The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-01
THE
wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOB. SIX E'TOHES.

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Packers who have taken the trouble to
figure up the items that enter into the
cost of putting up packing of tobacco,
are somewhat surprised to find that the
expenses of packing the present crop OF
this state are larger than for several
years past The extra labor required to
take out the damaged portions adds
materially to the cost of asserting. In
order to get good work done in the as
sorting many of the packers employ
labor by the day instead of the pound as
heretofore. The general scale of wages
is somewhat higher than other years,
while the additional cost of cases all
help to bring the total expenses at tig-
ures considerably in excess of former
seasons. Some packers estimate that
the cost including the shrinkage, insur
ance, and all the items usually charged |
against the cost Of packing, will Just |
about amount to $40 per box. In other |
words, in addition to the first cost of |
the tobacco, an expense of $40 per case
must be added as packing charges as a
part OF the investment in putting up a
packing cf 1900 Wisconsin leaf. This
estimate is very nearly cent pound
above the average cost in former years.
***
The Senate committee on finance after
several hearings on the revenue reduction
bill, seems disposed to change that por
tion of the house bill that effected the
reduction on tobacco, making still
deeper cut The most important con-
clusion reached is to reduce from Il to
8 cents the tax on tobacco. There is
also to be reduction of the tax of ci-
gars and snuff. The house left all of
these items untouched, The new rate
will be $3.50 instead of $4,000 the house
bill. The senate committees decision as
to those articles will reduce the revenue
receipts about SlO,OOOOOO. This reduc-
ton will be made up by declining to &C
| cept all the house reductions. Conse-
quently many of the articles from which
the house took off 4all the tax will be
given half the former rate by the senate
committee. The committee are impress
| ed with the opinion that the tobacco in
dasstries are entitled as large cut as is
! possible. under existing circumstances.
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T1bn TT rrob,ooo To,,.,oo ol b,, H~,,rol
1 oat that the total production of cigars in
the Unated States during the twelve
I months ended Dec. 81, 1900, was 5,458,-
| SS5, ,7O5, by 511,O63, 1892 greater than the
production during the preceding twelve
1 months, which, up to that time, had been
| the Largest on record. The increase in
the prod uction of manufactured tobacco
! in 1900 over that of 1899 is almost as
! noteworthy as the increase in the pro-
ducts0a of cigars, because whereas the
| increase in the production of manufact-
| ured tobacco in 1899 was only 609,074
pounds over the production in 1898, the
production in 1900 was 8,498,663 pounds
! greater than that of 1899. The produc-
| ton of cigarettes in 1900 shows another
falling off; it was by 143,117,273 less
than the production in 1899. That the
agitation, the propaganda against the
| cigarette-the ready-made cigarettes
responsible for this falling off there can
be little doubt, but it is also indubitable
that very many cigarette lovers now roll
their own cigarettes, and it is to be pre-
sumed that the greater consumption in
manufactured tobacco is to be credited
to this practice, the prevalence of which
was noted in these columns several
months ago. The production of little
cigars in 1900 was by 81 ,0O8, $3.50 less than
the production in 1899, but this decrease
was at the expense of the little cigars
which retail at 10 for 5 cents. Little CT
gars OF higher grade are steadily grow
ing in demand. But in the marvellous
growth in the manufacture of cigars and
smoking and chewing tobacco there is,
in the language of Admiral Schiey at
Santiago, GLORY enough for US all.
~
It is expected an exhibit of the various
kinds of tobacco raised in this country
will be made at the Pan American Ex-
position at Buffalo, N. Y, May l to Nov. |
l, by growers and the government. The
latter has been making some very inter
esting experiments in several states the |
past two or three years and if the tobac |
co from these experiments were shown |
and the experiments described by some |
well-informed official, it would be of |
great interest to growers. 1t is proposed |
to show not only the different kinds and |
products of the leaf tobacco as grown in |
different sections, but to illustrate the |
manner Of propagation and the many /
different methods employed in harvest
ing, curing and manipulation of the leaf I
with regard to the kind OF manufactured /
tobacco for which it is intended Plans
are being prepared for methods of test
ing the seed for fertility, both in porous
clay saucers and between blotters; the
many successful methods of cultivation,
kinds best adapted to different soils and
climate, together with combinations of
American with foreign tobaccos, and
the resultant effects on fiber and flavor.
Call on any ticket agent for Pan
American Folder Of the Nickel Plate
Road, or address John Y Callahan,
General Agent. Ill Adams ST., Chicago,
u Il