The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-07-15
: NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

The good old fashioned domestic seed
wrapper, such as is supplied by the Con-
necticut Broad Leaf type, finds the read
lest sale of any stock on the market.
The demand is increasing among the
moderate sized manufacturers, but the
supply is far too limited and even the
stock on hand is not up to the usual
standard of wrapping leaf. Hungry as
the manufacturers are for these goods,
one or two poor seasons have furnished
a whole lot of ordinary stuff that doesn't
supply the needs of the market. An
eastern observer outlines the situation
as follows:
"The 1903 Connecticut Broad leaf
seems to hold prominent position on
the tobacco stage just now. A lot of the
stuff has already been sold, and packers
are deluged with letters from manufact
urers asking to have certain quantity
set aside for them, which they will ex-
anime at the end of the summer and pay
for if satisfactory. would be afraid to
reserve it for anybody. Too much mon
ey was paid for the tobacco in the first
place, and unless there have been some
miracles performed since the goods went
into boxes, whole lot of very ordinary
stuff is going to come out of them. The
| holders of the cream of the crop will GER
| tainly get their money back, but l don't
see any great. profits for them even if
they got so-called fancy prices for their
! top grades"
AS between the corn and tobacco
crops the prospects at this writing are
| very much in favor of the latter crop.
| AS between the tobacco and sugar beet
fields, neither seems to have much ad
| vantage. Both have an excellent show
ing and promise exceedingly well. The
weather of the week is exceptionally fav-
orable for good growth of all crops
which are making such phenomenal
progress that farmers have every reason
| to be pleased at the present prospects,
Xxx
A cooperative supply depot, in which
| Independent tobacco dealers are to be
stockholders, is the latest plan brought
forward at Philadelphia to defeat the
trust. That such supply depot for in
dependent goods is possibility of the
future, is vouched for by several promi-
nent mem bers of the Retail Cigar and
Tobacco Dealers Association, in fact,
the plan originated with one of the lead
ing officers. This officer says that sup
ply depot has been operated with sue
cess in New York for some time. Tao
tics similar to those used by the trust in
this city started the New York depot,
the shareholders of which, it is stated,
divided in one year 100000 profit. The
plan is to include retailers as stockhold-
ers and the executive board may be
made up of both jobbers and retailers.
The plan proposes to divide the profits
each year and, as a considerable amount
of tobacco would pass the company's
hands, narrow margin of profit would
to considerable sum for the stockhold-
ers.
| Xxx
The inscription held at Amsterdam on
| the first Of July was not so enthusiastic
cally attended as some of the previous
ones, and less than thousand bales are
| reported to have been secured for the
| United States. Among the purchasers
were e. Rosenwald & Bro, who secured
about 200 bales; Leonard Friedman &
Co., about 2O0 Ell. Duys & Co., about
the same quantity; G. Falk & Bro, also
| secured several lots, and s. Rossin &
| Son, TIC bales.
p! All early predictions of smaller acre
age of tent-grown tobacco in New Eng
| land this summer are fully borne out. It
appears that farmers and tobacco COM
| panies rigidly clung to their announced
| determination not to handle much shade
! grown tobacco this year. A general sum-
| mary shows that probably $50 acres will
| fully cover the area devoted to covered
| Sumatra along the Connecticut Valley.
| In travelling over the country one sees
many of the poles still standing, the side
walls of the fields intact, and the inclos-
ures we'll filled with growing tobacco.
! Yet this consists of Havana seed or
broadleaf grown in the open, the side
walls of the former tents being left
standing simply to serve as wlndbreaks.
The big outfit of the Connecticut tobac-
1 CO COTpOTdGlOu NEAR dTIuVlilo WulCn
| this year is growing only 10 acres of its
own under canvas, with poles up for
about 100 acres, is An example of this
| general tendency to switch back to the
| cultivation of tobacco in the, open. Mr..
Lobdell at East CRANKY has done like
wise with his 4-acre tent; the Ackerly
plantation at CRANKY station has also
cut down greatly on shade tobacco. The
big outfit of the Windsor Tobacco Grow
ers' association at Windsor Locks pre-
sents deserted appearance this sum-
mer, 1t is evident that the men who
are sticking to the ade-grown tobacco
this year are profiting by others and
their own past experiences. Several re-
port that they are planning to produce a
crop this wear on basis % per cent