Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-01-30
Madison, Jan Is.

Madison, Jan Is.
The passage Of a set Of resolutions
protesting against any reduction ID
the tar # duties upon tobacco or man
ufactured cigars imported from Cuos
and the formation of state organlzs~
ton of leaf tobacco growers and deal
| ers were the results of the meeting OF
the 500 tobacco men who met IN the
| assembly chamber yesterday after
noon J. NJ. Estes of Stoughton was
made temporary chairman OF the meet
ing and afterwards president of the
association. E. NJ, Calkins of James
vile acted as secretary.
| The meeting knew why it cane
about and proceeded with dispatch to
| fulfill its purpose by adopting the fol
| lowing set OF resolutions which were
| telegraphed last night TO the ways and
means committee of the house of rep
resentatives and copies of which VIII
! be placed in the hands of each mem
! Der of the Wisconsin congressional
| delegation:
| d
made to secure from the congress OF
the United States "a reduction of the
tariff duties on leaf tobacco and
cigars imported from Cuba, and
Whereas Wisconsin tobacco grow
ers are producing annually about $780,
600 cases Of leaf tobacco valued at
$4,000 600 and manufacturing l5O.-
600 900 cigars, and the proposed re-
duction of tariff duties would serious
ly curtail and impair these important
industries and
Whereas the present business con-
ditions are entirely satisfactory to aA
branches of the tobacco industry and
tariff agitation disturbs and unsettles
business relations; therefore be it,
'Resolved by this mass convention
of tobacco growers, dealers ana manu-
facturers assembled, thai we most
earnestly protest against any ,reduc-
ton Of tariff duties upon tobacco Oh
manufactured cigars imported from
Cuba
| F. w. Coon, P. c. Wilder. K. N.
Grunhurd, G. n. Johnson and o. 2.
Severig introduced the resolutions
which were Immediately passed by a
unanimous voice.
Then came F. w. Coon of Edgerton
with another set of resolutions pro-
viding for the immediate organization
of a permanent association. After
some remarks by Assemblyman o. K.
Roe of StoughtOn, r. w. DAVIS of Sun
Prairie, Frank Good of Blooming
Grove, F. w. Coon, editor of the Edger.
ton Tobacco Reporter and Messrs.
Grundy of Rock county, Sury Of Utica,
Hanson of Burke, and Haugen of Rock
county, these, too, were unanimously
adopted as follows:
I'm view of the large and increasing
tobacco interests in the state of Wis
cOnsin and in view of the fact that no
state association exists for the promo
ton of said industry and for ex-
changing the views between the grow
ers, dealers and manufacturers of CT
gars in the state,
Resolved, that we the growers and
dealers in tobacco and the manufac-
turers of cigars within the state of
Wisconsin do hereby organize a state
association of the growers, dealers
and manufacturers of cigars within
the state of Wisconsin, the scope and
purpose of which shall be more fully
and infinitely defined in the constitu.
ton and by laws hereafter adopted By
the association.
NJ Of hn ~
| be the Growers and Dealers associa-
ton Of the state of Wisconsin. The
| object of this association is to promote
| the tobacco interests of the state of
! Wisconsin and to create a better feel
ing and inspire confidence between
| the growers and dealers of tobacco
and the manufacturers of cigars with
IN the state and to cooperate with the
! growers and other dealers and manu-
facturers Of other states throughout
the union" The following officers
were elected:
President. NJ. Estes, Stoughton
Secretary-A. L. Fisher, GAINESVILLE.
Treasurer-K. N. Grunhurd, Ply.
mouth.
President Estes was authorized to
appoint vice president to represent
| every tobacco producing county in the
state and two special committees
were provided for, one to solicit mem
bers in the meeting, the other to solicit
members throughout the state The
membership fee was placed at 81.
Most of the delegates left on the even.
ing trains.