The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-09
THE
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter,
Edgsrton, Wisconsin.
NOTE BOOK. SKET OHES.

Those packers who have been all along
claiming they would be able to buy the
1901 Wisconsin crop in straw hats and
busters must be willing to admit now
that their reputation as prophets is in
danger. The steady pounding away of
the buyers the past two months has 81
lently absorbed the crop until when they
stop and take in the actual situation
they find little left but the scattering
remnants. The indications now are that
the balance will be hunted out more
eagerly than any portion of the buying
The past few weeks have witnessed more
buyers in the field and more real activ-
ity than has prevailed since the buying
season opened in the lower growing
counties. Under such conditions it is
but natural that prices should be mater
tally strengthened until the average sales
reach at least cent higher than those
prevailing few weeks ago. 1t is only
but short time when the 1901 crop will
be almost entirely out of first hands,
leaving clean field for the new crop
now just starting. For so poor crop
the farmers have realized better prices
than are usually received for similar
class of tobacco.
***
There is one thing which the supervis-
ors of assessment might very properly do
at this time when they are putting
their assessors at work. That is to give
them some plain talk about using great
er care in securing the crop statistics
which these officials are supposed to
gather. The laxness of some assessors
concerning this matter in years gone by
is simply inexcusable. Now that we
have a supervisor whose duty is to watch
the work of the assessors, more reliable
statistics ought to be secured. We
earnestly hope the supervisors will insist
that we get them.
*.*
The shade-grown tobacco grown in
New England last season under the su-
perrision of Prof. Milton Whitney of the
Agricultural department was sold at
auction in Hartford, Conn, May 1st
which was very largely attended by the
trade. The reasons assigned for holding
tF@Tsale outside of New York, which is
the recognized market for tobacco. are
that the charges of the Hartford auc-
tioneer were only one-tenth that de-
mand ed in New York; also, it was feared
that the Sumatra importers might con-
spire to bear the market for the shade
grown leaf. That the farmers expected
to realize S1.50 to $500 per pound for
their shade-grown Sumatra was we'll
known to the trade. The result of the
auction sale is as follows: The first lot
sold was bale of light prime wrapper,
2014 inches, offered by Olds, Whipple &
Pinney. It was fine leaf and brought
S2.70 per pound. This firm sold 81 bales
in all and they brought the best prices
of the sale, going as high as $3.50 per 10.
for one bale, bought by E. Rosenwald &
Bro, and never going below So for the
first 10 bales of light and medium wrap
pers, the average price being S2.46. The
dark wrappers included in lots 1918
brought on average of 1873 cents. Light
second grade wrappers, nine bales of Sec
onds, averaging 81 cents, and dark sec
onds realized 80 cents pound. This
crop was regarded as standard, and
although other growers occasionally
showed some very fine leaf, the prices
never reached those of the first offerings,
the interest rapidly diminishing as the
sale went on until the price for dark
wrappers reached rs cents a pound.
Among the purchases especially noted
were those of [. Kaffenburgh, of Boston,
who bought the first lot at S2.70 per lb
Town, Fuller q Co., who secured the
second lot at $3.50, and Clark & Dawson,
of Albany, who paid S255 for the third
bale. The fifth bale, which was conced-
ed to be the finest of the entire sale, was
purchased by E. Rosenwald & Bro. at
$3.50 per pound. The same firm also
purchased some of the better grades of
Clark Bros offering at various prices,
ranging around the So mark. They also
bought nine bales of Ariel Mitchelson's
crop at S1671a per pound. Town, Full
ler d Go. also secured a similar quantity
of the same leaf at Sl.65. Max Subert,
of Chicago, bought some of the Clark
leaf at varying prices, averaging about
Sl.5O. The seconds in this crop realized
from 80 to 60 cents. Some interest was
evinced in the offering of Mitchelson &
Case, who offered 26 bales of Havana
seed, the only offering of it's kind. The
tobacco was sold in single bale lots The
L l brought S1.30, the L 2, S1.15; the S
L from Sl.20 to S1.25, the B from 65 to
to 81 CENTS and the seconds from so to
60 cents.
***
A dispatch from New York says an
important movement in the battle for
the control of the tobacco market of the
world will be made on Thursday when
the Continental Tobacco Company and
the American Cigar Company, through |
new management, become practically one
concern. The Continental buys the |
whole manufactured stock of the Ameri- |
can. This is long stride in the carry
ing out of President Dukes plan for the |
greater tobacco trust. Control of the |
tobacco output of Cuba is aimed at and |
President Duke has been quoted as say |
ing that the trust could afford to lose |
So,OOO,OOO to get control of the market of |
the British empire. The tobacco trust, |
though one concern, now controls the |
American Tobacco COMPANY. capitalized |