tobacco in order to
enable them to sell leaf tobacco in guam
titles less than a hogshead, case or bale
to qualified manufacturers of cigars, to-