The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-08-05
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


Tobacco growing sections of the state
furnish conflicting reports concerning
the condition of the growing crop. Some
localities in the southern counties are
still suffering from drouth that has be-
come quite serious matter. The hot.
dry weather has sent the plants to an
early bud while the leaves are small and
narrow. which will greatly curtail the
yield unless copious rains soon bring re-
lief. In other sections more favored
with moisture more encouraging reports
are received. Topping has commenced
in the earlier fields and the crop is gen.
orally quite promising. This condition
probably prevails in fully three-quarters
of the growing area. Thus far no hail
is reported doing any damage to tobacco
fields, though the season for hard storms
has not yet passed.
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The United States government has
erected palace at the Worlds Fair in
st. Louis, containing a wonderful col
lection of exhibits, mainly from the sew
eral departments, such as the army and
navy, postoffice, agricultural and mint.
Every visitor is delighted and a great
many vote Uncle Sans show the best on
the grounds. In the agricultural Sec
tion, among the vast array of their ex-
hibits, stands case containing mar
velously executed miniature reproduc-
tion of tent-covered Connecticut to-
bacco farm and another case containing
samples of Connecticut tent-grown Ha-
vana and Sumatra tobacco. The exhibit
is very interesting, and the model is as
fine as anything ever constructed on that
line and must certainly represent quite
an outlay of money. From the inscrip-
ton on the exhibit the uninitiated Wis
itor is led to believe that all tobacco in
Connecticut is grown in this manner,
and must give few heartaches when
viewed by those who were led by Uncle
Sans experiments to invest their capi-
! tai in this revolutionary growing method
and who still have their money stuck in
| shade-growing plant with several un-
sold crops on hand To them it must
/ seem as hollow mockery to install such
! an expensive display to exploit theory,
which III actual practice has been found
wanting.
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For some time past several tobacco
| manufacturers in Canada have COM
| planned to the Dominion government of
the tendency toward monopoly in the
trade and the possibility as a conse-
quence of their being closed out Of busi-
ness. Deputations have protested
against the cause of this monopoly,
which is attributed to a contract entered
into between the American or Empire
| Tobacco Co. and the wholesale grocers
of the country, whereby the latter re-
ceive rebate of per cent on the goods
sold by them of this particular company,
and per cent If instrumental in push
| ing the sale of the goods. The Minister
of Internal Revenue has been advised
| that this contract system is invidious in
many respects and has introduced legis-
lation clothing him with the right to re-
| fuse the license to manufacture tobacco
| to any person or company making them
| selves parties to the system. The whole
sale grocers of the country look upon
| the proposed legislation as unwarranted.
| They are satisfied with the conditions of
! things in their trade as far as the handl-
| ing of tobaccos is concerned, and only
last week came to the capital in large
numbers to impress this fact upon the
government. They claim that the eX-
elusive system of contract is sine quo
non to the conducting of their tobacco
business on proper scale and to the
keeping of the quality up to good
| Standard
| ~.
| A dealer in leaf tobacco asks to be in
| formed whether, as a registered dealer
in leaf tobacco, he would be permitted
| to furnish cigar manufacturers with cut
| cigar wrappers all ready for use in the
wrapping Of cigars. The applicant was
| advised that the cutting or preparing of
| leaf tobacco for cigars as proposed by
him would constitute him manufact-
urer of tobacco, and he would be re-
quired to qualify as such, and pay tax
of six cents per pound on the tobacco so
sold; that he would also be required to
put the tobacco up in statutory pack
| ages conformable to law and regulations;
| that dealers in leaf tobacco are per-
mitted to stem their tobacco and sell it
to manufacturers of cigars; but to cut it
| into wrappers all ready for use, or other
i wise prepare it for use, is beyond the
scope of the law and cannot be author
| lied.
TX
A dispatch from Quincy, Florida, says
the tobacco crop this year promises to
be huge success. There was some un-
easiness at one time on the part OF to-
bacco growers who were rather doubtful
of the final results, but later rains dis
PEELED all fear from that source. Among
the larger planters, where irrigation was
employed, the tobacco was steadily in
thriving condition. Pruning has been
practically completed throughout the to-
hacco prowino district. Some planters.