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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERroN, WIS.,, Dec. Is, 1905


While the present conditions maintain
and tobacco continues to hang upon the
poles there is little prospect for much
movement in the new. crop, though few
sales have been made in the Vernon
county section for some weeks past. A
general feeling pervades that casing
weather must prevail and stripping
started before buyers will venture out.
How long business will thus be held up
must depend upon weather conditions,
and it might be the better part of the
winter.
There is some business being done in
old leaf, though the market is by no
means lively. F. S. Baines has purchas-
ed the Merrill packing of 29Scs of 'O1 and
sold 6OOcs to various customers for the
week. Geo. Rumrill reports the sale of
250cs of '02 leaf for the week past. Ole
Holton sold Aces lot of 'O1 to Joseph
Bimberg These with few minor trans
actions comprise the sales coming to the
notice of The Reporter.
I The shipments out of storage from
this market reach 10 car loads, 500 cases,
to all points for the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
Notice.

The tx roll for 1903 is in my hands
for collection and the taxes charged
therein are subject to payment at my
Office in Schmeling's block on and after
the 26th day of December, 1908. Office
hours from to IL and ] te 4.
Ell. H. DICKINSON, City Treas.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
For Sale or Rent.

The whole or part of 260 acres, two set
buildings, convenient to school, church,
creamery and market. Known as the
Hiram Campbell place: Cottage Grove,
Dane county, Wis.
2w4 Address Box Al, Milton, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the policy
holders of the Albion Mutual Fire Ins
Co. will be held at the Town Hall in Al
bion on Tuesday, Jan. 9Th, 1904, at 1O
o'clock a. 10. DANIEL PIERCE, Secy.
2w2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18

"A Christmas announcement, inter-
esting too, j. M. Bo5twick & Sons, on in
side page Of this paper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

At the annual meeting of the Inde-
pendent Cigar Manufacturers held at
Washington last week. program was
mapped out to bring influence to bear
upon congress to pass legislation that
will put stop to the tag, coupon and
redemption schemes, that have fastened
upon the trade the past few years. A
measure is now before congress that was
given the endorsement of this conven-
ton, which, if passed, it is believed will
restore the tobacco business to it's origi-
nal legitimate channels, when manufac-
tured goods will stand upon their merits
and not be subject to promotion through
all manner of gift enterprises. There is
apparently no attempt to disguise the
fact that the legislation asked for is
aimed directly at the business methods
so largely employed by the tobacco trust
and for this reason the convention evil
IDENTIFY is aware of the powerful adver-
sary they must engage with. The fight
will be watched with good deal of in
terest from all sides, and the sympathy
of the public will be very largely with
the association of independent manufac-
turers who represent an annual output
of more than 100 million pounds of man
ufactured tobacco.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
WHAT IS a
II. Society WINGS BANK?

of understood 1t or those
institutions that community be readily
numbers of people who have
The Savings Bank
$500 another
when placed together Bank can
The Bank or
ting loaning them out safely
would be pleased receive on their
prudent enough keep
SAVINGS while
the great Inconvenience 1t has
Edgerton With this
Department October 49,
will
We invite
patronage.
Tobacco Exchange Bank.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18
New York.
New YORK, Dec. 12, 1908.


In spite of the lateness of the season,
the market continues active and more SO
than in some years during the supposed
height of it. Neither the confidence in
the soundness of the market nor in the
credit of worthy buyers seems to have
been shattered by the recent gigantic
crash and it's echoes. Almost every type
of leaf seems to be in demand, but the
largest transactions take place In Wis
consin and Pennsylvania leaf, with Su-
matra and Havana a close second. All
Sumatra houses are busy filling orders,
not for sample bales, but for good sized
lots. It is the leaf now indisputably rec
ognized as the fittest and most service
able for the mass production of our cigar
industry and hence not only the steady
bus increasing demand for it. In Ha-
vana leaf the demands, for wrappers are
similarly pressing. and the himsy, large
leaf of the new Remedies seems to have
come as veritable Godsend to supply
this urgent demand. The condition of
the market therefore is as favorable or it
would be perhaps more correct to say
that it is more favorable than could be
expected at this time of the year. Jour
nal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18

A Kentucky congressman has intro
duced a bill that will permit
tobacco growers to dispose OF their leaf
tobacco either in the crude or manu-
factured state without government su-
pervsion or payment of the tax. The
tendency under such a law will be for
every buckeye" manufacturer to be-
come grower of leaf, and it hardly
seems likely that the revenue depart
ment would care to permit such legisla-
ton to get beyond the committee pigeon
hole.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18

The absence of casing weather through
out nearly all the cigar leaf producing
states is leading growers in some of the
eastern states to adopt artificial means
of producing the necessary moisture that
will permit of stripping. An exchange
thus describes the method of steaming
introduced in the Pennsylvania section
The whistle of the six horsepower en-
engine, was detached and connection
made with the engine at that point
Then. with an augur, bore hole into
the shed for the pipe. Then place a
board near the end of the pipe at such
an angle as to cause the steam to strike
the board and glance upward and off to
the sides of the shed in the bent at the
end of the shed nearest the engine. Com
mence taking down in the first bent, the
lower tier first, and by the time it is
down the tier above will be ready; and
SO on up through the building; then
lengthen the pipe to the next bent, and
SO COutIQu0 uutll dll Is nulSu0O. OF as
much as one may desire to dampen at
any given time. Twice the steam had to
be shut off, for it was so dense that the
men were unable to see to work in safe
manner It is thought that the tobacco
handles as we'll as though it was damp
ened in the ordinary manner, or by
dampness generated by climatic condi-
tions. It looks we'll as to color mot be-
ing changed), strips well and bundles
we'll. If it does all this. and all the con-
ditions are as favorable as has been re-
lated above, then it is more economical
than waiting for the elements, and not SO
trying; and when grower steps outside
he will not need to scan the heavens to
convince himself that there is storm
coming Even if storm comes al" this
season of the year it is very apt to be too
cold to dampen the crop sufficiently to
be taken down. Rain storms at this sea-
son are generally short in duration and
not warm enough to have the leaves
straighten out and look well at time of
stripping.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-18

now the largest tobacco farm in the
world in Decatur county, Ga. 1t con-
sists of $4,000 acres, divided into twenty
farms of nearly equal size. They en-
ploy 1900 people, and own 1000 cattle,
200 mules, % horses, 80 dwellings, 400
shanties, 100 tobacco barns, commits
saries and 3 sawmills. The running cost
is s5O0,0OO year. They grow Havana
and shade grown Sunatra, sugar cane,
corn and garden truck, and in their
barns carry stock of leaf ranging from
100000 to 100000 pounds, from filters
up to the finest Sumatra wrappers, rang
ing in price from so cents to S5 per
pound. This tobacco, after it is picked,
is placed in the different barns on the
farms, each farm having about five
barns. After it is cured it is carried
through the large or main packing
house, where it is thoroughly steamed,
so that it may be handled without
crumbling. After going through the
steaming process, the filters and the Su-
matra tobacco are assorted into various
links and grades. 1t is then ready for
the market The filters are packed in
palm bark, which is brought from Cuba,
it being necessary to pack it in this bark
to keep the moisture in the tobacco.
The Sumatra tobacco is packed in straw
which is brought from the Dutch East
Indias. They employ $50 women and 80
men to carry the tobacco through the
packing house process in its preparation
for the market. They have, besides the
100000 pounds of new-crop tobacco,
about 100000 pounds of old-crop tobac-
co, in the packing house at present.
Savannah News.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
BRACKET BILL DEFEATED.
Senate Not Disposed to Aid Attack on Fire
Insurance Companies.

Albany, April 15.-The heat which has character
ized the battle over the so-cailed Fire Insurance
Trust the attack upon which has been led for the
last fortnight by Senator Brackett. reached
a climax to-day in the closing struggle of this
years campaign upon the subject. which ended
with a defeat of the same character as the previ-
Gus ones 1t IS unlikely that there will be a re-
newal of the question at this session.
The issue came up in two ways. Senator Brack-
ett's bill amending the Donney Antitrust law so
as to apply to combinations of fire insurance COM
panes agents in the fixing of rates was report
ed from committee of the whole, without amend
ment and then, upon motion of Senator Grady, was
recommitted with instructions to the committee to
strike the enacting clause. This was the bill
which Senator Bracket drafted in such way that
it would he referred to his (he judiciary
committee rather than to that insurance, in
which all his other insurance attacks have been
buried
The other form of the struggle was over Senator
Green's biz providing for tax Of 81 a hundred
upon the NewEnSland mutual fire insurance com
panes doing business N this state. the proceeds 10
he for the benefit Of the Volunteer Firemen's AS
sociation of the State
Senators Armstrong and Bracket fought this bill
strenuousy. but il reported out of the Com
mittee of the Whole. and their effort 70 disagree
with the report defeated
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON COURSE.
Work of the Committee Appointed by the
Denver Convention.

Washington, April 15.-The Sunday school lesson
committee appointed by the International Sunday
School Convention held in Denver last summer
began its first meeting at the Cochran Hotel in
city to-day. the president. DR.. John Potts. OF To-
ronto. Canada presiding and eleven of the fifteen
members being present. The committee immedi-
ately took up the work of revising the Sunday
school lessons for 1905 and of outlining plans for
the five years from 1905 to 1911.
The most important work of the meeting to
arrange the plan for the six years lessons from
1905 1911. inclusive. As finally determined 1t will
be follows:
January. 1906 Jure, 1907-The Life and Charac-
ter of Jesus in Matthew Mark and Luke (or Studies
July 1907. to June Studies in the Old Testa-
ment.
June to December 1907-stories of the Patriarchs
from Moses to Samuel
July December 1SDS-The Words and Works Of
January to December 1909-The Expansion of the
Early Church TOR Studies in the Acts and the
Epistles)
January to December. 191o-The Glory and Decline
Of Israel (or from Samuel to Isaiah
January to June l9ll-The Son of Nam (or Stud
July TO December 19l1-The Captivity and Return
of Israel Tor from Isaiah to MalachD.
The committee also settled the complete lesson
course for the 1905. For six months Of year
the lessons are be from the Gospels and the
naming six months from the Old Testament.
A topically arranged two years course for begin
ners, for children from four six years. also was
determined It will he a permanent institution
and will apply to the Sunday schools for the United
States and Canada.
The next annual meeting of the committee will
be held in Buffalo the last week in June. 1904 DR..
New-fork City. were selected delegates to the
centenary OF the Sunday School Union of England
and Wales to be held in London July TO II next
sunday school children and workers
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
rEw-YoRK CENTRAL DIRECTORS MEET
E. V. ". Rossiter Chosen to Take the Place
OF the Late Samuel D. Babcock.

Aibauz- April 15-The annual meeting OF the
stockholders Of the New-York Central and Hudson
17s,,ar Railroad Connanv for the election of dl-
racto-s etc was held to-day at the Union Station
The stock represented was about $50 ooo000 being
somewhat over tvo-thirds of the entire capital,
which is 1882 $4,000.
The only change in the board of directors was
the election of Edward Y. ". Rossiter TO fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Samuel D. Bah
cock of New-York
Meetings were also held for the West Shore Rail
road Company and the Mohawk and Malone Rail
nv, Comma Nv owned by the Central Hudson Com
Tanv. The directors chosen are the same as l9St
Tear except that the West Shore T. V W
Rossiter takes the place OF Samuel E Williamson
who died last year. and that in the Mohawk and
Malone ". G Brown takes Mr.. Williamson's place
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
GRAB BILLS RECoMMITTED.
Senator Grady's Measures Now Exempt This
Citv from Their Provisions.

Albany April Is (SpeciaD.-The Assembly Com
rnittee on Rules amended two of Senator Grady's
street railway bills to-day by eXempting the city
OF New-York from their provisions. and then
ordered that the bills should be reprinted and re-
committed.
Charles s. Whitman. Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci of New-York said that that city having been
exempted its authorities had no further objections
10 offer TO the bills.
One of the measures provides that in cases where
a receiver of the property or franchises of q do
nnestic rilwav corporation has been appointed, the
time intervening between the entry of the decree
appointing a receiver in the first instance and the
entry of the order finally terminating the receiver
shin shall not be taken to part of the time linn
tied by law for the beginning Of the construction
of its road
Senator Gradys second bill authorizes the ac-
ceptance of afldavts from or more or me
directors Of railway corporation that the amount
of capital stock required by law for the moor
poration of the company was subscribed tor IN
good faith and paid in good faith TO the directors
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
LAYING STREET PIPES.
A NEAT GOODSELL BILL.
Great Poscers Under Guise of SAM
y tara mUOUerent.
tBr TELEGRAPH 70 THE rRIBrNE.l


Albany Arr-iI 1a-The discovery was made to-
dav that Senator Goodsell had introduced bill
OF a remarkable character in relation to incor-
1,orating 4 society for the investigation ana
Improvement of sanitary methods" Named as
the corpora5ors Of the society are Edward d.
Tompbins Lewis Clapie. Lawrence Barnum ana
Albert c. Weed. The principal office of the So
cietv IS 30 be at Middletown. Its purposes are
said 10 be 10 conduct experiments in sanitary
science and to distribute products for the dis
infection OF houses
Another purpose IS said to be the collection
and destruction or other disposition of garbage
and refuse or waste. and to collect such garbage
and refuse or waste from, and distribute such
articles AID substances TO houses and buildings.
either by means Of ordinary vehicles of trans
reortation or by mea IS OF pipes or conduits'
which the society is hereby authorized and en-
11owered for the purposes Of such collection and
distribution. TO place beneath the streets ana
avenues of any city in the STATE. subject TO the
general ordinances Of each city regulating the
granting Of permits for the opening and clos
sne of street surfaces for purposes authorized by
law
The bill therefore affects the interests OF
every CITY i'm the State. The measure was intro
duced on February "a. and is now in the general
orders in the Senate
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

the various committees. He told the delegates
from Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago that
NewYork is the centre of the world, ana II
there is anything going on 1t is surely taking
place in this city. He informed the members of
the commission that he expected them to lunch
con at the Holland House at noon to-day
The members of the commission last night at
tended services in the Presbyterian and Reform
churches throughout the city and in some of the
places representatives of the Western section
made addresses in the interest of the Alliance.
The session opens to-day at a. m. and there
will be afternoon session, the final meeting Of
the conference.
In the evening there will be a dinner at the
Hotel Savoy
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
NETWORK CITY.

the seventh annual dinner Of Hoi Scholastikoi at
the Hotel Savoy Saturday evening. The speak
ers in addition TO Mr.. Carnegie, will be Justice
Vernon NJ. Davis, Henry A. Rogers, president OF
the Board of Education; ex-Assistant District At
tornev Osborne and F. B. Murphy
Mayor Low yesterday appointed Robert j. Wilkin.
superintendent of the Brooklyn Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty Children. justice of the
ChiIdrens' Court OF Brooklyn, at salary OF 5000
a year, and swore him in.
Mayor Low yesterday accepted on behalf Of the
city a btu providing for the reinstatement OF police
men who resigned to fight in the with Spain
No one opposed il, and the Mayor said he had a
letter from Police Commissioner Greene saying that
the bill was a rleritorious one.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.

Circus Madison Square Garden
Alliance of Reformed Churches Marble Collegiate Church
a m and p. reception. Savoy, evening
Rapid Transit Commission ; r. N.
Dinner Of the Merchants and Manufacturers Board of
Building evening i'"'Se'U
Meeting Of local school boards to form organization
Board Of Education Hall. p m.
Authors Club reception for the French Ambassador
City Union Cooper Union. p.
ciety Chemists Club. No los West FIFTY aftb e.
morning and afternoon: dinner at No. 119 Fifty
Campfire of John A. Dix Post. G, A R. the Tuxedo
ArcG6ald Yae6tns Ice Yachting and aa9f
Republican County Committee meeting. evening
Academy of Medicine meeting No. II Fory-third-
Euchre party Of the Old Guard armory Broadway and
Opening Of Long Island automobile Clubs new house
No. 80 Hanson Place. Brooklyn, evening
Public meeting of Order Of Acorns Arion Hall No
- Aron Place. Brooklyn. p.
PeoPlss Institute lecture by the Rev Thomas
Harlem Branch. Professor Charles Zuebiin on The
Free lectures of the Board of Education D. mschoo
No. ), corner Hudson and Grove SITS. Window
Ga5dens 9 Miss AGs Poneyy SCHOOL No TO- one
Journeys ABOUT sides Fields
Twenty,sev9nti?cst 'NiasaT9 on r Tap Max Ioewen
St. Venice: pr augusta J. Chaplin; School No. IS
sT PIecos stones Herry Nobo ss5od1 Ss6o2s as
81 corner Seventieth-s and First The Worlds
dT6o SS f? 30 So N and T@sama0 a2
ole o nTFsT n EdT27s W5ar sh90 6p No los
From John " Meyer: school No les Eiebt,s
.Anthrace Coal Mining and Miners of Pennsi. 1yes.
vania." William T Smith: School No 10 one
aTes Foods: Their Detetc Value Dr. Sarah "
and Amsterdam aves I'openf,agen and T'horwaId
Miss yirgiga Jatler; IA Fdqsatonal qa. AIanse
Coast Of South America Ernest c. Rost.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
MORE PAY FOR JUSTICES.
Assembly Passes the Phillips Bill-opposl-
ton to the Measure.

Albany April Is (Speciall--The Assembly paSseu
4o-dav after 4 half hours debate, Assembly man
1olilltne.s hill declaring that there shall be paid
10 each of the trial justices Of the Supreme IouIt
excepting those resident within the lst ana ia
judicial departments. the sum of SZ5t" annualIy
in full for his actual and necessary eAPeis ~ ,
5tb,rser,ents maid or incurred by him while IN the
discharge Of his duty outside the county IN WHICH
he resides ana in lieu OF the allowance now maze
hv CHAPTER 4s1 of the Laws Of 1900 The Dill was
favored by the Democratic AssemolyIneh lioN
Nev--York. -- ,- ,,ode
nv Nr Rogers the Republican leader, VINO SalQ
however. that his opposition was solely persona
ore FIe arg1,ed that the bill If il became a law
--u5 he Unconstitutional Mr.. Costello also spoke
against the bill It nevertheless received ~ votes
IN IFS
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
FUNDS FOR TRIP TO ST. LOUIS.
Fifty Thousand Dollars for States Represen-
tation at the Fair.

Albany. April l5-The bill of Assemblyman Rog-
ers appropriating $4,000 to pay the expenses OF Gov
eroor Odel the members of his staff and repre-
-s,+a+ion from the National Guard attending the
dedication of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
buildings al St Louis April so and May and =
is before the Governor for approval. and VIII prop
ably be signed tomorrow AdJufant tTeheral theHis
:; -.lrf7e arrangements for the transportation Of
! e.5 troops 10 include a troop of cavalry about
eight companies Of infantry and division OF naval
militia. The troops viii be representative OF the
four brtgades Adjutant General Henry VIII not ne
readv until tomorrow to announce the names OF
:be organizations from which the men VIII oe
-ahen The troous will leave this state on the
night Of April o. that they Will arrive IN ST
Louis before noon on April y
There is great rivalry among the various organl-
cations Of the National Guard to be assigned for
The triD. Troop c Of Brooklyn and part at least
Of Squadron A Of Manhattan expect to form the
cavalry contingent.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
REMSEN BILL REJECTED.
Scheme to Force Purchase of TOting
UGchines Fails

Albany April 10 (SpeciaD.-The Assembly rejected
to-day Mr. Remsen's bill declaring that the Board
of Elections of New-York. subject to the approval
OF the Mayor shall adopt for use at elections any
kind OF voting machine approved by the State
BOARD Of Voting Machine Commissioners. and
thereupon such voting machine shall be used, as
far as practicable, at all elections held in such
city
So far the Board of Elections was concerned
the bin was clearly mandatory, and the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment was required 20 pro
vide for the payment OF the sum asked for the
ma chine. 1t was estimated that the cost of the
machines would be SSf0.090
The bill received only fifty votes in its favor, or
twenty-six votes short of the number necessary to
pass II.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL DECISION

hearing to-day application made by Frederick
G. Wait, Of New-York, that proceedings be insti-
tuted to have the purchase cf lands at Ray Brook
Essex County. as a site ror 4 State consumptive
hospital declared void. the ground that it is
contrary the constitution. which provides that
forest preserve lands shall be forever kept wild
forest lands.
The Attorney General denied the application and
in denying II holds that the power to locate the
institution involved j decision by the Governor
Of the State that tie legislation does prohibit
the location Of the hospital the lands in question
and that the selection of the site being eXecu-
tive function the courts would not presume to re-
view its correctness.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE Mr.. BAKER.

TBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUHE.l
Albany. April 15.-It expected that the Senate
Railroad Committee would take vote meet
ing il held this afternoon upon the nomination Of
Frank u. Baker. Of Owego, for Railroad Commis-
sioner but Mr. Baker said this evening that he
did expect any action until the committee held
an executive session tomorrow morning. The
Democratic Senator's viii oppose Mr.. Bakers con-
firnation not any personal grounds, but solely
10 make the point. II possible that some other
railroad man should have been nominated for the
place-soune man that, they viii argue. is more
practical" railroad Mr. Baker held the emil
ncntly practical office Of superintendent Of a
rstIH,sy y.her appointed a Railroad Commissioner.