The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-02-09
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
ldgerton,
NOTE BOOK. SKETCHES,

been furnishing CUBA seed Iree 10 lar
mers for several seasons past in order to
encourage them to plant greater areas
to this variety, but as the yield is much
less and the labor of planting, shedding
and stripping so much greater that the
growers did not think the price enough
larger to make it as proitab to grow as
the Havana seed variety. So but little
headway has been made in this direction.
The experiment however has demon
strated that an extraordinary fine filler
leaf can be produced from certain to-
bacco soils in this state, especially the
clay fields, which usually do not produce
as fine binder leaf as is desired. Such
lands can probably be made to yield as
large money returns from the Cuban
variety as any other if the dealers are
willing to give as large price for the
tobacco as they seemingly could we'll
afford. We understand certain pack
ing firm has Is pounds ofgenuine Cuban
seed which it proposes to give out free
to growers who will cultivate fair sized
fields the coming year and contract to
purchase the crops at price larger than
has generally heretofore paid for such
filler leaf. Further information will be
freely given to farmers who may be in
terested in this matter.
***
A mammoth specimen of Connecticut
broad leaf now adorns the sanctum Of
the editor of the Hartford Times 1t
was grown in crop purchased by SUIT
ter Bros It measured 38 inches from
stem to tip, and is Is inches at its widest
part. It's veins are comparatively small
for SO large leaf The texture, too, is
finer than most growers would expect in
SO large growth. The cure is fine and
the color very fair The leaf was grown
in Windsor, CONN.,. S. Tobacco Jour
nal.
Well, that might be considered pretty
fair sized tobacco in the effete east but
out here in the west where things are
cut on wide bias it simply don't count.
sA>OW, WHllO yOu al UetlhinS oOOuI q 80
ftebacco leaf we feel constrained to men
tion a sample taken. from Mcintosh
Bros warehouse this week out of a Ha-
vana seed crop that was being handled
there. This leaf in question might do to
brag about for it measured 35 inches in
length by 19 inches at it's widest part.
So where is your boasted Connecticut
broad leaf now, but put in the shade by
Wisconsin Havana seed leaf! The
bacco men of we'll established reputation
for truth and veracity and the leaf has
been framed and hung in the office of
the Hotel Carlton as cOnstantreminder
that Wisconsin not only raises bigger
tobacco than Connecticut but sells it
great deal cheaper, too. Permit us to
remark right here: "a word to the
wise is sufficient"
***
The North Carolina tobacco growers held
a convention at Raleigh the other day
and entered into compact not to sell
their tobacco to the American Tobacco
Company for a period of five years. Just
what their grievance against this trust is
we do not know, nor does it matter, yet
If the facts were known we have no
doubt it would be found these same to-
bacco growers who have entered into this
combine have been among the most
earnest and persistent opponents of
trusts and monopolies in all North Caro-
lima. This whole matter of opposition to
trusts depends upon circumstances. A
man may be a deadly enemy to all man
ner Of trade combines for years, and
then, in the twinkling of an eye, as it
were, became combiner himself.
*x*
The Sutter Brothers, as one of them
informs the New York Tobacco Leaf, |
are employing 72O men in their various
asserting and packing warehouses in |
New England and New York, SO that |!
their pay roll exceeds ST 900 a week, and |
the entire work will cost them over
100000 How much they pack in Wis !
consin and Ohio we do not know. A |
New York firm reports rush in bUsi- |
ness in the force -sWeated Connecticut !
tobacco. They are pushing the sampl- |
Ing DIS rdpIuly DIS pOSSlOl0, anu ILe SOOuS /
are selling as fast as sampled. Orders for |
samples are coming in from all parts Of |
the country. They think this tobacco |
is equal to any grown for years.
***
The official statistics of the imports /
and exports of foreign leaf and it's man
ufactures for the twelve months ended |
Dec. 81, last, furnish us the means of
the consumption of foreign !
leaf during the year 1899. We imported
during that year 4,l57 $50 pounds of leaf
suitable for wrapper purposes. All of
this, with the exception of 307 ,967
pounds, came from Holland con-
Sumatra. We exported dur
ing the same year 740,991 pounds of leaf
suitable for wrapper purposes, leaving
for domestic consumption a total of g.
416,529 Of foreign filler leaf we i'm
ported in 1899, 12,950,319 pounds. We
exported during the year 1,106656 |
pounds, leaving total for consumption
Of Ii ,843673. Our exports of domestic
leaf reached in 1899 the enormous figure