The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-11-23
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Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.


Seveaal days of casing weather have
occurred during the past week and the
tobacco growers have been given abun-
dant opportunity to remove the crop
from the curing sheds. If the farmer
used discretion and was careful in his
work his tobacco could have been lower
ed from the poles in prime condition.
The moist weather continued SO long
and the leaf came gradually into case
and need only to be caught at the proper
stage, when it could be removed at de-
sired condition. Only those who are
careless in their methods need have their
tobacco in the high case and these have
themselves only to blame. Having an
opportunity to remove their tobacco
early from the sheds, stripping will now
go forward with all dispatch. In few
days now deliveries can be made at the
warehouses, many of which will be able
to start up their sorting rooms by the
first of the coming month. It is rare
that much warehouse handling is done
in this state before the holidays, but
this season good months work can be
done before that date. A number of
firms who bought largely of the present
crop are anxious to open the warehouses
at the earliest possible moment, and this
will ensure a long season of tobacco
work at the packing centers.
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"The Beginner" who writes entertain
ingly for the New York Leaf, thus phi
losophies upon his investment in the
1900 Wisconsin crop:
/ have bought some of the new Wiscon-
sin, and cannot quite make up my
mind whether I ought to feel happy
about it or not. | think we have all
paid too much money for our tobacco,
and with filters going a-begging, the cost
of the upper grades year from NOW
will stand us figure close to the selling
quatations of the 1899 crop Owing to
Ehs scarcity of desirable New England
binders last year, a great many manu-
aacturers feasted ON picks from the
Badger state, and paid fancy prices for
the privilege, but whether these people
will stick to their new love or fep back
/ to, the old, remains TO be seen. .Ae -
A correspondent writing from Lancas-
ter Pa, says: 1.-The government expert
who will demomtrate the Cuba and
Florida methods of curing sobacco is at
work on a lot of old tobacco which it is
designed to Improve. So soon as the
new crop begims to come in, operations
on that will be begun i'm several large
packing houses, where apparatus and
conveniences are already on hand to
carry forward the work. Much interest
is felt i'm these experiments, because the
method is at 0mce plsin and sensible,
and has demonstrated it's efficiency lin
other localities.
In glancing ower tfEe Sumatra statistics
one striking mesult will impress itself at
once ON tine reader, wiz, the larger the
crop the lower the pricerealizeG. No
wonder, therefore, that the Maatchappi-
jen we've considering a scheme no curtail
the output, which, however, has come to
nought, according TO the latest reports
Last years crop-that which was dis
posed OF at the Inscriptions of this year
was the aangest'0n record, amounting to
265, ,60 RDaaes, and lit brought the IL west
price, with '0ne exception, that of the
1890 crop, which was disposed of without
the competition esf the American ibuyers,
on account ,of the passage of the McKin-
ley duty and tine sixty odd thousand
bales imported into this country of the
89 crop before rfae So duty took effect.
Of co1ause. the a0wering of thelprice of
Sumatra can only be of advantage to our
cigar manufacturers as long as we main
tain the excessive rate of dutN-U. S.
Tobacco journal
From tine toneGf conversation @f many
people Ira the s0aIfh and west, especially
of those who stalssd their all on the sue
cess of Wm. j. Bryan for the presidency,
the election of VIM. Mckinley means
practically a triumph for the trusts. AS
for us we must sag that we do nst take
the same view of tine matter, ard con
scientiousay believe that so far as good,
effective legislation as concerned about
as much cam be expected from the re-
publicans as the democrats. Butin say
ing this we do not wish to be under
stood as advancing am idea either party
will soon do anything to efectually rid
the people of these bzneful monopolses
The working people ostensively saw
nothing ahead so important as -four
years more of the full dinner pail" and
voted for it. The trust was not the par
amount issue, nor was Imperialism, or
anything else SO great vote catcher as
.leaving we'll enough alone" We there |
fore do not believe the overwhelming de-
feat the people of the United States ad-
ministered to Mr.. Bryan and the demo !
cratic party was an endorsement of /
trusts, as it was not question the peo-
pie generally thought was up for settle
aaent. If so, neither party offered a
solution of the question. The people as
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