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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.

few struggling sales are reported !,
but most generally at a lower rate than
the prevailing prices in October and
earlier. Prices that are current now
range from IL to IL cents, some few exe
ira lots at from Is to 18 cents. In reality
the grower is the only one to blame in
this matter. AS the bulk of the packers
have leaf enough to last until March,
and will only buy when at their own
term; growers need not have any fear
that the price is going down, for fully
tive sixth of the crop is now owned by
the packers Perhaps the grove er may
have to pack his own, or put it into the
hands of some local packer to assort and
sell. This is better than selling goods
for II cents that are richly worth 18 to
~ cents, but many of the growers want
the money to invest in the growing of
the next crop, SO prefer to sell even at a
large sacrifice, and hence the packer
adds to his profits.
The expectation now is that an in
creased acreage will be planted the COM
ing year. The increase in the year 1870
over 1899 was about 1900 cases. The
crop of 1899 is estimated as about 72,OOO
cases of $50 pounds. and we may conf
IDENTIFY expect that 1901 will show nearly
Or quite $4,000 cases. The reader will
note that we have only an occasional sale
of Connecticut leaf. The reason for this
is there are but few sales of this variety,
as it is practically out of the market,
but soon the force sweated leaf will be
on sale, but we expect the price will be
kept private for reasons that are known
to the dealers, and possibly to the trade
papers. Why the prices should be con-
cealed from the hard working grower is
beyond our comprehension, except it is
to avail of larger profit. -Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
New York.
New YORK Dec. 26. 1900.


Dealers in this branch of the trade
have had, for the most part, a success
full year. Almost all grades have been in
great demand. Buyers were plentiful;
prices asked were paid, and in conse-
quence the majority of dealers realized
good profits. Packers of New England
leaf especially had an excellent year. In
these lines there was little Or no damage,
as is generally the rule, and good tobac-
co was easily disposed of at very good
prices. In July, August and September
the market was exceedingly active, and
by the end of the last named month
nearly the whole of the years yield of
Connecticut and Massachusetts tobaccos
was in dealers and manufacturers hands.
Havana Seed was especially popular and
found ready sale. Broad leaf, on the
other hand, was rather neglected, in
quiry being much weaker than in the
preceding twelve months. This was par
ticularly SO in the matter of wrappers
AS regards State tobacco, Big Flats
did not sell to satisfaction; prices were
high, and the quality of the leaf was in
ferior. Little Dutch likewise was ne
elected.
Gebhart sold in small quantities, and
thinner Spanish of the 1897, 1898 and
1899 crops found ready buyers at prices
that were profitable for packers and
dealers. Wisconsin leaf of the 1893
crop was much desired, and all the
stock in the market sold at satisfactory
figures. Late in the fall season large
sales of 1899 took place. Pennsylvania
Broad leaf and Havana Seed, the latter
to limited degree, also came in for at
tention.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
Tour of All Mexico

in Pullman's finest compartment draw
ing room, library, observation and din
ing cars-all vestibuled with the cele-
brated open top car "Chililitli'' for
observation in the mountains and canons
and dining car in the tropics
A delightful trip of 38 days with three
circle tours in the tropics of the south of
Mexico and visit to the ruined cities.
All exclusive features of these itineraries
of leisurely travel and long stops. The
special train starts Tuesday, January %,
from Chicago. Tickets include all ex-
penses everywhere. These select limited
parties will be under the special escort
and management of The American Tour
ist Association, Reau Campbell General
manager, 1923 Marquette building, Chi
cago. Itineraries. maps and tickets can
be had on application to agents of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
New YORK, Dec. %. 1900.

The characteristic features of the
trade for the year 1900 can be summa-
nized as follows:
O A generally very active business.
The year started in with short stocks of
old goods and with orders and the
brightest prospects ahead. Not in a
generation was the leaf market SO bare
of an accumulation of all kinds of old
stocks as at the dawn of the year 1900.
The cigar industry had increased most
phenomenally during the last six months
of 1899, and the prospects were for a
continuation of like increases for the
coming year. In December, 1899, the
u. S. Tobacco Journal estimated the
output of the cigar industry for the fiscal
year 1899 1900 ats ,375. 600 900; the actual
output proved to be 5,3I6,000,0O0. Con
sequently, there was an incessant demand
for all kinds and types of leaf tobacco,
and this demand remained steady till the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, Dec. 2S, 1900.

The festivities common to the natal
day of the worlds greatest benefactor
have so absorbed the attention of the
trade that but little business was done
this week.
Little or no riding has been done in
quest of 100 and but few deliveries have
been made.
In old goods the business done was
limited and confined to small lots.
Several asserting rooms will be started
next week, among them being the ones
of j. M. Thayer, John Soulman q Co.,
Soverhill & Porter, l.. B. Carle & Son, A.
n. Jones and others.
If coming events cast their shadows
before, there will be increased activity
soon after the advent of the twentieth
century.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
New York,

Sales of Seed Leaf Tobacco reported
for The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter by
J. S. Cans Son, Tobacco Broker, No. 12e
Water Street New York, for the week
ending, Dec. 81, 1900:
106cs 90 N. Hav. force sweat spotted
at 25 to 75c.
5Ocs '99 N. E. Hay, 80 to SOC.
15Ocs '98 Zimmers at 12c.
350cs so Zimmers at Is to 16c.
4OOcs '99 Pen seed at 121a to 13c.
150cs '99 Gebhardt at 13c.
350cs '99 Wis. Hav. at 10 to 13c
125cs Sundries to 10 to 1870.
Total 1675cs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04

1Me " -. IODdcCO JOuTnaI complains
about the meager margins which dealers
made in some of their investments in do
mestic leaf claiming that all the cream
went to the growers. The reasons which
it assigns are these:
The shortage Of the old stocks and the
calculations for increased demands drove
the packers early, far too early, into the
fields to secure the new crops before they
were even in the bundle. The all-too-
eager competition whetted the appetite
of the farmer and drove the price up to
and above the very limit. And when
the goods came into the market the
forced advance the farmer had received
could not be duplicated by the packer
because the manufacturer could not pay
it. as he could not recoup himself for a
double advance from the consumer, as
the price of cigar is fixed and cannot
be exceeded. In this respect the dealers
in leaf tobacco are worse off than the
dealers in any other raw material. 1t
the price of wheat cotton, iron ore or
hides goes up, the price of the manu-
factured articles into which they enter
as raw material can be raised cor
respondingly, and has so been raised.
To raise the price of a sc. cigar to &c. or 7c.
and of the 1Oc. cigar to lie. is out of the
question, and has never been attempted.
The logical consequence, therefore, is
that the price of cigar leaf cannot go be-
yond certain limit, and when that
limit is reached there can be only one
profit in it, and when the farmer grabs
all of that profit there can be nothing
left for the packer and dealer.
However, it is a mighty poor market,
we imagine, they come to for sympathy
when the tobacco dealer accuses the
farmer of getting more than his share
out of a tobacco trade.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
Farms For Sale.

Farms for sale. 257 acres, prairie
SOIL, two sets of buildings, tobacco shed,
good state of cultivation, S65 per acre.
160 acres, % acres of timber, balance
plow land; house, barn, tobacco shed.
$4,000, very cheap at this price. /.
160 acres, 25-acretobacco sheds, house,
horse barn.. wind mill, suitable for stock
raising and tobacco growing; price s., 900.
Is acres near city limits; price 5000 per
acre. f. L. CLEMoNs
AL Hayes block. GAINESVILLE, Wis.
2w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
Lancaster.
LANCASTER New ERA. Dec. "A, 1900.

LANCASTER New ERA Dec. "A, 1900.
The local market is as dull as dull can,
be, and this applies to all kinds Of to-
bacco. The warehouse men are doing
nothing but hugging their office stoves
and making guesses at the future. All
appear to be busy in the work OF over
hauling their books and laying plans for
the coming season.
The same condition of things prevails
as to the new crop; buying is about at a
standstill, while some of those who have
been dipping in are not very jubilant
over tne matter. A few belated sales
have come to us, which are here given:
Frank Reutchter, Ia at 715&2c; Jacob
Connolly 3a at 794c; Isaac B. Graybiii.
La at 8852c; John L. Enck, liza at 8&2c.
Trade in this years tobacco is dull
everywhere.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04

When the tobacco dealers in Wiscon
sin leaf balance their books with the
new year, they will find that the bust
ness of the year past has been fairly
satisfactory one. They have more leaf
on hand than they had year ago which
goes to show that the 99 crop has not
proven as rapid seller as the 98, but
no previous crop was ever gobbled up SO
quickly as the '96 tobacco, and it netted
the packers good profits. What '99 al
ready placed upon the market has been
taken at the average profit and the gen
eral belief is that all the serviceable leaf
of this crop will be needed by the manu-
facturers and the dealers will be able to
realize fairly we'll on their investments
in '99 tobacco. The damage from black
rot will cutquite deeply into the profits
of a good many packers, the loss being
greater than ever before experienced in
this state. The falling off of the demand
for low grades has been feature of the
past years business and leaves a good
many goods of this class still in the
hands of the dealers. The export busi-
ness of the year has been only moder-
ate one at best and the profits resulting
hardly as satisfactory as in other years.
What the new year will bring for the
packers on their investments of the new
is somewhat problematical. Barring
the element of curing damage the gen.
eral impression is that the crop ought to
prove a safe proposition. One thing,
however, is certain, the crop will cost
more laid in cases than any previous
crop in the last decade, and when
placed on the market year hence must
bring about shilling per pound or
there will be no profit for the packer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
MIAMIsBURG, ONO, Dec. 26, 1900.

The market is quiet with few sales in
the country. Three inches of snow and
colder on the 25th, has again stopped re
moval of tobacco from the poles A cor
respondent residing in an adjoining
county writes that he has seven ton uf
old tobacco on his farm for sale.
No sales of the 1900 reported.
Quotations For best upland Spanish,
9 to IL; Dutch, 6 to s.
Shipments and receipts by rail, s
carloads.-NeWs
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
# Edgerton. Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOB SKETCHES.

Generally speaking the year just clos
ed has proven a fairly successful one to
those in any way connected with the to-
bacco industry in this state. For the
grower certainly the results have been
far more satisfactory than the average
years. It is seldom that so little old
stock remains in growers hands, while a
much larger proportion of the new crop
has been sold to date at more renumera-
tive prices than for several seasons past.
Close to three-fourths of the last sea-
sons crop has been contracted for up to
Jan. 1st, and the net profits to the pro-
ducer from deliveries generally exceeds
300 per acre, which may be considered
an exceedingly satisfactory business.
Under this showing the temptation to in
crease the acreage grown in the state
again this year will be strong, and this is
a matter the growers need we'll ponder
over. The acreage grown in 1900 was
the largest ever produced and the ques-
tion arises whether we can go right
along adding to the area devoted to to-
bacco culture each year without reach
ing the limit of the market needs for
Wisconsin leaf. The writer firmly be-
lieves we have already arrived at a stage
where it is a serious proposition to con-
slider. We believe it is time to call a
halt upon farther extending the tobac-
CO fields of the state.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-01-04

Farm of 26O acres, Is acres good to-
bacco land, for rent. Inquire of Mrs
Margaret Earle, Edgerton Wis.
House to rent. Inquire of G. e.
Carey or Mrs. Downie.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
JUST TUCK THE BACK TRACK AS HARD AS COULD SPLIT"

from the edge when I got to him. I turned
the old creetur round 30 he wouldn't walk
into the well ana tuck tho bell Off of him
tninkin' he'd die ono Of these days and then
II would be lost. or somebody would steal
II. Jest then I heard your voice down in
the well. Who was you talkin' to so yearn-
est. Billy7'
Lord, Sammy ses I. 7 WAS 40 sxssrea
I didn't know what I was doing,
W sot thar and talked. every now and
then takin' a pull at the old annie IN q
was most dark. After a while. when the
epe,Als was all gone. Sam tuck up his gun
ana squirrels. and the old cow-bell. and
struck out for home, and I tuck N. ,r.oL
straight as I could for home too"
well. Billy. you got homa ..,. ...,
your pertlous adventurer'
Oh. yes, / got home, after the narroves+
escape from the deserters that ever anv
mortal man made"
But. Billy. are you sure that thu de-.
seaters were really after your,
10 De sure they was. Didn't I ne. ,.m
. "noie gang OF emf And didn't thew
'noot more'n twenty guns at me?"
Wnae DO your ~neighbors saw about p,,
on' some Of 'em IL monstrou. smart
some OF ths boys down in the settlement
mas got up q story that Their was nh de-
s n after me at all. They say that Sam
oaAel was the only man that was In half
~haa e OF me all the time. They say that
gnen no was huntin' over in tha woods he
me comm along through the old field
n ". no hollered at me Jest Tor DEVIL
~, Wnen I run, he fred off both
Se nis gun Jest to scare me. They've
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03

told him I would throw off f1O0. He bright
ened, shook my hand, and said: 'Old friend,
I won't allow you to Guido me in liberality
I'll throw off the other hundred"
As q manager I was always rather more
successful than as an actor.
Some years ago I engaged a celebrated
living American skeleton for a tour through
Australia. He was the thinnest man I ever
saw. He was a splendid skeleton. He didn't
weigh anything scarcely. And I said to
myself, the people Of Australia will flock
: to see this tremendous curiosity. It Is a
long voyage, as o know, from New York
to Melbourne, and to my utter surprise the
skeleton had no sooner got out to sea
than he commenced eating in the most
horrible manner. He had never been on
the ocean before. and he said it agreed
with him.. l thought so! l never saw a
man eat so much In my life. Beef, nut
ton. %pork-he swallowed them all like a
shark, and between meals he was often dis
covered behind barrels eating hard-boiled
eggs. The result was that when we reached
Melbourne this infamous skeleton weighed
sixty-four pounds more than l did.
I thought I was ruined, but 1 wasn't. I
took him on to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. very long
sea voyage-and when I got him to San
Francisco / exhibited him as a fat man.
This story hasn't anything to do with my
entertainment. l know, but one of the prin-
cipal features of my entertainment is that
1t contains so many things that don't lave
anything to do with IT.
Ny orchestra is small, but I am sure It
is my good. so far as 1t goes. I give my
paunfst xfo a night, and his washing.
I like music. I "A sing. As a singist
I am not a success. I am saddest when I
sing. So are those who hear me. They are
sadder even than I am.
Tho other night some silver-voiced young
men came under my window and sang
Come where my love lies dreaming" I
didn't 20. I didn't think It would be cor.
rect.
I found music very soothing when I lay
Ill with fever in Utah-and I was very ILL
I was fearfully wasted. My face was hewn
down to nothing, and my nose was so sharp
I didn't dare stick 1t into other peoples
business. for fear 1t would stay there. and
I should never get 1t again. And on those
dismal days a Mormon lady-she was mar
ried, though not so much SO as her husband
Che had fifteen other wives)-she used to
sing a ballad commencing Sweet bird, do
not ny ~away"-and 1 told her 1 wouldn't.
She played the accordion divinely; accordi-
only. I praised her.
I met Q man in Oregon who hadn't any
tseth-not q tooth in his head-yet that
man could play on the bass drum better
than any man I over met. He kept a ho-
tel. They have queer hotels in Oregon. I
remember one where they gave ne a bag
of oats for a pillow. l had nightmares, Of
course. In the morning the landlord said:
How do you feel. old ~hoss-hay?" l told
him I felt my oats.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
/" ARTEMVS WARD
- LECTURE. - -

1 have a servant who takes anything b,
! can get his hands on.
When 1 was in Rome-Rome. in New Yorh
State, I means distinguished sculpls'
wanted to sculp me-. But I said NO"
saw through the designing man. My mod
eli once In his hands, he would have flood
ed the market with my busts. and / couldn't
stand it to see everybody going round with
a bust of me. Everybody would want one,
of course: and wherever I should 60 ]
should meet the educated classes with my
bust. taking It home to their familieA This
would be more than ny modesty could
standard 1 should have to return to Amer
ica, where my creditors are.
I like art. l admire dramatic art al
though I failed as an actor.
It was in my schoolboy days that I failed
as an actor. The play was tho "Rulns OF
Pompeii.' I played the ruins. It W0s not
q very successful performance. but II was
better than the Burning Mountain" He
was not good. He was q bad vesuviua
The remembrance often makes me ask.
Where are. the boys Of my youthr' I as
sure you this is not a oonundrun. Some ere
amongst you here, some IN America, sone
are in Jail.
Where are the girls of my youth7" Rome
are m~arried-some would like to be.
oh, my Martial Alas! she married an
other. They frequently DO. I hope NE Is
happy. because I am. Some people are not
happy. 1 have noticed that.
a gentleman friend of mine oamo 70 me-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03

sCas IL Asssrtsrs," said Billy Williams.
hmeol1ng the ashes out Of his pipe. 1.-THE
1a0e y them chaps ought to be put . stop
%. Thsy ouoht to be druv out Of the coun-
try & thsy can't be ruv into the army.
ThAers . dinsd sight worse han the
Yanhsss, for thsy'rs all the time sneakin
r0onl dom Ill sorts Of devilment, and no
be1y 6on't know what mint they mought
Asao AsWa onto EN-. II I had my way with
'sn "a Soing 'em mp like pepper-pods. q
ls0sa ae Q hangin."
WV Da1H diI they svsr modest your
asteA he Captain. ibid they ever plumber
ysas"
'7eA. thsy asan.t nsver s1aox,y mislist me
1n bat eway. Thsy never tuck nothing
fsem met but thsy een-a-most skeered the
ME ~ q ne Womt and got me into tho
tisAest place I svsf was into IN my born
days"
How was that. Billyf"
WELL" said Billy, It'll tell you. You
know I've got some of the best apple
brandy In North Ca'lina: none of your red
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03

! got It all round that Sam has owned NJ
the whole thing. He says after I tuck 10
the growth, he follered after me. and was
wonderin' whar I had gone to. when he seed
Rather a cavortin' round the old well. and
seein' my dinner bag. he went tnar ana
druv Rather off and jest sot down an eat
up all my bread and meat. and drunk az
much Of tho old apple as no wanted. and
then pulled the bag over old Rattler's head
and twisted the rope around him. 50 hat I
mought pull him into the well. After that.
they say, he went and tuck the cow-oell
of the old mule and coma ringin' It along
down to the well himself. I know Sam
Bakers n terrible joker. and II all the
time practfsin' his tricks on people bue
he can't fool me with no SIGH story - mat
He can't pass himself of onto me for .
whole gang of deserters. not when I'm l
NV sober senses, in broad daylight!
..What does Susan think about TIT
.Oh. of course she believes Sans story
and ses If hadn't tuck so much sperfs I
wouldn't seed so many deserters. But you
know how wimen is. They always lays
every accident that happens to drinkn
s%perits."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
BILLY WILLIAMS'S ESCAPE
FROM THE DESERTERS.
BY MAJOR JOSEPH N

tuck hold of the rope, as still as I could.
1t gin down a leetle at flrst-I spose whar
old Rather had tangled it up-but lest as I
put my heft onto It to climb I'D. down
come the ding'd thing. with old Rather on
to tother eend of 1t, kerslash, right on top
O. me, with the devlishest wells YOU ever
heard come out of a dogs throat. Thunder
and lightnin'! thinks I. IL thar amt the
oeVn l don't know! l was SO alfred mad
that Tore l could think 1 gin old Rather
KICK ASIDE or mis- head that liked to knock
ms jaws out OF jint. but which only made
the old cuss holler worse'n ever. When l
come to look. the tarnal creeter was tangled
all up In the rope. what I spose he got
ioose somehow when he was pullin' away at
my dinner, and that was what he was at
"ae ne was Do sun.
-, = . was NH ana! wes ho
M VI ~ wen "i'houl q iaaoeF VI
~, 1Au Ahousn' nave 70 s'ay oo"n
."aA ~ h"o 10 eat oio f'at'ief' OF he cut
~ .ia'ne' peioie ahsoouy "ouiu eonie
's .na. way 10 heip he Out oesun
after all r. tho ,nferna1 desertsrs bod got
sme seein. 90 +b.,, h,d scored ~ TITO thot
hominahIa nI,ca ~ ha st,r,ed IN deo,,
"vhat IN creo.,o, IN do T d,dn,t tnon, 7
mo,,gb, ios+ a., n.au ,r, - d. +hr,,ah %
totber side NJ Tho ,.,th a. n t-v 70 e,,nb
out NJ tint vol r.ithort = ro,a To = hnI-
1ered for ho1r .ho day,,sh do..rt.-. ,,o,,ch,
bear mo. ava tho n.a o,a p,ttlor ,,ho 10.
scared n,,. ~, -a .na r I'D e., ..o,,.
tho a;,a,a ola e., III. th,nsar n.w
ond .han 20 49, IT,. e.an lo,,o,,a, !. -.
mor,bt he baord oil o,,er .ha old Gold
wen mar L sou ana sou ruininath on
my terrible situation. me longer l sta'o
mar .he NADER sot. my 10 myself l
couioht heip cussin the grated oesefters'
OLD Lowry and his bull yeariin'. the IN
iefha! o!a "el' ana oio haetier 10 oooe' anu
| 10 oeheVe JUST then Ia GIN .hat soriei
ihafe Oh mint LOT a sooo Drink Oh sperits
10 courage me up a ieetie.
AFTER "aitin' about TWO hours more ui
inc sun was gittin do"n' ana not hearih
no NOISE aooVe' l begun 10 thinh II mought
10 nat 'he oeserters nao gin up the huhe
ana gone OH. But that dldnt neip my case
muen; for thar l was, IN that cussed wei'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
Red. Red Rose.

Q. my luve's like a red. red rose.
That's newly sprung in Juno:
o. my luve's like the melodie
That's sweely play'd in tune.
Az fair art thou, my bonie lass.
So deep in luve am 1;
And l will luve thee still. my dear.
TIL a. the seas gang dry.
TIL a the secs gang dry. my dear.
And the rocks melt WI the sun;
! will luve thee still. my dear,
While the sands o life shall run.
And fare thee weel. my only luve,
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve.
Tho 1t were ten thousand mile.
Burns