The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-26

sown after May LIST and still yield plants
in time for the usual transplanting of
the crop At the present writing it be-
gins to look as if much of the plant beds
will be delayed we'll towards that date
this season.
In view of the fact that tobacco rails
ing is becoming more profitable every
year, and is being INDUCED in more free
ly by the farmers, the people of Lodi
should certainly hustle to secure ware
house for this city. AS matters now
stand carload after carload of the weed
is shipped out of town, and thousands of
dollars are paid to people in other towns
for handling the crops which are grown
within few miles of Lodi. This condi-
ton is not as it should be. With ware
house here every crop of tobacco grown
and a large number Of people would be
do the work. The greater portion OF
the money paid out for wages would be
left in Lodi, distributed among the mer-
chants, hotels and boarding houses.
This sum would amount to several
thousand dollars year, and would be a
great benefit to everybody.-Lodi Enter
prise.
Have patience. The tobacco growing
industry is becoming so extended that
the older market points cannot much
longer monopolize the handling of the
crop. The question of securing sufficient
amount of labor at these central points,
has already decided turning point in
the future methods of handling the crop.
1t points towards a plan of having a
large central storehouse at some market
point, and the building of numerous
warehouses in many of the small villages
throughout the growing sections where
the tobacco will be received from near
by growers, assorted packed and after
wards concentrated at the larger store
houses. The largest buyer in Edgerton
is this season handling his purchases in
eight different receiving points. We
look to see this method become more
and more popular as the area of tobacco
growing extends until nearly every little
town in the growing sections has it's
local labor utilized. Economy In hand
ling the crop also suggests this plan of
procedure, though the older packing
points may continue to control the busi-
ness as heretofore.
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The New York correspondent to the
Philadelphia Tobacco World has this to
say concerning the absorption of the Ha-
vana-A American Co.: Notwithstanding
the denial of the fact there is no longer
any question about the merging of the
American Cigar Co. and the Havana
American Co. The negotiations have
been completed and the full details will
be announced within few days. With
the control of the Havana American Co.
the American Cigar Co. will largely in
crease it's output. 1t has lately acquired
the Powell, Smith & Co. business in this
city, which is said to be one of the larg-
est dealers and manufacturers of cigars
in the country. The American Cigar
Co. has also purchased number of large
plants in the south so that it's producing
capacity is now the largest of anyone in
the business The Havana American
Co. operates several large factories, the
most important of which are those form
erly belonging to the Vallens, Seiden-
burg and Stachelberg cigar manufactor-
ies.- The output of these concerns is
mainly domestic cigars and the quantity
produced is very large. Representatives
of the American Cigar Co. are now in
the south appraising the property there
which it is proposed to take over. Blair
& Go. the financial agents of the combi-
nation refuse to confirm or deny the ap-
proach of the completion of the deal, but
from trustworthy sources it has been
learned that there is no question about
it. According to those who should
know the present combination is merely
to control the output of domestic cigars.
The Havana-American Co. was organized
late in 1899 with capital of S10,O00,O00
of which 100000 is in 7 per cent. Gu
mulative preferred. A portion of each
class of stock still remains unissued. At
the time of its organization the company
claimed an output of about 140OOO,O00
cigars annually, and it is said that there
has been some increase since"
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